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Kay Richman
New York Times, Friday, January 18, 1963
Author:
Kay Richman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 5.20, Missing: { X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 51.6
Kay Richman has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Clue for 42-Down was "Red cloth used by fullfighters." Changed it to "Red cloth used by bullfighters."
| 1 B | 2 A | 3 R | 4 Q | 5 U | 6 E | | | 7 L | 8 E | 9 A | 10 P | 11 S | |
| 12 A | R | O | U | N | D | | 13 L | O | N | D | O | N | |
14 C | L | I | M | A | T | E | | 15 E | I | D | O | L | O | 16 N |
17 O | L | E | | 18 G | O | L | 19 F | E | R | S | | 20 I | W | O |
21 K | A | T | 22 E | | 23 A | W | A | K | E | | 24 A | C | E | S |
25 E | S | T | A | | 26 S | E | L | | | 27 S | N | I | D | E |
28 S | T | A | R | | 29 T | I | A | 30 J | 31 U | A | N | A | | |
| | | 32 M | 33 I | E | S | | 34 A | N | T | E | | | |
| | 35 H | A | N | D | S | 36 O | M | E | | 37 A | 38 R | 39 A | 40 M |
41 A | 42 M | E | R | S | | | 43 M | B | A | | 44 L | E | V | I |
45 B | U | L | K | | 46 E | 47 L | I | O | T | | 48 S | V | E | N |
49 I | L | E | | 50 U | N | S | T | R | A | 51 P | | 52 O | R | C |
53 B | E | N | 54 N | E | T | T | | 55 E | B | O | 56 N | I | T | E |
| 57 T | O | I | L | E | S | | 58 E | L | L | I | C | E | |
| 59 A | F | T | E | R | | | 60 S | E | A | L | E | D | |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,930
Across
1
7
Partner of bounds. :
LEAPS12
13
Locale of the Tate Gallery. :
LONDON14
15
17
18
20
21
Name of musical fame. :
KATE23
24
Serves, at Wimbledon. :
ACES25
26
Concert piece: Abbr. :
SEL27
Derogatory: Slang. :
SNIDE28
Something to wish upon. :
STAR29
32
Famous German-American architect. :
MIES34
35
37
41
43
44
45
46
Nobel prize poet. :
ELIOT48
Scandinavian name. :
SVEN49
50
52
53
Aviator of 1926 North Pole flight. :
BENNETT55
57
58
Pacific island group. :
ELLICE59
Next in order to. :
AFTER60
Hunted, as in Baffin Bay. :
SEALED
Down
1
That which helps to maintain stability. :
BALLAST2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Parts of the earth. :
ENDS9
10
11
13
Ingredient of pot au feu. :
LEEK14
16
19
22
24
27
30
31
Traditional state of the bride's biscuits. :
UNEATABLE33
35
36
38
39
40
41
42
Red cloth used by bullfighters. :
MULETA46
47
50
River in central Africa. :
UELE51
Adriatic port of Yugoslavia. :
POLA54
56
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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