XWord Info Home Previous | Next |   Author thumbnails: Brendan Emmett Quigley | June, 2004 thumbnails | Search      

NY Times, Sat, Jun 19, 2004

Author: Brendan Emmett Quigley / Will Shortz
Wordplay | Analyze | Turn on Clue Tracker
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 342 (avg 1.79)
Open squares: 83, Cheater squares: 0, Freshness Factor™: 66.6, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 78 of 123 for Mr. Quigley — solos: 117, collaborations: 6, Sundays: 23

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
B
2
I
3
J
4
O
5
U
6
S
7
E
8
I
9
K
10
O
11
I
12
R
13
S
14
L
O
A
M
S
15
H
A
Z
E
L
16
V
I
E
17
U
N
M
A
N
18
A
T
O
N
E
19
T
I
M
E
20
I
E
R
21
P
R
A
D
O
22
H
E
E
D
23
M
A
S
24
C
E
E
25
R
E
D
D
Y
26
A
N
D
27
H
A
W
28
G
29
F
E
R
30
I
S
A
31
W
E
S
A
U
32
H
E
S
A
33
W
34
M
35
E
36
D
E
L
A
W
A
R
E
P
R
O
P
H
E
T
37
S
A
Y
S
O
N
E
S
P
R
A
Y
E
R
S
38
H
U
T
39
T
R
E
K
40
E
R
E
41
E
42
B
43
E
R
T
44
I
T
S
45
L
I
Q
46
G
A
L
A
47
A
48
X
49
O
N
S
50
J
E
N
51
B
R
A
G
52
A
B
O
U
T
53
J
A
D
E
54
D
55
D
R
T
56
M
E
U
S
E
57
A
V
I
S
O
58
F
E
E
59
P
E
T
E
R
60
M
A
N
S
E
© 2004, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Dainty piece of delicate workmanship : BIJOU
6. "A truer measure of man's ability" sloganeer, once : SEIKO
11. It has a variety of schedules: Abbr. : IRS
14. Nursery supplies : LOAMS
15. Nut source : HAZEL
16. Struggle : VIE
17. Dispirit : UNMAN
18. Not currently : ATONETIME
20. Occupational ending : IER
21. Site of some famous hangings : PRADO
22. Consideration : HEED
23. Humanities degs. : MAS
24. Canadian capital? : CEE
25. "Angie Baby" singer, 1974 : REDDY
26. "The point being ...?" : AND
27. Biker's bike, colloquially : HAWG
29. Suffix with two : FER
30. Line from a classic tongue twister : ISAWESAUHESAWME
36. Lenape orator who inspired Pontiac : DELAWAREPROPHET
37. Anticipates an imminent disaster, maybe : SAYSONESPRAYERS
38. Ten follower : HUT
39. Long haul : TREK
40. "___ Time transfigured me": Yeats : ERE
41. Owner of a famous thumb : EBERT
44. Ricky Nelson's "___ Late" : ITS
45. Solution, on an Rx : LIQ
46. Big benefit, say : GALA
47. They're impulsive : AXONS
50. "Friends" actress, familiarly : JEN
51. Vaunt : BRAGABOUT
53. Spent : JADED
55. Richard Gere title role of 2000 : DRT
56. North Sea tributary : MEUSE
57. Dispatch boat : AVISO
58. Emolument : FEE
59. Composer Warlock : PETER
60. Stately home : MANSE
 1. Italian color : BLU
2. View from Calabria : IONIANSEA
3. "Medical Center" star : JAMESDALY
4. Taliban mullah : OMAR
5. Salts are in it: Abbr. : USN
6. It's free for a limited time : SHAREWARE
7. David George Gordon's "The ___-Bug Cookbook" : EATA
8. Polo competitor : IZOD
9. Match game? : KENO
10. Paul Bunyan's blacksmith : OLE
11. Like some walls : IVIED
12. Put a winter coat on? : RIMED
13. Poorly kept : SEEDY
19. Doctor's order : THERAPY
21. Field worker : PEASANT
23. Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo and Pitti-Sing in "The Mikado" : MAIDS
24. Excoriate : CHEWOUT
25. Marinates more : RESOAKS
28. Hospitality target : GUEST
29. Hare hunters : FERRETS
31. Sink item : WASHRAG
32. LaserJet 2100, e.g. : HPPRINTER
33. Brought by dolly : WHEELEDIN
34. Jocosity : MERRINESS
35. Court citation abbr. : ETSEQ
41. Staff lines? : EGBDF
42. Dance studio feature : BARRE
43. Really turn on : ELATE
47. Answer to the folk riddle "Worker in yellow clothes" : ABEE
48. Strike : XOUT
49. English river to the Wash : OUSE
50. Mud : JAVA
52. Increase, with "up" : AMP
53. Fix : JAM
54. Unknown name : DOE
text