XWord Info Home Previous | Next |   Author thumbnails: Elizabeth C. Gorski | July, 2004 thumbnails | Search      

NY Times, Sun, July 04, 2004 BANNER DAY

Author: Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz
Wordplay | Analyze | Turn on Clue Tracker
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 179, Blocks: 100, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q Z }
Open squares: 132, Cheater squares: 10, Freshness Factor™: 62.3, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 125 of 172 for Ms. Gorski — solos: 172, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 47

1
A
2
C
3
D
4
C
5
T
6
E
7
T
8
B
9
A
10
S
11
E
12
D
13
L
14
A
15
C
16
C
17
A
18
G
19
E
20
T
O
R
O
21
E
P
I
22
E
L
A
T
E
23
A
R
I
24
A
B
A
T
25
O
N
A
S
26
P
R
E
E
27
G
O
F
A
R
28
S
C
R
29
A
B
B
L
E
30
P
E
W
T
E
R
E
R
31
H
A
I
32
H
E
C
T
A
R
E
S
33
S
A
R
A
S
34
A
35
M
A
RI
L
36
L
37
O
38
D
U
A
N
E
39
I
T
S
I
N
40
A
GA
R
41
E
NY
42
A
43
S
L
A
V
44
A
45
A
S
A
46
L
O
47
A
D
S
I
48
N
49
D
E
X
T
50
R
A
L
51
I
L
52
L
53
D
A
R
54
C
55
VA
I
L
56
S
I
57
R
E
S
58
R
E
CT
59
M
A
G
E
60
L
Y
S
E
61
D
62
D
I
63
D
64
B
A
A
65
A
E
S
66
R
A
T
O
N
67
A
N
O
D
E
68
B
E
69
T
S
Y
R
70
O
S
S
71
E
N
E
R
O
72
I
O
N
E
SC
73
O
74
S
A
S
75
W
I
T
76
S
PA
N
D
E
X
77
E
L
78
I
79
D
E
80
S
81
I
82
G
N
S
83
M
C
I
84
S
85
A
86
T
87
N
A
S
88
H
89
O
O
O
90
L
A
H
R
91
C
92
M
93
S
94
M
R
H
95
Y
DE
96
E
A
97
R
98
L
Y
U
S
99
F
100
L
A
G
101
MA
102
X
O
U
T
103
I
N
E
E
D
104
C
U
T
S
S
H
O
R
T
105
N
E
L
L
E
106
L
O
T
T
107
T
108
I
K
I
S
109
B
O
V
110
I
111
D
112
N
O
L
A
113
E
L
H
I
114
E
MD
E
N
115
F
116
B
117
I
118
N
I
NJ
A
119
O
N
E
L
120
S
D
I
121
A
R
O
D
122
I
R
A
N
123
I
124
A
A
R
125
E
126
Y
D
S
127
R
128
E
S
I
N
129
I
NH
E
R
E
NC
130
E
131
R
E
G
132
A
N
133
S
134
A
T
E
S
135
E
136
S
T
A
S
137
R
O
A
138
M
S
139
G
R
A
140
T
141
A
142
C
L
E
R
I
143
C
144
T
A
L
C
145
R
I
T
E
146
G
N
O
M
E
S
147
A
G
E
I
S
T
148
O
L
E
O
149
O
N
A
N
150
M
O
M
E
N
T
151
M
A
N
E
T
S
152
P
O
D
S
153
R
S
T
U
154
A
G
A
S
S
I
© 2004, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Rock band with an electrical name : ACDC
5. Asian new year : TET
8. Stationed (in) : BASED
13. Varnish ingredient : LAC
16. Batter's box : CAGE
20. Ring figure : TORO
21. Prefix with center : EPI
22. Thrill to pieces : ELATE
23. "Exodus" role : ARI
24. "Like ___ out of ..." : ABAT
25. Bingeing : ONASPREE
27. Succeed : GOFAR
28. Subject of Stefan Fatsis' book "Word Freak" : SCRABBLE
30. Artisan who works with metal : PEWTERER
31. "Bali ___" : HAI
32. Square measures : HECTARES
33. Teasdale and Lee : SARAS
34. City in a George Strait country hit : AMARILLO
38. Guitarist Allman : DUANE
39. "___ his kiss" (1964 pop lyric) : ITSIN
40. Gel in a lab : AGAR
41. "Only Time" singer : ENYA
43. Cellist Rostropovich, to friends : SLAVA
45. Cute ___ button : ASA
46. Starts, as a roll of film : LOADSIN
49. On the right : DEXTRAL
51. Laid up : ILL
53. Jeanne ___ : DARC
55. Rockies resort : VAIL
56. Fathers : SIRES
58. Domino-shaped fig. : RECT
59. Dungeons & Dragons spellcaster : MAGE
60. Disintegrated, as cells : LYSED
62. Pulled off : DID
64. Pastoral sound : BAA
65. See 45-Down : AES
66. Finger : RATON
67. + end : ANODE
68. Legendary maker of a 96-Across : BETSYROSS
71. Calendario page : ENERO
72. "Rhinoceros" playwright : IONESCO
74. Airline to Sweden : SAS
75. Drollery : WIT
76. Something to exercise in : SPANDEX
77. Nutmeg State collegian : ELI
79. Stars and stripes, and others : DESIGNS
83. Long-distance inits. : MCI
84. Was idle : SAT
87. "The Turtle" poet : NASH
89. Noughts in noughts-and-crosses : OOO
90. Actor Bert : LAHR
91. Ruler amts. : CMS
94. Literary alter ego : MRHYDE
96. Item commissioned by George Washington : EARLYUSFLAG
101. Charge to the limit : MAXOUT
103. "Man, do ___ a drink!" : INEED
104. Abridges : CUTSSHORT
105. "Ally McBeal" role : NELLE
106. 1990's Senate majority leader : LOTT
107. Polynesian carvings : TIKIS
109. Buffalo, for one : BOVID
112. Vincent Lopez's theme song : NOLA
113. K-12, in education : ELHI
114. City with a Volkswagen plant : EMDEN
115. Org. with a lab : FBI
118. Martial arts expert : NINJA
119. Scott Turow's first book : ONEL
120. Reagan-era program: Abbr. : SDI
121. Nickname in which "A" stands for Alex : AROD
122. Shiraz native : IRANI
124. Sight from Bern : AARE
126. Bowl stats: Abbr. : YDS
127. Pine product : RESIN
129. Innateness : INHERENCE
131. Wife of the Duke of Cornwall, in Shakespeare : REGAN
133. Fills up : SATES
135. These, to Jorge : ESTAS
137. Drifts : ROAMS
139. Persona non ___ : GRATA
142. White-collar worker : CLERIC
144. Gym bag stuff : TALC
145. Marriage, e.g. : RITE
146. Underworld figures? : GNOMES
147. Person who shows discrimination : AGEIST
148. Spread on a dinner table : OLEO
149. ___ upswing : ONAN
150. Jiffy : MOMENT
151. "Luncheon on the Grass" and others : MANETS
152. Pea jackets? : PODS
153. Pre-V formation : RSTU
154. 1992 Wimbledon champ : AGASSI
 1. On : ATOP
2. Traffic director : CONE
3. With 86-, 17- and 91-Down, how to "illustrate" this puzzle : DRAWSTARSON
4. Bob of broadcasting : COSTAS
5. National park in Newfoundland : TERRANOVA
6. Some foils : EPEES
7. Rank : TIER
8. Solicit : BEG
9. Hello and goodbye : ALOHA
10. Leopards are spotted here : SAFARI
11. Online commerce : ETAIL
12. "___ Freischütz" (Weber opera) : DER
13. Unit of punishment : LASH
14. Rainbowlike : ARCED
15. Juggling, e.g. : CIRCUSACT
16. Beach shelter : CABANA
17. See 3-Down : ABBREVIATED
18. Kind of force : GALE
19. Giverny summers : ETES
26. Storm, to a captain : PERIL
29. Whatsoever : ATALL
34. Eastern titles : AGAS
35. Dr.'s orders : MRIS
36. Historic Virginia family : LEES
37. Black beauty : ONYX
39. "Forget it!" : ISAYNO
40. Improvises : ADLIBS
42. Motionless : ATREST
44. Dick Cheney's predecessor : ALGORE
45. Part of 65-Across : ADLAI
47. Red Cross effort : AID
48. Penpoints : NIBS
49. Tootsie : DEAR
50. Scale notes : RES
52. Tanglewood Music Festival town : LENOX
54. Grant : CEDE
57. Unit of hope? : RAY
59. "Buddenbrooks" author : MANN
61. Came down : DESCENDED
63. No longer under consideration : DEAD
65. Flea market tag : ASIS
66. Mr. Fix-It : REPAIRMAN
69. China's Lao-___ : TSE
70. On one's ___ : OWN
73. Slangy suffix : OLA
76. P.T.A. meeting place: Abbr. : SCH
78. Expert finish? : ISE
80. Farmers' beans : SOYS
81. Things in pots : IOUS
82. "Oh, my!" : GOSH
83. Cosmo or S.I. : MAG
84. All ___ : SMILES
85. Gov. Schwarzenegger : ARNOLD
86. See 3-Down : THETHIRTEEN
88. Cut up : HACKED
90. Baryshnikov's birthplace : LATVIA
91. See 3-Down : COLONYNAMES
92. Prepared, as cider : MULLED
93. Picks up? : STEALS
95. Hairy Himalayan : YETI
97. Botch : RUIN
98. Columbo and others: Abbr. : LTS
99. Vest pocket : FOB
100. ___ Hubbard : LRON
102. Prefix with phobic : XENO
107. Actress Garr : TERI
108. "Finished!" : IMDONE
110. How jams are stored : INJARS
111. Have the nerve : DARE
115. Michelangelo works : FRESCOS
116. Setting for many a joke : BAR
117. Mistakenly : INERROR
121. Basketball stat : ASSIST
122. Dragged on? : INHALED
123. How vending machines give change : INCOINS
125. Yuletide cupful : EGGNOG
128. Creepy : EERIE
129. Author Calvino : ITALO
130. Really bother : EATAT
132. Bouquet : AROMA
133. Pyramid scheme : SCAM
134. Lowlife? : ALGA
136. Station : STOP
138. Food card : MENU
140. Till section : TENS
141. Italian wine area : ASTI
143. Price abbr. : CTS
146. Popular a.m. show : GMA
text