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

New York Times, Monday, May 16, 2016

Author:
Sam Buchbinder
Editor:
Will Shortz
Gem whose authenticity can be checked by rubbing it against the teeth
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
108/19/20145/31/20221
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0151021
CircleScrabble
21.59
Sam Buchbinder

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Buchbinder.
Sam Buchbinder notes:
A while back I read that the word with the most definitions in the English language was "set." So, I set out to create a puzzle whose ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
This is one of my favorite types of early-week themes, phrases which seem to have nothing in common but are tied together in a ... read more
1
I
2
D
3
I
4
N
5
G
6
T
7
I
8
M
9
E
10
K
11
A
12
L
13
B
14
M
A
N
I
A
15
A
N
E
W
16
A
M
I
E
17
B
R
O
K
E
18
N
B
O
N
E
19
B
E
B
E
20
E
E
N
21
L
E
O
I
22
M
O
N
E
T
23
A
M
I
24
N
25
V
O
L
26
L
27
E
Y
B
A
L
L
28
T
E
T
O
29
N
30
A
L
A
31
B
E
E
32
T
E
33
A
34
P
35
O
T
S
36
O
L
D
S
37
D
I
N
N
E
R
T
A
38
B
L
E
39
S
40
P
O
T
41
T
A
K
E
S
T
O
42
P
A
N
43
A
I
R
44
U
R
45
B
46
A
47
N
48
A
L
A
49
R
M
C
L
50
O
51
C
52
K
53
D
O
P
E
54
M
E
T
O
O
55
R
H
E
56
A
57
O
P
S
58
M
A
I
A
59
W
60
E
R
E
A
L
61
L
S
E
T
62
E
L
O
N
63
A
R
I
A
64
M
E
T
A
L
65
D
E
N
S
66
R
E
N
T
67
A
I
S
L
E
© 2016, The New York Times5/16/16 ( No. 24,296 )
Across
1
Picking out of a lineup, informally : IDING
6
Magazine with a "Person of the Year" : TIME
10
Former "Meet the Press" host Marvin : KALB
14
Craze : MANIA
15
Freshly : ANEW
16
French lady friend : AMIE
17
Reason for a cast : BROKENBONE
19
Spanish newborn : BEBE
20
Period after dark, in poetry : EEN
21
Fifth-century pope known as "the Great" : LEOI
22
Impressionist Claude : MONET
23
Ugandan tyrant Idi ___ : AMIN
25
Piece of sports equipment that's spiked : VOLLEYBALL
28
Grand ___ National Park : TETON
30
Pie ___ mode : ALA
31
Insect with a stinger : BEE
32
Cozies keep them hot : TEAPOTS
36
Cutlass or 88, informally : OLDS
37
Family gathering place : DINNERTABLE
39
Leopard's marking : SPOT
41
Starts liking : TAKESTO
42
Skillet, e.g. : PAN
43
It's thinner as you go up : AIR
44
City-related : URBAN
48
Device with a snooze button : ALARMCLOCK
53
Idiot : DOPE
54
"I agree" : METOO
55
Emmy winner Perlman : RHEA
57
Call of Duty: Black ___ (video game) : OPS
58
Hermes' mother : MAIA
59
"Ready to go!" ... or a description of 17-, 25-, 37- and 48-Across? : WEREALLSET
62
Tesla co-founder Musk : ELON
63
Opera part : ARIA
64
Tin or titanium : METAL
65
Scouting groups : DENS
66
Something rising in a gentrifying neighborhood : RENT
67
Choice plane seating : AISLE
Down
1
"Man, what a day!" : IMBEAT
2
Comment after "You think I'm chicken?" : DAREME
3
Part of a prank, say : INONIT
4
Suffix with peace or neat : NIK
5
Certain Scotsman : GAEL
6
Off-limits : TABOO
7
How foods are often fried : INOIL
8
All Supreme Court justices until 1981 : MEN
9
Ram's mate : EWE
10
Meat on a skewer : KABOB
11
Willing to go along : AMENABLE
12
Defamed in print : LIBELED
13
Small VWs : BEETLES
18
Home to Vegas: Abbr. : NEV
22
R&B singer with the hit "It's All About Me" : MYA
24
Cry in a game of tag : NOTIT
26
Foamy coffee order : LATTE
27
"___ Dream" (63-Across from "Lohengrin") : ELSAS
29
Former All-Star closer Robb : NEN
33
Shenanigan : ANTIC
34
Gem whose authenticity can be checked by rubbing it against the teeth : PEARL
35
Mork's birthplace, on TV : ORK
36
Prayer starter : OLORD
37
Gift to a nonprofit : DONATION
38
A/C measure, for short : BTU
39
Sent millions of emails, say : SPAMMED
40
Brew with a rhyming name : PALEALE
43
___, amas, amat : AMO
45
Raises : BOOSTS
46
Take to a higher court : APPEAL
47
Snuggle : NESTLE
49
Speckled horses : ROANS
50
Utah's Sen. Hatch : ORRIN
51
Have an affair : CHEAT
52
Mauna ___ (Hawaiian peak) : KEA
56
___ mater : ALMA
59
Card game that can go on and on : WAR
60
Before, to a bard : ERE
61
Gift given while saying "Aloha!" : LEI

Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

Found bugs or have suggestions?

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