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Daniel Girardi
New York Times, Saturday, January 26, 1991
Author:
Daniel Girardi
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15,
Words: 72,
Blocks: 35,
Avg Word Len: 5.28,
Missing: { F H J Q W X Z },
Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 22.0
1 S | 2 T | 3 E | 4 A | 5 L | | 6 S | 7 T | 8 A | 9 Y | | 10 S | 11 A | 12 P | 13 S |
14 T | R | A | C | E | | 15 E | R | R | S | | 16 C | U | R | T |
17 R | E | S | E | T | | 18 P | O | R | E | | 19 A | G | A | R |
20 A | M | E | S | | 21 M | I | T | E | R | | 22 M | E | N | U |
23 N | O | M | | 24 K | E | A | T | S | | 25 E | P | A | C | T |
26 G | L | E | 27 A | N | S | | 28 E | T | 29 A | M | I | N | E | S |
30 L | O | N | G | E | S | | 31 R | S | V | P | | | | |
32 E | S | T | E | E | M | | | | 33 E | A | 34 G | 35 L | 36 E | 37 S |
| | | | 38 C | A | 39 S | 40 T | | 41 S | L | U | I | C | E |
42 E | 43 N | 44 T | 45 R | A | N | C | E | | 46 T | E | N | E | T | S |
47 S | Y | R | U | P | | 48 A | N | 49 N | A | S | | 50 S | O | T |
51 P | E | A | S | | 52 A | L | D | E | N | | 53 L | O | D | I |
54 A | M | I | S | | 55 G | E | R | E | | 56 C | O | V | E | N |
57 N | A | T | E | | 58 E | N | I | D | | 59 O | P | E | R | A |
60 A | N | E | T | | 61 E | E | L | Y | | 62 B | E | R | M | S |
© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,054
Across
1
6
10
14
Strap for a draft animal :
TRACE15
16
17
18
Examine diligently, with "over" :
PORE19
Food-thickening agent :
AGAR20
21
Carpenter's joint :
MITER22
23
Grammatical case: Abbr :
NOM24
25
Solar-vs.-lunar year period :
EPACT26
28
30
Ropes for training horses :
LONGES31
Invitation request :
RSVP32
33
38
41
42
46
47
Ingredient of some pralines :
SYRUP48
High priest: Luke 3:2 :
ANNAS50
51
These may be split :
PEAS52
A Mayflower passenger :
ALDEN53
Napoleon won here: 1796 :
LODI54
He wrote "I Like It Here" :
AMIS55
Actor in "Pretty Woman" :
GERE56
57
58
Hometown of soprano Mitchell :
ENID59
Charpentier creation :
OPERA60
French writer or town :
ANET61
62
Shoulders of roads :
BERMS
Down
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
W.W. I battle site :
YSER10
11
Difficult and distasteful :
AUGEAN12
13
21
24
25
27
It couldn't wither Cleo :
AGE29
34
35
36
37
39
40
Climbing plant's leafless organ :
TENDRIL42
43
44
French treaty or treatise :
TRAITE45
49
52
Awry, in Yorkshire :
AGEE53
56
Short, stocky horse :
COB
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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