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

New York Times, Thursday, January 9, 1975

66-Across : Vegetable

Author:
Louis C. Mandes Jr.
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 21.5
Louis C. Mandes Jr. has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
M
2
O
3
L
4
T
5
I
6
S
7
T
8
S
9
A
10
B
11
B
12
E
13
A
H
I
R
14
O
N
T
A
P
15
L
A
R
D
16
R
I
M
Y
17
S
C
A
L
E
18
O
R
A
D
19
C
O
N
S
20
C
I
E
N
C
E
21
M
O
N
E
Y
22
T
U
R
N
S
23
D
E
F
24
A
25
S
26
P
27
B
I
T
28
C
Y
A
N
29
E
30
A
31
N
32
C
H
A
33
B
34
S
I
35
V
A
36
R
E
T
R
O
37
R
O
Y
A
38
L
39
V
A
S
40
A
S
H
E
N
41
I
N
U
R
E
42
E
T
H
43
S
44
S
I
N
E
45
D
E
P
R
E
46
S
S
47
P
I
48
N
49
C
A
T
50
I
C
H
51
A
R
G
O
52
T
53
T
54
H
55
E
C
H
A
56
N
G
I
N
G
R
57
O
58
O
59
M
60
A
U
R
A
61
S
E
I
Z
E
62
U
N
D
O
63
C
L
A
D
64
T
I
L
E
D
65
S
T
O
W
66
K
A
L
E
67
A
L
E
S
68
T
O
R
N
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,280
Across
1
Cast off : MOLT
5
Doers: Suffix : ISTS
9
Monastery man : ABBE
13
Hindu caste : AHIR
14
Ready : ONTAP
15
Enrich : LARD
16
Frosted : RIMY
17
Norm, as in wages : SCALE
18
Toward the mouth : ORAD
19
Occasional I.R.S. windfall : CONSCIENCEMONEY
22
Short walks : TURNS
23
Dictionary entry: Abbr. : DEF
24
Killer of a queen : ASP
27
Used Ford's bullet : BIT
28
Deep blue : CYANEAN
32
Woodpecker : CHAB
34
Hindu deity : SIVA
36
Word with rocket or active : RETRO
37
Stately : ROYAL
39
Duct, in anatomy : VAS
40
Pallid : ASHEN
41
Accustom : INURE
42
Anglo-Saxon letters : ETHS
44
Math ratio : SINE
45
Discourage : DEPRESS
47
Need in a donkey-tail game : PIN
49
Kind of boat or burglar : CAT
50
German pronoun : ICH
51
Cant : ARGOT
53
Drama critics' choice in 1973 : THECHANGINGROOM
60
Atmosphere : AURA
61
Take hold of : SEIZE
62
Loosen : UNDO
63
Wearing : CLAD
64
Like some roofs : TILED
65
Put away : STOW
66
Vegetable : KALE
67
Drinks : ALES
68
Split : TORN
Down
1
Writer Connelly : MARC
2
One of Pittsburgh's rivers : OHIO
3
Portray : LIMN
4
Appointment : TRYST
5
Stimuli : INCENTIVES
6
Swiss town : STANS
7
Soft mineral : TALC
8
Fleet : SPEEDY
9
Reserve : ALOOFNESS
10
Storage place : BARN
11
Highlands hill : BRAE
12
Whirl : EDDY
14
Egyptian god : OSIRIS
20
Whelp : CUB
21
Comedienne Anne : MEARA
24
Sharp : ACRID
25
Glistened : SHONE
26
Settle in full : PAYUP
28
What some award winners get : CASHPRIZES
29
Moral code : ETHIC
30
Field of action : ARENA
31
Musical composition : NONET
33
Parade-route fixture : BARRICADE
35
Large tub : VAT
38
Hanger-on : LEECH
43
Kind of confession : SIGNED
46
Calif. peak : SHASTA
48
Holiday beverage : NOG
51
Brisk : AGILE
52
Confidence : TRUST
53
Fasten temporarily : TACK
54
Dance : HULA
55
Of a time : ERAL
56
Armstrong : NEIL
57
Wise : ONTO
58
Smell : ODOR
59
New-___ hay : MOWN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

Log in or purchase a subscription to view an analysis of this puzzle.

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
104 ms