This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.

New York Times, Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Author:
Gary Steinmehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
10-Across : TV horse introduced in 1955 ... or a Plymouth model introduced in 1956
TotalDebutLatest
93/5/200411/26/2010
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0122121
ScrabDebutFresh
1.593243%
Gary Steinmehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Steinmehl. Tuesday freshness: 7%
1
A
2
C
3
M
4
E
5
R
6
A
7
N
8
O
9
N
10
F
11
U
12
R
13
Y
14
B
I
A
S
15
I
R
A
T
E
16
O
N
E
A
17
C
O
C
A
18
P
A
N
I
C
19
C
A
P
P
20
H
U
21
M
P
B
A
C
K
22
W
A
I
L
23
A
24
V
E
25
A
L
I
26
O
L
D
E
27
R
28
B
A
T
29
T
L
E
C
30
R
31
E
32
A
K
33
E
T
E
34
A
L
E
U
T
35
E
R
G
36
I
D
E
A
37
F
A
38
R
39
M
G
R
O
40
A
N
41
S
42
E
43
C
T
44
A
A
A
45
R
C
46
P
47
T
48
S
49
O
A
R
50
B
E
L
L
51
A
52
N
D
H
O
W
L
53
P
R
O
54
S
Y
55
T
O
E
56
B
O
Y
57
M
A
K
E
58
S
59
A
60
B
O
O
B
61
O
O
62
H
A
T
E
63
E
L
A
N
D
64
A
X
65
L
66
E
67
E
R
I
E
68
R
U
R
A
L
69
H
E
E
L
70
S
K
A
T
71
A
M
B
L
E
72
U
S
A
F
© 2007, The New York Times10/30/7 ( No. 21,175 )
Across
1
Peak : ACME
5
Chattered incessantly : RANON
10
TV horse introduced in 1955 ... or a Plymouth model introduced in 1956 : FURY
14
Partiality : BIAS
15
Seeing red : IRATE
16
Prime draft status : ONEA
17
Drug-yielding plant : COCA
18
Opposite of serenity : PANIC
19
Cartoonist Al : CAPP
20
Scary sound from the ocean? : HUMPBACKWAIL
23
Park, e.g., in N.Y.C. : AVE
25
"Sting like a bee" athlete : ALI
26
Having seniority : OLDER
28
Scary sound from a war zone? : BATTLECREAK
33
Juillet's season : ETE
34
Kodiak native : ALEUT
35
Physics unit : ERG
36
Theory's start : IDEA
37
Scary sound from a cornfield? : FARMGROAN
41
Splinter group : SECT
44
Motel-discount grp. : AAA
45
Sales slips: Abbr. : RCPTS
49
Galley implement : OAR
50
Scary sound from a steeple? : BELLANDHOWL
53
Tedious : PROSY
55
Boot part : TOE
56
"Whew!" : BOY
57
Misspells, say, as a ghost might at 20-, 28-, 37- and 50-Across? : MAKESABOOBOO
62
Abominate : HATE
63
African antelope : ELAND
64
Hot rod's rod : AXLE
67
___ Lackawanna Railroad : ERIE
68
Countryish : RURAL
69
Boot part : HEEL
70
Card game for three : SKAT
71
Walk leisurely : AMBLE
72
Stealth bomber org. : USAF
Down
1
Charles Gibson's network : ABC
2
A.F.L.-___ : CIO
3
Cane cutter : MACHETE
4
Biblical son who sold his birthright : ESAU
5
Wavelet : RIPPLE
6
Language whose alphabet starts alif, ba, ta, tha ... : ARABIC
7
Child's caretaker : NANA
8
Suffix with hypn- : OTIC
9
Part of a bottle or a guitar : NECK
10
Kind of point : FOCAL
11
Helpless? : UNAIDED
12
Filled to the gills : REPLETE
13
Big fat mouth : YAP
21
Country just south of Sicily : MALTA
22
Moo goo gai pan pan : WOK
23
Lawyers' org. : ABA
24
Kilmer of "The Doors" : VAL
27
___ Irvin, classic artist for The New Yorker : REA
29
Cowlick, e.g. : TUFT
30
Fit for a king : REGAL
31
Blunder : ERR
32
"Long ___ and far away ..." : AGO
36
Creep (along) : INCH
38
Name that's an anagram of 27-Down : RAE
39
___ de mer : MAL
40
Egyptian dry measure equal to about five-and-a-half bushels : ARDEB
41
Soak (up) : SOP
42
Tag for a particular purpose : EARMARK
43
Neighbor of Slovenia : CROATIA
46
Co. addresses, often : POBOXES
47
A duo : TWO
48
Crafty : SLY
50
Tournament pass : BYE
51
Like some music : ATONAL
52
Musically improvise : NOODLE
54
Sport utilizing a clay disk : SKEET
58
Hospital shipments : SERA
59
Styptic agent : ALUM
60
Part of a fishhook : BARB
61
Island with Waimea Bay : OAHU
62
Gentlemen : HES
65
Meadow : LEA
66
Shoemaker's helper, in a fairy tale : ELF

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.

Like this puzzle? Please share this page on social media to help spread the word about XWord Info. Thanks!

XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2024, Jim Horne
55 ms