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

New York Times, Thursday, May 29, 2008

Author:
John Farmer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Facing one's house from a short distance away, say
TotalDebutLatest
331/25/20061/29/2015
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
21361083
RebusCircleScrabblePOWFresh
271.64168%
John Farmer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Farmer. Thursday freshness: 67%
Jim Horne notes:

The way to read the rebus squares depends on your perspective. If you're looking at Across clues, read them as ACROSS and for the down clues, read them as DOWN.

1
O
2
N
3
E
4
ACRDOWN
5
B
6
A
7
R
8
B
9
Q
10
H
11
A
12
I
13
G
14
L
A
M
B
15
A
C
U
R
A
16
A
R
N
O
17
E
R
I
E
18
S
T
R
E
T
19
C
H
E
S
ACRDOWN
20
S
T
R
A
21
P
S
22
T
A
I
23
A
C
H
24
T
H
A
T
I
25
A
26
G
O
R
A
27
M
A
I
28
R
E
T
29
A
30
R
S
E
N
I
O
31
H
A
L
L
32
A
X
E
33
N
E
W
T
34
O
P
E
L
35
M
O
V
E
ACRDOWN
36
T
37
O
38
W
N
39
L
40
I
41
L
O
42
P
O
K
E
43
C
44
P
45
U
46
O
N
E
M
47
A
48
N
49
B
A
N
D
S
50
A
R
P
51
O
V
A
52
P
E
E
T
E
53
T
54
I
R
E
S
55
K
I
T
56
E
X
T
57
A
S
S
I
S
I
58
ACRDOWN
T
H
59
E
S
T
R
60
E
61
E
T
62
A
B
E
D
63
O
R
E
L
64
T
A
N
T
O
65
A
O
N
E
66
N
O
R
M
67
O
Y
V
E
Y
68
C
U
T
ACRDOWN
© 2008, The New York Times5/29/08 ( No. 21,387 )
Across
1
First clue : ONEACROSS
5
Outdoor wingding : BARBQ
10
Secretary of state after Muskie : HAIG
14
Innocent : LAMB
15
MDX maker : ACURA
16
View from the Ponte Vecchio : ARNO
17
Iroquoian language : ERIE
18
Spans, as a river : STRETCHESACROSS
20
Spots for Velcro : STRAPS
22
See 27-Across : TAI
23
Oktoberfest exclamation : ACH
24
"You're the One ___ Want" ("Grease" song) : THATI
25
Ancient square : AGORA
27
With 22-Across, order at a tiki bar : MAI
28
Not active: Abbr. : RET
29
"Coming to America" co-star : ARSENIOHALL
32
Let go : AXE
33
___ Scamander, pseudonym of J. K. Rowling : NEWT
34
Auto on the autobahn : OPEL
35
Relocate from one side to the other : MOVEACROSSTOWN
39
Title girl in a 2002 Disney film : LILO
42
Go slowly (along) : POKE
43
Chip in a Dell, briefly : CPU
46
Versatile performers : ONEMANBANDS
50
Abstract art pioneer Jean : ARP
51
Some modern donations : OVA
52
Quarterback Rodney : PEETE
53
Bike shop stock : TIRES
55
Word with press or mess : KIT
56
Business no., maybe : EXT
57
St. Clare's birthplace : ASSISI
58
Facing one's house from a short distance away, say : ACROSSTHESTREET
62
In dreamland, perhaps : ABED
63
City on the Oka : OREL
64
Non ___ (not so much, in music) : TANTO
65
Blue-ribbon : AONE
66
Par for the course : NORM
67
Kvetcher's cry : OYVEY
68
Transect : CUTACROSS
Down
1
Faux fat : OLESTRA
2
Church vestibule : NARTHEX
3
Arab territory : EMIRATE
4
Jazz/blues monthly : DOWNBEAT
5
Grouper, e.g. : BASS
6
Do something dramatic : ACT
7
Sci-fi debut of 1921 : RUR
8
Celt of NW France : BRETON
9
Doha dweller : QATARI
10
"Fat chance!" : HAH
11
Handy guide for a walking tour : AREAMAP
12
Relative to dimensions : INSCALE
13
Hit the skids : GODOWNHILL
19
"I'm outta here!" : CIAO
21
A Baldwin : PIANO
25
"For ___ all know ..." : ASWE
26
Master : GETDOWNPAT
30
Excite, with "up" : REV
31
Sweetums : HON
35
MTV's "Date My ___" : MOM
36
Blush adds it : TONE
37
Sanctioned : OKD
38
Novelists Nathanael and Rebecca : WESTS
39
Scorn : LOOKDOWNON
40
Like some fertility lab techniques : INVITRO
41
Hide in a closet? : LEATHER
43
Game in the Arctic : CARIBOU
44
On hand : PRESENT
45
Inverted : UPSIDEDOWN
47
"Tarzan of the ___" : APES
48
Adjoining : NEXTTO
49
Stab in the back : BETRAY
54
Hall-of-Fame Nascar racer Bobby : ISAAC
57
"This is not ___" (warning label) : ATOY
59
Hardwood source : ELM
60
Stationer's item: Abbr. : ENV
61
Printemps follower : ETE

Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 2 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!

XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2023, Jim Horne
0.12 sec