XWord Info Home Previous | Next |   Author thumbnails: Richard Silvestri | June, 2009 thumbnails | Search      

NY Times, Wed, Jun 10, 2009

Author: Richard Silvestri / Will Shortz
Wordplay crossword blog commentary | Analyze | Turn on Clue Tracker
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.52)
Open squares: 73, Cheater squares: 4, Freshness Factor™: 57.4, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 82 of 83 for Mr. Silvestri — solos: 83, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 26

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
S
2
T
3
U
4
F
5
F
6
E
7
T
8
O
9
N
10
M
11
C
12
C
13
I
14
L
I
N
E
A
15
R
A
F
T
16
A
H
A
B
17
I
N
D
E
X
18
R
U
T
H
19
E
N
I
U
M
20
G
E
O
21
P
O
R
E
22
L
I
N
T
23
H
A
N
24
K
25
A
A
R
O
N
26
S
L
A
I
27
N
28
T
R
E
A
T
S
29
R
E
A
S
O
N
30
R
O
S
31
E
32
A
33
T
E
34
E
N
E
35
B
A
R
A
C
K
O
B
36
A
37
M
A
38
B
39
O
A
40
G
U
A
N
A
C
O
41
E
N
C
42
O
43
D
E
44
T
E
A
45
B
46
A
47
G
48
T
E
T
R
A
49
S
50
U
51
P
E
R
B
O
W
L
52
M
E
A
L
53
E
V
E
S
54
R
N
A
55
F
O
R
T
Y
56
F
O
U
R
57
H
58
U
M
I
D
59
E
R
I
E
60
R
U
L
E
61
I
N
A
N
E
62
D
E
A
D
63
A
L
A
S
64
T
O
N
G
S
© 2009, The New York Times
Across Down
1. This and that : STUFF
6. Locale of famous playing fields : ETON
10. Start of the 13th century : MCCI
14. Top of some forms : LINEA
15. Whole lot : RAFT
16. Obsessed mariner : AHAB
17. Encyclopedia volume : INDEX
18. Element number 55-Across : RUTHENIUM
20. Bygone compact : GEO
21. Go carefully (over) : PORE
22. Dryer remains : LINT
23. Atlanta Brave who wore the number 55-Across : HANKAARON
26. Done in : SLAIN
28. Halloween candy : TREATS
29. Justification : REASON
30. Promising : ROSEATE
34. Chemical suffix : ENE
35. President number 55-Across : BARACKOBAMA
38. It's a wrap : BOA
40. Cousin of a camel : GUANACO
41. Turn "this" into "_ .... .. ...," e.g. : ENCODE
44. Earl Grey holder : TEABAG
48. Prefix with -hedron : TETRA
49. Feb. 7, 2010, the date of this event's number 55-Across : SUPERBOWL
52. Group of courses : MEAL
53. Times in want ads : EVES
54. Cell material : RNA
55. See 18-, 23-, 35- and 49-Across : FORTYFOUR
57. Steamy : HUMID
59. Lake ___, discovery of Louis Jolliet : ERIE
60. Lord over : RULE
61. Senseless : INANE
62. Absolutely : DEAD
63. Melodramatic cry : ALAS
64. Fireplace tool : TONGS
 1. Snub : SLIGHT
2. Musical liability : TINEAR
3. Brought to ruin : UNDONE
4. Charge : FEE
5. Transmit electronically : FAX
6. Calculator message : ERROR
7. Bullish beginning? : TAURO
8. A lot : OFTEN
9. Nonacademic degree : NTH
10. Capital founded by Spanish invaders, 1571 : MANILA
11. Sight from Taiwan : CHINASEA
12. Admonishment : CAUTION
13. ThinkPad developer : IBM
19. If not : ELSE
21. Music section : PASSAGE
24. "American Idol" judge DioGuardi : KARA
25. Suffix with liquid : ATOR
27. Santa Fe-to-Colo. Spr. direction : NNE
29. Sale sweeteners : REBATES
31. Euro predecessor : ECU
32. Abbr. on a blotter : AKA
33. Truck scale unit : TON
35. Study of Louis Pasteur : BACTERIA
36. Stellar server : ACER
37. Old Dead Sea kingdom : MOAB
38. Red or black, at a gaming table : BET
39. Bar request : ONEMORE
42. Held the floor : ORATED
43. Tony winner Tyne : DALY
45. Apollo astronaut Frank : BORMAN
46. Deck cover : AWNING
47. Forest clearings : GLADES
49. 1988 Olympics host : SEOUL
50. Palate part : UVULA
51. Shimon of Israel : PERES
55. Ness, for one : FED
56. Term of address in a monastery : FRA
57. Any of the Billboard Top 40 : HIT
58. Game with Skip cards : UNO
text