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

New York Times, Friday, October 5, 1984

Author:
Reichert
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 38.3 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Reichert has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
S
2
P
3
R
4
A
5
Y
6
E
7
D
8
I
9
C
10
E
11
B
12
E
13
R
14
G
15
P
R
E
L
U
D
E
16
M
A
R
I
N
E
R
17
R
E
G
I
M
E
N
18
P
R
A
T
T
L
E
19
U
M
E
20
A
N
I
21
M
A
L
S
22
A
A
A
23
C
I
N
24
C
25
S
A
I
L
S
26
T
I
P
S
27
E
S
T
A
28
B
29
B
E
A
30
P
U
L
S
E
31
D
E
S
P
O
32
I
L
S
33
G
A
S
S
E
D
34
I
L
L
E
35
F
I
S
C
36
M
37
A
38
T
T
E
S
39
M
A
N
S
A
40
R
41
D
42
S
43
A
T
H
O
S
44
M
A
C
45
E
N
E
R
O
46
C
E
I
L
47
P
A
S
T
48
E
49
Y
S
E
R
50
A
L
S
51
M
A
N
H
O
L
52
E
53
T
A
R
54
B
I
T
55
T
E
R
N
56
T
E
A
57
T
I
M
E
58
R
E
L
E
A
S
E
59
U
N
R
A
V
E
L
60
E
R
E
C
T
E
D
61
M
A
S
T
E
R
S
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,750
Across
1
Used an insecticide : SPRAYED
8
Cold-hearted one : ICEBERG
15
Introduction : PRELUDE
16
Tar : MARINER
17
Government : REGIMEN
18
Babble : PRATTLE
19
Japanese apricot : UME
20
Fauna : ANIMALS
22
Drivers' org. : AAA
23
One of R.W.R.'s titles : CINC
25
Sheets for salts : SAILS
26
Douceurs : TIPS
27
Founded: Abbr. : ESTAB
29
Cole Porter's "___ Clown" : BEA
30
Beat : PULSE
31
Ravages : DESPOILS
33
Yakked : GASSED
34
That one, in Rome : ILLE
35
Royal treasury : FISC
36
Smelters' mixtures : MATTES
39
Garrets : MANSARDS
43
Comte de la Fère : ATHOS
44
Tillie the Toiler's boyfriend : MAC
45
Don's January : ENERO
46
Wainscot : CEIL
47
Hit hard : PASTE
49
River into the North Sea : YSER
50
Pacino and Capone : ALS
51
Egress for Ed Norton : MANHOLE
53
Pavior's material : TAR
54
Swamp bird : BITTERN
56
Late afternoon in England : TEATIME
58
Unfasten : RELEASE
59
Solve : UNRAVEL
60
Put up : ERECTED
61
Annual golf tournament at Augusta : MASTERS
Down
1
Decked out, with "up" : SPRUCED
2
Part of a syllogism : PREMISE
3
Interim rulers : REGENTS
4
Clay, presently : ALI
5
Arizona Indian : YUMA
6
Utopias : EDENS
7
Like a weak argument : DENIABLE
8
Prey for a pride : IMPALA
9
Reiner and Jung : CARLS
10
Periods : ERAS
11
Restraint of a sort : BIT
12
Involves : ENTAILS
13
Backslide : RELAPSE
14
Bribed : GREASED
21
Architect ___ van der Rohe : MIES
24
Building for solons : CAPITOL
26
Florence is here : TUSCANY
28
Actor in "Stella Dallas" : BOLES
30
Old hat : PASSE
32
They, in Tours : ILS
33
Kind of mill : GIN
35
Jack-of-all-trades : FACTOTUM
36
Like a Poe tale : MACABRE
37
Studio : ATELIER
38
Emblem of Scotland : THISTLE
39
Livestock feed : MASH
40
Fidgety : RESTIVE
41
Mitty, for one : DREAMER
42
Plants having sour juice : SORRELS
44
Provided troops : MANNED
47
Analyze grammatically : PARSE
48
Gluck's "Paride ed ___" : ELENA
51
Kernel : MEAT
52
Matadors' prizes : EARS
55
P.I. : TEC
57
Make an edging : TAT

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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
63 ms