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

DISORDER IN THE COURT

New York Times, Sunday, September 2, 2001

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Not at all gentle
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2548/27/19928/13/20102
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2947154312630
RebusCircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
611.571,613877%
Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 134, Blocks: 68 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 138 for Mr. Nosowsky. Sunday freshness: 96%
1
L
2
A
3
P
4
P
5
E
6
D
7
U
8
P
9
B
10
A
11
L
12
E
13
S
14
E
15
D
16
G
17
A
18
R
19
S
20
A
B
R
A
S
I
V
E
21
U
R
I
A
H
22
G
O
A
T
E
E
23
D
O
O
R
S
T
E
P
24
S
T
A
T
U
25
T
O
R
Y
A
W
L
26
E
L
B
A
27
S
A
Y
28
S
H
I
T
O
29
H
M
S
30
T
I
L
31
T
A
L
32
L
Y
33
S
U
P
S
34
N
35
O
R
A
36
S
I
R
E
37
B
L
Y
38
M
I
T
39
T
40
C
O
N
41
S
U
M
E
R
42
A
43
S
L
E
E
44
P
45
H
O
L
I
E
46
S
T
W
I
T
N
E
S
S
47
P
E
E
L
48
O
49
L
A
50
O
C
A
T
51
A
O
L
52
P
T
S
53
E
A
T
54
A
T
55
P
O
56
C
57
O
58
L
I
59
T
60
E
61
S
62
E
S
A
63
I
64
T
U
T
U
65
R
O
M
A
N
66
O
67
G
R
E
W
68
N
O
U
N
69
I
R
E
S
70
T
M
Y
A
C
E
S
71
H
A
L
E
72
D
U
C
T
73
C
A
R
T
E
S
74
C
H
O
W
75
T
I
L
E
76
S
T
E
E
77
P
78
S
S
R
S
79
S
H
I
N
E
80
L
I
P
81
R
U
82
M
83
I
S
84
A
T
85
N
E
G
86
M
A
K
E
87
L
88
E
89
A
P
B
A
90
R
91
G
A
I
N
I
92
N
G
93
O
94
B
I
T
E
R
95
E
N
R
O
L
L
E
E
96
E
T
R
E
97
A
N
T
98
A
G
A
L
99
I
N
N
100
S
101
I
R
I
102
S
103
I
D
I
O
104
M
105
N
O
B
106
S
G
T
107
E
108
C
H
E
L
O
109
N
S
110
B
R
A
111
T
112
C
R
I
113
M
I
N
A
114
L
C
O
E
D
115
L
A
I
116
D
I
N
T
O
117
U
G
A
R
T
E
118
O
T
A
R
U
119
E
T
T
A
K
E
T
T
120
T
E
N
S
E
D
121
A
S
T
O
P
122
D
E
A
D
E
Y
E
S
© 2001, The New York Times9/2/1 ( No. 18,926 )
Across
1
More than enjoyed : LAPPEDUP
9
Makes a bundle : BALES
14
Whodunit awards : EDGARS
20
Not at all gentle : ABRASIVE
21
___ Heep : URIAH
22
Graffiti artist's addition : GOATEE
23
Threshold : DOORSTEP
24
Legal punch? : STATUTORYAWL
26
Site of a dramatic 1815 escape : ELBA
27
Greets : SAYSHITO
29
Letters at sea : HMS
30
"Shop ___ you drop" : TIL
31
Word on a bridge card : TALLY
33
Banquets : SUPS
34
Ibsen doll? : NORA
36
Whom a courtier may address : SIRE
37
Adventuress Nellie : BLY
38
Hand protector : MITT
40
Many a pollee : CONSUMER
42
Out of it : ASLEEP
45
Most pious testifier? : HOLIESTWITNESS
47
Take off : PEEL
48
Suffix with pay : OLA
50
One-___ (kids' game) : OCAT
51
Netscape purchaser : AOL
52
Numbers of interest: Abbr. : PTS
53
Bother : EATAT
55
A little, musically : POCO
58
Low-cal drinks : LITES
62
Actor Morales : ESAI
64
Dainty attire : TUTU
65
Cheese made from ewe's milk : ROMANO
67
Burgeoned : GREW
68
Whatchamacallit? : NOUN
69
Air marshal's explanation about keeping his pilots alert? : IRESTMYACES
71
In good health : HALE
72
Pipe up or down? : DUCT
73
Menus, in Metz : CARTES
74
K rations, e.g. : CHOW
75
Kind of floor : TILE
76
Not gradual : STEEP
78
Armenia and Georgia, once: Abbr. : SSRS
79
Perform well : SHINE
80
Some disrespect : LIP
81
Potent potable : RUM
83
"Time ___ a premium" : ISAT
85
Like some blood types: Abbr. : NEG
86
Be in time for : MAKE
87
Haggling over how high is up? : LEAPBARGAINING
93
___ dictum : OBITER
95
Signer-upper : ENROLLEE
96
Word repeated by a French Hamlet : ETRE
97
Social worker? : ANT
98
"... ___ in Kalamazoo" : AGAL
99
Travel brochure listings : INNS
101
Light controller : IRIS
103
Language quirk : IDIOM
105
San Francisco's ___ Hill : NOB
106
___ Friday : SGT
107
Levels : ECHELONS
110
No angel : BRAT
112
Scofflaw student? : CRIMINALCOED
115
Attacked : LAIDINTO
117
Lorre's role in "Casablanca" : UGARTE
118
City on Ishikari Bay : OTARU
119
Girl of old comics : ETTAKETT
120
Got tight : TENSED
121
Put ___ to (end) : ASTOP
122
Sharpshooters : DEADEYES
Down
1
Take on : LADE
2
Like ___ from the blue : ABOLT
3
Marinara most likely to be used? : PROBABLESAUCE
4
Side by side : PARALLEL
5
Double turn : ESS
6
Not very logical : DITSY
7
Holder of a 101-Across : UVEA
8
17th-century diarist : PEPYS
9
Transporter to remote areas : BUSHPILOT
10
Aesthetic : ARTISTIC
11
"South Pacific" role : LIAT
12
Stationery brand : EATON
13
___ mai (dim sum dish) : SHU
14
Narcissist's problem : EGOMANIA
15
British actress Diana : DORS
16
Like some holiday apparel : GAY
17
Unit by unit, in succession : ATATIME
18
Makes electrical improvements : REWIRES
19
"There's a Girl in My Soup" star, 1970 : SELLERS
25
Host, as a party : THROW
28
Sport in which athletes crouch : SUMO
32
Strong cleanser : LYE
35
Natl. Adopt-a-Dog Mo. : OCT
36
Benefit of a southern exposure : SUNLIGHT
39
Three-legged ornamental table : TEAPOY
41
Mil. plane for quick takeoffs : STOL
42
Adds on : APPENDS
43
Starts : SETSOUT
44
Kind of license : POETIC
45
Milliners : HATTERS
46
Food converter : STOMACH
49
First lady's namesakes : LAURAS
54
Waldheim was its head : AUSTRIA
56
Secretly hiding : CACHING
57
Early Ping-Pong score : ONEONE
59
Hiker's counsel? : TRAILATTORNEY
60
Thin and slippery : EELLIKE
61
Janitor : SWEEPER
63
Mr. Moto's employer : INTERPOL
65
Rental ad abbr. : RMS
66
New York river to Lake Ontario : OSWEGO
70
Actress O'Shea : TESSIE
77
Not pvt. : PUBL
79
Excited : STIRREDUP
82
Dragged through the mud : MALIGNED
84
Willy Loman, for one : ANTIHERO
86
Small two-wheeler : MINIBIKE
87
Not marbled : LEANCUT
88
Glut : ENGORGE
89
Like 1,001 nights : ARABIAN
90
Oscar de la ___ : RENTA
91
___-X : GEN
92
Writer-director Jordan : NEIL
94
"___ dog!" : BAD
100
Small denominations : SECTS
102
Like pumps : SOLED
103
"___ Crime?" (Judy Holliday song) : ISITA
104
Not shiny : MATTE
106
Place : SITE
108
Veneer : COAT
109
___ the Great (boy detective) : NATE
111
Young 'uns : TOTS
113
Honorific sometimes used uncertainly : MRS
114
Mauna ___ : LOA
116
Pop : DAD

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 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
84 ms