XWord Info Home Previous | Next |   Author thumbnails: David J. Kahn | May, 2005 thumbnails | Search      

NY Times, Thu, May 26, 2005

Author: David J. Kahn / Will Shortz
Wordplay | Analyze | Turn on Clue Tracker
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.58)
Open squares: 66, Cheater squares: 2, Freshness Factor™: 45.3, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 111 of 137 for Mr. Kahn — solos: 135, collaborations: 2, Sundays: 35

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
A
2
L
3
F
4
A
5
T
6
H
7
E
8
R
9
E
10
A
11
B
12
E
13
E
14
C
O
L
T
15
R
E
R
I
G
16
N
A
N
A
17
T
W
O
R
18
H
Y
M
I
N
G
19
W
O
R
D
S
20
S
E
P
I
A
21
P
E
G
22
H
I
S
S
Y
23
U
N
24
O
25
U
26
P
O
N
27
F
28
R
29
O
M
A
N
30
I
31
M
P
O
R
T
32
A
33
N
34
T
35
R
E
F
36
A
N
O
37
U
L
S
T
E
R
38
O
A
T
39
A
D
D
R
40
E
S
S
41
A
G
O
42
S
C
H
43
E
M
A
44
S
A
S
45
R
E
P
46
T
H
E
L
A
R
47
G
E
R
I
48
S
49
F
I
V
E
50
E
Z
E
R
51
N
E
E
52
O
53
L
54
I
V
E
55
A
56
B
57
E
58
L
L
59
A
60
M
61
A
62
T
I
M
E
S
63
T
H
E
S
64
M
A
L
L
E
R
65
I
V
A
N
66
R
A
I
S
E
67
E
D
E
N
68
S
E
C
S
69
A
M
N
O
T
70
R
A
K
E
© 2005, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Letter in radio communications : ALFA
5. "I finally finished!" : THERE
10. Have ___ in one's bonnet : ABEE
14. Gun man : COLT
15. Hoist again, as a sail : RERIG
16. Darling dog : NANA
17. With 27-, 39-, 46- and 62-Across, a brain teaser, whose answer appears in the circled squares : TWORHYMINGWORDS
20. Dark brown : SEPIA
21. It may come out of left field : PEG
22. ___ fit : HISSY
23. Game with 108 cards : UNO
25. Informed of : UPON
27. See 17-Across : FROMANIMPORTANT
35. Fight stopper, at times : REF
36. Mayo is part of it : ANO
37. Loose overcoat : ULSTER
38. One may be rolled : OAT
39. See 17-Across : ADDRESS
41. Long ___ : AGO
42. Outline : SCHEMA
44. Flier to Copenhagen : SAS
45. Like Lincoln: Abbr. : REP
46. See 17-Across : THELARGERISFIVE
50. Former Israeli president Weizman : EZER
51. Once known as : NEE
52. Oil source : OLIVE
55. Lincoln, to friends : ABE
58. Cousin of a guanaco : LLAMA
62. See 17-Across : TIMESTHESMALLER
65. Destructive 2004 hurricane : IVAN
66. Put up : RAISE
67. Shangri-la : EDEN
68. Jiffs : SECS
69. "Are too!" response : AMNOT
70. Leaf collector : RAKE
 1. Isn't passive : ACTS
2. Emmy nominee for "The West Wing" : LOWE
3. Lead balloon : FLOP
4. Indoor plant site : ATRIUM
5. Tackle : TRY
6. Drug source : HEMP
7. ___ Canal : ERIE
8. Handle at the cash register : RINGUP
9. ___ roll : EGG
10. Chooses formally : ANOINTS
11. Musical units : BARS
12. Peters out : ENDS
13. "No problem" : EASY
18. Mandlikova of tennis : HANA
19. Coillike shapes : WHORLS
24. Why a risk may be taken : ONADARE
26. Nicolas ___, 17th-century French Classical painter : POUSSIN
27. Fall coat : FROST
28. Boxer's asset : REACH
29. " ? that government ___ people ?" : OFTHE
30. Neighbor of Ky. : IND
31. Code name : MORSE
32. Company that once employed Steve Jobs : ATARI
33. Israeli place name that means "south" : NEGEV
34. Metaphor, literarily : TROPE
39. Blows away : AMAZES
40. ___ canal : EAR
43. High rolls : ELEVENS
47. Semisweet cracker : GRAHAM
48. Ward on the set : SELA
49. Guy : FELLER
52. Singer Redding : OTIS
53. Not filmed : LIVE
54. Apple best seller : IMAC
56. 60's protest : BEIN
57. Petrol brand : ESSO
59. "Same Time, Next Year" star : ALDA
60. Wimpish : MEEK
61. "Rosamund" composer : ARNE
63. Sung syllable : TRA
64. Nolan Ryan, e.g., when he started in the Major Leagues : MET
text