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

VERBAL HI-JINKS

New York Times, Sunday, November 16, 1980

52-Across : DE DE AL AL

Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 81, Avg Word Len: 5.07, Missing: { J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 531 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 122, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 13.8
Alfio Micci has 91 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

You need to view this PDF file to make sense of some of the theme clues.

1
D
2
E
3
F
4
A
5
C
6
E
7
R
8
E
9
P
10
I
11
N
12
E
13
S
14
A
15
P
16
S
17
A
L
A
R
U
M
18
S
19
C
O
W
E
R
E
D
20
T
R
A
I
21
L
22
T
U
R
N
S
U
P
23
S
I
D
E
D
O
W
N
24
R
E
N
N
E
25
E
M
M
E
T
26
I
E
S
27
A
N
S
28
M
E
N
D
E
D
29
A
30
D
E
S
T
31
E
32
T
E
Y
33
O
T
T
A
W
A
34
C
35
O
36
M
37
P
R
E
S
S
E
D
38
A
I
R
39
A
R
C
40
A
R
C
A
D
E
41
I
R
E
D
42
O
P
A
H
43
B
44
A
45
T
46
G
R
I
N
S
47
C
O
N
N
U
48
S
H
A
L
E
49
E
R
A
50
E
A
V
E
51
B
A
N
S
52
S
53
Q
U
A
R
E
D
54
E
A
L
S
55
H
O
D
56
S
T
U
A
R
T
57
O
C
T
E
T
58
M
59
I
60
S
61
L
A
Y
62
H
63
A
H
64
I
N
A
65
B
U
T
A
N
E
66
A
L
I
E
N
67
S
A
L
O
68
O
N
69
H
U
T
70
C
O
R
E
D
71
A
P
P
L
E
S
72
M
73
M
E
S
74
S
75
T
76
O
77
P
78
O
N
E
79
O
V
U
L
E
80
A
81
D
A
I
R
82
D
E
A
R
E
83
N
A
N
84
V
E
R
Y
85
G
A
I
N
86
M
O
L
T
E
N
87
E
R
N
88
O
89
N
E
I
N
A
90
M
I
L
L
I
O
N
91
S
92
T
93
E
94
E
R
S
95
E
V
A
96
S
T
R
A
N
D
97
C
A
R
A
F
E
98
P
E
I
99
A
E
C
100
R
101
A
102
R
103
E
104
E
105
A
M
A
T
I
106
W
O
R
L
107
D
108
W
I
T
H
109
O
U
T
E
N
D
110
B
A
S
I
S
111
A
D
D
E
D
O
N
112
S
U
M
M
A
T
E
113
R
E
N
T
114
G
E
O
D
E
S
115
I
S
O
M
E
R
© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,331
Across
1
Mar : DEFACE
7
Complain : REPINE
13
Drains : SAPS
17
___ and excursions : ALARUMS
19
Was fearful : COWERED
20
Oregon, for one : TRAIL
22
24
Reindeer, to René : RENNE
25
Irish patriot : EMMET
26
Plural ending : IES
27
Reply: Abbr. : ANS
28
Worked on socks : MENDED
29
"___ Fideles" : ADESTE
32
Mystery writer Josephine : TEY
33
Algonquian : OTTAWA
34
39
Bow : ARC
40
Roofed passageway : ARCADE
41
Full of fury : IRED
42
Brilliantly colored fish : OPAH
43
Belfry denizen : BAT
46
Shows pleasure : GRINS
47
An old ruse: Colloq. : CONNU
48
Argillaceous rock : SHALE
49
Christian or Roman : ERA
50
Roof feature : EAVE
51
Proscribes : BANS
52
DE DE AL AL : SQUAREDEALS
55
Scuttle : HOD
56
Royal family of Scotland : STUART
57
Double quartet : OCTET
58
Lose : MISLAY
62
Sound of laughter : HAH
64
Actress Balin : INA
65
Flammable hydrocarbon : BUTANE
66
Foreigner : ALIEN
67
Taproom : SALOON
69
Crude abode : HUT
70
AP ES : COREDAPPLES
72
French wives: Abbr. : MMES
74
Terminate : STOP
78
"___ Alone": Romberg : ONE
79
Rudimentary seed : OVULE
80
Robin of balladry : ADAIR
82
"The Wreck of the Mary ___" : DEARE
83
Palindromic name : NAN
84
In a high degree : VERY
85
Procure or secure : GAIN
86
Liquified by heat : MOLTEN
87
Beautician Westmore : ERN
88
1,000,1,000 : ONEINAMILLION
91
Takes the helm : STEERS
95
Actress Tanguay : EVA
96
Maroon : STRAND
97
Decanter : CARAFE
98
Linguist Mario A. ___ : PEI
99
Agcy. succeeded by N.R.C. : AEC
100
Peep show : RAREE
105
Stradivari's teacher : AMATI
106
110
Chief ingredient : BASIS
111
Annexed : ADDEDON
112
Bring to a total : SUMMATE
113
Torn : RENT
114
Crystal-lined rocks : GEODES
115
Compound similar to another : ISOMER
Down
1
Boy-meets-girl event : DATE
2
Cle ___, city in Washington : ELUM
3
Old MacDonald had one : FARM
4
Composer of "Comus" : ARNE
5
Desserts : CUSTARDS
6
Ostrich's cousin : EMU
7
Serling or Steiger : ROD
8
Ram's dam : EWE
9
Footed: Comb. form : PEDATI
10
Mangle user : IRONER
11
Given to gossip : NEWSY
12
Bulldog or final: Abbr. : EDN
13
O U T : STRETCHEDOUT
14
Common contraction : ARENT
15
Zoo attraction : PANDA
16
Tendon : SINEW
18
Triple agents : SPIES
19
Artificial reservoirs : CISTERNS
21
Mother of Helen of Troy : LEDA
23
Part of a seminar : SESSION
28
Esprit de corps : MORALE
30
Sandra or Ruby : DEE
31
Site of Sagan's dragons : EDEN
34
Target for Trottier : CAGE
35
Odd, in Scotland : ORRA
36
Year in the reign of Henry IV : MCIV
37
Oriel part : PANE
38
Scorched : ADUST
39
Separated : APART
42
Flicka's creator : OHARA
43
Blessed Roman Catholic woman : BEATA
44
"Stormy Weather" composer : ARLEN
45
Discernment : TASTE
47
Bounder : CAD
48
___ pan (Chinese abacus) : SUAN
51
Dandiprat : BOY
53
One of the Dionnes, for short : QUIN
54
Outside: Comb. form : ECT
55
APPLAUSE : HANDOVERFIST
56
Cordwainer's creation : SHOE
58
City in Georgia : MACON
59
One of the Masseys : ILONA
60
Enchantress : SIREN
61
The quiet side : LEE
62
By chance : HAPLY
63
Everyone, in Essen : ALLE
65
Charabanc : BUS
67
Reject : SPURN
68
Orange or Indian : OSAGE
69
Part of H.R.H., sometimes : HER
71
Disinclined : AVERSE
72
Aver : MAINTAIN
73
Sofia sight : MINARET
74
Order to a broker : SELL
75
Actor Jacques : TATI
76
Mountain: Comb. form : OREO
77
Robert ___ Warren : PENN
81
Speaker's milieu : DAIS
82
Becalmed state : DOLDRUMS
86
Andy Gump's wife : MIN
88
Exaggerate : OVERDO
89
Did carpentry : NAILED
90
Jet speed units : MACHS
91
Picket-line crosser : SCAB
92
Devonshire river : TAMAR
93
Expunge : ERASE
94
Dine at home : EATIN
95
Horatian verse form : EPODE
101
Prefix for sphere or meter : ATMO
102
Paper quantity : REAM
103
Being, in Barcelona : ENTE
104
Large German dam : EDER
106
Joker : WAG
107
H.S.T.'s successor : DDE
108
Certain servicemen: Abbr. : WOS
109
French assent : OUI

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.

Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

Previous puzzle | Next puzzle
XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2025, Jim Horne
60 ms