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

New York Times, Tuesday, December 22, 1953

5-Down : Parts of keels.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { F J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 43.0
1
B
2
E
3
A
4
R
5
S
6
H
7
O
8
P
9
L
10
I
11
B
12
E
13
O
I
S
E
14
K
O
L
A
15
S
16
I
N
E
Z
17
B
R
I
D
18
G
E
S
A
T
T
19
O
K
O
R
I
20
S
E
A
D
O
G
S
21
M
A
R
E
N
G
O
22
M
E
N
S
23
M
A
R
I
N
E
S
24
I
25
L
I
A
D
26
D
U
N
D
E
E
27
D
U
N
N
28
H
I
D
29
U
N
D
30
O
31
N
32
E
33
A
N
O
34
S
O
P
H
35
I
S
T
36
V
U
E
37
S
T
R
38
E
A
M
39
E
S
T
40
B
E
L
L
41
S
T
E
42
R
N
E
43
E
A
R
L
Y
44
E
45
N
S
I
L
E
S
46
M
D
C
V
47
S
N
E
E
R
E
D
48
T
A
N
K
A
49
R
50
D
51
T
E
N
N
E
S
S
52
E
E
V
A
L
L
E
Y
53
A
R
N
E
54
S
E
R
A
I
55
O
U
S
E
56
B
O
I
S
57
A
R
M
S
58
G
E
T
S
© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,638
Across
1
Wall Street operator. : BEAR
5
Bakery. : SHOP
9
Meeting place of serious students. : LIBE
13
River north of Paris. : OISE
14
Nuts yielding caffeine. : KOLAS
16
Relative of Agnes. : INEZ
17
Bestseller about the Air Force (with "The"). : BRIDGESATTOKORI
20
Mariners. : SEADOGS
21
Napoleon's Austrian victory, 1800. : MARENGO
22
Kind of wear in a haberdashery. : MENS
23
Members of the "Fighting Sixth." : MARINES
24
Ancient classic. : ILIAD
26
Seaport of eastern Scotland. : DUNDEE
27
U. S. envoy to Madrid. : DUNN
28
Concealed. : HID
29
Destroyed. : UNDONE
33
Year: Spanish. : ANO
34
Person using adroit but fallacious reasoning. : SOPHIST
36
Sight: French. : VUE
37
Where to catch trout. : STREAM
39
Time zone: Abbr. : EST
40
Madison Square Garden item. : BELL
41
Creator of Uncle Toby. : STERNE
43
In the near future. : EARLY
44
Stores on the farm. : ENSILES
46
The year "King Lear" was first played. : MDCV
47
Showed contempt. : SNEERED
48
Wassail holder. : TANKARD
51
Southern industrial area. : TENNESSEEVALLEY
53
British composer. : ARNE
54
Rest home in Ankara. : SERAI
55
English river. : OUSE
56
___ de Boulogne, park on outskirts of Paris. : BOIS
57
Last word of a Hemingway title. : ARMS
58
Comes by. : GETS
Down
1
Hair-dos of the 1920's. : BOBS
2
Country with many bachelors. : EIRE
3
Part of the globe. : ASIAMINOR
4
Dr. Hewlett Johnson. : REDDEAN
5
Parts of keels. : SKEGS
6
Autry's Champion. : HOSS
7
Palm leaf. : OLA
8
Texas Congressman. : PATMAN
9
Compared. : LIKENED
10
Three ___. : INONE
11
Pieces of glaciers. : BERGS
12
Italian man's name. : EZIO
15
One of Crosby's favorites. : STARDUST
18
Indian native. : GOND
19
Tibet, Nepal, Burma, etc. : ORIENT
23
Coots or gallinules. : MUDHENS
24
Mrs. Cantor and others. : IDAS
25
One of a famous acting team. : LUNT
26
Slope down. : DIP
28
"Send these, the ___, tempest-tost to me ... " : HOMELESS
30
Estimate too highly. : OVERVALUE
31
Of no value. : NULL
32
Slithery. : EELY
34
Branch of literature. : SATIRE
35
Honshu bay. : ISE
38
Ancient cenobites. : ESSENES
40
Unfilled orders, for instance. : BACKLOG
42
Waterway of Biblical fame. : REDSEA
43
Miss Ferber. : EDNA
44
January in Buenos Aires. : ENERO
45
Italian left-wing Socialist. : NENNI
46
European song thrush. : MAVIS
47
Attempt: Colloq. : STAB
48
Word in a college cheer. : TEAM
49
Lie fallow. : REST
50
Aniline products. : DYES
52
Do wrong. : ERR

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 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
60 ms