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

New York Times, Friday, April 9, 1993

17-Across : Showy but inferior

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 38.8
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
G
2
E
3
A
4
R
5
C
6
H
7
A
8
T
9
P
10
A
11
R
12
C
13
H
14
A
U
R
A
15
H
O
R
A
16
E
B
O
L
I
17
B
R
U
M
18
M
A
G
E
M
19
R
O
T
O
R
20
S
E
M
P
E
R
21
D
E
22
P
I
L
A
T
E
23
A
L
O
24
P
25
D
E
C
I
26
P
27
A
G
I
N
A
28
L
29
S
O
S
30
O
31
O
32
N
33
P
E
R
E
34
L
O
35
G
O
P
H
I
L
E
36
I
T
O
37
R
38
E
M
O
R
S
E
39
L
I
N
40
P
R
O
41
S
E
L
Y
T
E
42
D
E
V
E
43
S
O
M
A
L
I
44
S
E
45
A
46
S
I
D
E
47
L
E
D
48
A
49
K
R
I
S
50
A
51
L
52
M
A
G
E
S
53
T
54
I
N
D
55
E
56
N
57
T
58
S
A
I
D
A
59
P
A
60
D
A
N
A
R
A
M
61
S
P
R
I
T
62
E
L
A
N
63
I
O
T
A
64
O
P
I
N
E
65
N
I
N
E
66
N
O
O
N
© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,858
Across
1
Cogwheel : GEAR
5
Songbird : CHAT
9
Torrefy : PARCH
14
Penumbra : AURA
15
Romanian folk dance : HORA
16
Princess in "Don Carlos" : EBOLI
17
Showy but inferior : BRUMMAGEM
19
Part of a turbine : ROTOR
20
Second word of Va.'s motto : SEMPER
21
Remove hair from : DEPILATE
23
Like Pisa's tower : ALOP
25
Tenth part: Comb. form : DECI
26
Of a book's leaves : PAGINAL
29
"___ Tired": Le Gallienne : SOSOON
33
Marquette or Goriot : PERE
34
Lover of words : LOGOPHILE
36
Japanese figure skater : ITO
37
Compunction : REMORSE
39
Author Yutang : LIN
40
Convert : PROSELYTE
42
Balzac's "Une Fille ___" : DEVE
43
Native of Mogadishu : SOMALI
44
Coast : SEASIDE
47
Huxley book : LEDA
49
Malay knife : KRIS
50
Work on astronomy : ALMAGEST
54
Recess : INDENT
58
"You ___ mouthful!" : SAIDA
59
Jacob lived here with Laban : PADANARAM
61
Bud; germinate : SPRIT
62
Verve : ELAN
63
Jot : IOTA
64
Reckon : OPINE
65
Yarborough topper : NINE
66
Sext hour : NOON
Down
1
Tittle-tattles : GABS
2
Chartres's river : EURE
3
Wake-robin, e.g. : ARUM
4
Go on a tear : RAMPAGE
5
Styx ferryman : CHARON
6
Duroc, e.g. : HOG
7
Cézanne's "Boy in ___ Vest" : ARED
8
Broke a bronco : TAMED
9
Extract from a book : PERICOPE
10
Do away with : ABOLISH
11
Roster : ROTA
12
Thrombus : CLOT
13
Charter : HIRE
18
Honey: Comb. form : MELI
22
Pieces of eight : PESOS
24
Halcyon : PALMY
26
Kind of dollar : PETRO
27
Woolf's "___ of One's Own" : AROOM
28
Pillages : LOOTS
30
Three sheets to the wind : OILED
31
Part of o.d. : OLIVE
32
Hawaii's state bird : NENE
33
Domino dots : PIPS
35
Astronomer Ptolemy, e.g. : GREEK
37
Banish : RELEGATE
38
Apocopate : ELIDE
41
Crusaders' foe : SALADIN
42
Scorn : DISDAIN
45
Massenet opera : ARIANE
46
___ Fein, Irish revolutionary movement : SINN
48
Quiverleaf : ASPEN
50
Ace, in Apulia : ASSO
51
Finn's neighbor : LAPP
52
Borneo port : MIRI
53
Anklebones : TALI
55
Ending with switch : EROO
56
Alliance acronym : NATO
57
W.J.C. protector : TMAN
60
Cupid : DAN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

  Please log in to use the Analyze feature.

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 © 2007-2026, Jim Horne
44 ms