XWord Info Home Previous | Next |   Author thumbnails: Manny Nosowsky | October, 2003 thumbnails | Search      

NY Times, Wed, Oct 29, 2003

Author: Manny Nosowsky / Will Shortz
Wordplay | Analyze | Turn on Clue Tracker
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.62)
Open squares: 71, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 53.0, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 177 of 245 for Mr. Nosowsky — solos: 243, collaborations: 2, Sundays: 29

Help support XWord Info

Donation Amount:

XWord Info is free to use, but it is only possible when people like you choose to support it through donations.

Consider giving $10, $20, or more so this web site can continue to provide its in-depth analysis of NYT crosswords.

Thank you!

1
R
2
E
3
U
4
P
5
S
6
S
7
E
8
A
9
L
10
M
11
A
12
S
13
K
14
O
C
H
O
S
15
A
X
L
E
16
O
G
L
E
17
W
H
O
L
E
18
W
H
E
A
T
19
B
R
A
I
N
20
S
O
H
O
21
R
I
D
22
D
E
A
R
T
O
23
S
24
N
O
B
25
D
O
L
L
26
U
27
T
28
A
H
A
N
29
J
O
W
L
30
A
31
M
32
P
33
B
A
K
I
N
G
34
P
A
I
N
35
A
L
E
E
36
O
P
E
R
A
37
I
N
N
38
S
L
I
D
E
39
L
I
L
T
40
R
O
U
G
41
H
P
L
A
I
N
42
T
R
A
43
Z
E
U
S
44
A
C
T
S
A
S
45
F
U
S
S
46
E
V
A
H
47
F
48
L
49
U
E
N
T
50
B
R
O
51
U
52
L
53
N
54
A
55
R
E
N
A
I
S
56
S
A
N
C
57
E
M
A
I
N
58
A
N
T
S
59
O
M
N
I
60
T
B
O
N
D
61
T
O
O
T
62
N
U
K
E
63
A
S
S
A
Y
© 2003, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Signs on for another term : REUPS
6. Shut (up) : SEAL
10. Halloween purchase : MASK
14. Spanish figure eights : OCHOS
15. It may spin its wheels : AXLE
16. Girl-watch : OGLE
17. Genius at a bakery? : WHOLEWHEATBRAIN
20. London district : SOHO
21. Purge : RID
22. Loved by : DEARTO
23. Kind of appeal : SNOB
25. Honeybunch : DOLL
26. Jazz fan? : UTAHAN
29. Cheek : JOWL
30. Sound investment? : AMP
33. Sunburn? : BAKINGPAIN
35. Away from the wind : ALEE
36. Sydney ___ House : OPERA
37. Bed-and-breakfast : INN
38. Item with a ladder : SLIDE
39. Bouncy step : LILT
40. Cause of a Conestoga wagon being jolted? : ROUGHPLAIN
42. ___-la-la : TRA
43. Swan's alter ego, in myth : ZEUS
44. Represents : ACTSAS
45. To-do : FUSS
46. Cole Porter's "Well, Did You ___?" : EVAH
47. Well-spoken : FLUENT
50. "My man!" : BRO
51. Arm bone : ULNA
55. Water pipe in 16th-century Europe? : RENAISSANCEMAIN
58. Sugar bowl marchers : ANTS
59. Bygone science magazine : OMNI
60. Long-term security, for short : TBOND
61. Honk : TOOT
62. Zap : NUKE
63. Forty-niner's request : ASSAY
 1. Noisy fights : ROWS
2. Repeat performance? : ECHO
3. "Start worrying" : UHOH
4. Sporty pullover : POLOSHIRT
5. Mont.-to-Tex. direction : SSE
6. Indian honorific : SAHIB
7. Deleted : EXED
8. Menu words : ALA
9. Disappointment : LETDOWN
10. Words to live by : MORAL
11. Staph dining area? : AGAR
12. Use a knife : SLIT
13. Numbers game : KENO
18. Amiss : WRONG
19. End-of-a-round sound : BELL
24. Zola courtesan : NANA
25. "Nothing ___!" : DOING
26. Letter-shaped fastener : UBOLT
27. Animal with a thick hide : TAPIR
28. Kipling's wolf pack leader : AKELA
29. God for whom a month is named : JANUS
30. Also called : ALIAS
31. Press : MEDIA
32. Hammer parts : PEENS
34. Devout : PIOUS
35. Clumsy : ALLTHUMBS
38. Labrador retriever, for short? : SPCA
40. Uses as support : RESTSON
41. Disorder : HAVOC
43. New Mexico native : ZUNI
45. Gorge : FEAST
46. One of the Keebler elves : ERNIE
47. Where boys will be boys : FRAT
48. He follows the news : LENO
49. "Render therefore ___ Caesar ..." : UNTO
50. Billiard cushion : BANK
52. Mekong River nation : LAOS
53. It set sail in 1492 : NINA
54. Capp of comics : ANDY
56. School that plays Texas A & M : SMU
57. Pilot's info, briefly : ETA
text