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

Employeese

New York Times, Sunday, January 10, 1982

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 79, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 498 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 130, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 18.4
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In 28-Across, the word should be "kattanker," with no hyphen; left as in the original.

1
O
2
M
3
A
4
R
5
M
6
S
7
G
8
R
9
C
10
A
11
R
12
P
13
E
14
T
15
P
16
R
17
E
18
P
19
M
I
R
E
20
A
I
R
E
21
O
L
E
A
R
Y
22
L
E
M
A
23
E
X
I
T
24
L
I
N
E
S
25
T
I
C
K
E
R
26
T
A
P
E
S
27
R
E
S
E
T
28
K
A
T
29
T
30
N
E
E
31
O
A
T
E
R
S
32
T
R
E
S
S
33
I
T
O
R
34
E
S
T
35
E
36
T
E
N
S
E
37
A
S
S
T
38
N
E
N
E
39
S
T
Y
40
E
N
T
E
R
41
P
42
M
G
S
43
A
44
D
45
A
46
L
E
47
D
48
S
D
S
49
B
50
I
51
B
52
V
E
S
T
53
E
D
I
N
54
T
E
R
E
55
S
56
T
57
O
N
E
58
S
T
E
P
59
L
O
R
N
E
60
S
O
O
61
T
62
Y
63
S
C
U
P
64
T
E
65
N
A
N
T
66
M
67
A
68
B
69
I
S
E
E
70
S
A
L
E
71
M
S
L
O
T
72
P
R
O
73
F
E
S
S
O
74
R
75
N
A
D
A
76
L
E
I
77
M
78
E
T
A
X
A
79
I
S
M
E
80
T
H
U
R
81
S
82
O
83
B
E
S
E
84
I
R
85
A
N
I
A
N
86
P
U
L
87
L
88
I
N
G
S
T
R
89
I
N
G
S
90
E
N
E
91
C
92
R
93
S
94
Y
I
N
95
T
S
E
96
N
G
O
S
97
L
E
H
98
A
99
R
100
M
T
101
S
102
E
103
M
I
L
104
B
105
A
106
S
107
S
108
A
T
A
L
E
109
A
R
T
110
A
111
M
A
T
E
112
R
O
B
O
T
113
S
O
L
D
A
114
T
115
E
O
N
116
S
U
I
S
117
A
L
I
V
E
118
S
O
L
E
P
U
119
R
P
O
S
120
E
121
M
A
S
122
S
M
E
D
I
A
123
E
L
O
N
124
B
E
I
G
E
S
125
A
L
O
E
126
R
E
E
L
127
S
S
T
S
128
A
D
D
E
R
S
129
U
S
N
A
130
O
R
T
S
© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,751
Across
1
Khayyám : OMAR
5
Cleric's title: Abbr. : MSGR
9
Kind of knight or sweeper : CARPET
15
Attend Exeter, e.g. : PREP
19
Deep mud : MIRE
20
River at Leeds : AIRE
21
Chicago-fire name : OLEARY
22
Tony of fairway fame : LEMA
23
"Farewell" and "goodbye," to a stagehand : EXITLINES
25
EKG's, to a watchmaker : TICKERTAPES
27
Righted the tenpins : RESET
28
___-anker (Ger. kedge) : KATT
30
Wedding-report word : NEE
31
"Gunsmoke" et al. : OATERS
32
Subject of Pope's mock-heroic : TRESS
33
Ripley's "Believe ___ Not" : ITOR
34
Noted friend of da Vinci : ESTE
36
Jittery : TENSE
37
Dep. : ASST
38
Hawaiian goose : NENE
39
Pen name : STY
40
Lodge, as a protest : ENTER
41
Bolger, Bailar et al. : PMGS
43
Critic Huxtable : ADA
46
Wielded the baton : LED
48
Former campus org. : SDS
49
Tucker's partner : BIB
52
Special concern of a tailor : VESTEDINTEREST
57
Ballroom dance : ONESTEP
59
Actor Greene : LORNE
60
Fuliginous : SOOTY
63
Porgy : SCUP
64
Type of farmer : TENANT
66
Fairy queen : MAB
69
Crystal gazer's opening : ISEE
70
Prime Oregon land, to a realtor : SALEMSLOT
72
Higgins or Moriarty : PROFESSOR
75
State of nonexistence : NADA
76
Hilo neckwear : LEI
77
Strong Greek brandy : METAXA
79
"Woe ___!" : ISME
80
Thanksgiving Day: Abbr. : THURS
82
Portly : OBESE
84
Bani-Sadr, for one : IRANIAN
86
Exerting influence, as a puppeteer : PULLINGSTRINGS
90
Ending for ethyl : ENE
91
Holders of i.o.u.'s : CRS
94
Yang's counterpart : YIN
95
Mao ___-tung : TSE
96
"Fire in the Lake" family : NGOS
97
"Wiener Frauen" composer : LEHAR
100
Jungfrau, etc. : MTS
102
Actor Jannings : EMIL
104
Hines or Siepi : BASS
108
"___ told by an idiot ... " : ATALE
109
River of Greece : ARTA
111
Jane, to Tarzan : MATE
112
Televox : ROBOT
113
Poilu : SOLDAT
115
Long time span : EON
116
Part of être : SUIS
117
Book by Read : ALIVE
118
Objective of a Dover fisherman : SOLEPURPOSE
121
Newspapers, radio and TV, to a Boston ad exec : MASSMEDIA
123
College in N.C. : ELON
124
Grayish tans : BEIGES
125
Yucca's kin : ALOE
126
Titubate : REEL
127
Planes once barred from J.F.K. : SSTS
128
Kraits : ADDERS
129
Its grads are often at sea : USNA
130
Scraps for Spot : ORTS
Down
1
Sicilian code of silence : OMERTA
2
Get-togethers : MIXERS
3
Rebels : ARISES
4
SAT, given again : RETEST
5
Avril follower : MAI
6
Bear market, to a stockbroker : SINKINGSPELL
7
Ali, to himself : GREATEST
8
Virginia city : RESTON
9
Foldaway : COT
10
Type of skirt : ALINE
11
Grade-schooler's break : RECESS
12
"Ma and ___," 1949 movie : PAKETTLE
13
Homophone for air : ERE
14
Beginner : TYRO
15
Typewriter part : PLATEN
16
Is contrite : REPENTS
17
Like some aquatic plants : EMERSED
18
Jaworski and Todd, e.g. : PASSERS
24
O.T.S. grads : LTS
26
Poet Nahum : TATE
29
"Don't ___ me" : TREADON
35
Ogler : EYER
41
Certain G.I. : PVT
42
Faces : MEETS
44
Malicious talk : DIRT
45
Blyth, from Mt. Kisco : ANN
47
___ Plaines : DES
49
Dithers or Tweed : BOSS
50
Charm : INCANT
51
Bondi, from Chicago : BEULAH
53
High spirits : ELATION
54
Mephistopheles, e.g. : TEMPTER
55
Lyon product : SOIE
56
___ the towel (cede) : TOSSIN
58
Stepped on the gas : SPEDUP
61
Music-hall star O'Shea : TESSIE
62
Petty officer : YEOMAN
65
Ham's father, to Italians : NOE
67
Parseghian : ARA
68
Training tip, to a cigar packer : BOXINGLESSON
71
Merchant ship, in Tokyo : MARU
73
N.D. city : FARGO
74
Story by Chateaubriand : RENE
77
Fort spread : MESS
78
Regards highly : ESTEEMS
81
Stallone's nickname : SLY
83
Purchased: Abbr. : BGT
85
Silly one : ASS
87
City in Ohio : LIMA
88
America's Cup challenger : INTREPID
89
Signs a memo : INITIALS
91
Reunion groups : CLASSES
92
Adapts factory machinery : RETOOLS
93
Small onion : SHALLOT
98
Pilgrim couple : ALDENS
99
Cut grain : REAP
101
Moe or Curly : STOOGE
103
Kenyan secret society : MAUMAU
104
Ravel classic : BOLERO
105
Resident : ABIDER
106
It's Supreme in Moscow : SOVIET
107
Purloins : STEALS
110
Goose genus : ANSER
112
Fordham's mascot : RAM
114
Big horn : TUBA
119
Barber or Ruffing : RED
120
Snaky curve : ESS
122
China, e.g. : SEA

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 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
56 ms