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

New York Times, Tuesday, November 10, 1964

24-Down : Kind of hammer.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { J V }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
1
O
2
N
3
E
4
N
5
D
6
G
7
A
8
L
9
A
10
U
11
R
12
G
13
A
14
M
I
X
E
R
15
O
N
U
S
16
N
E
A
R
17
E
L
I
Z
A
18
W
O
R
K
19
O
F
A
R
T
20
N
E
T
21
W
22
H
I
T
E
23
M
U
D
D
Y
24
C
L
O
T
H
25
P
E
R
S
E
26
F
27
I
28
L
L
S
T
H
E
29
B
I
L
L
30
A
R
I
A
31
R
U
L
E
32
F
33
L
34
U
35
D
I
D
W
36
I
37
T
38
H
39
S
E
T
40
T
L
E
R
41
E
S
S
42
D
I
E
43
T
44
A
O
N
E
45
M
E
E
T
S
46
H
47
A
48
L
F
W
A
Y
49
S
50
P
E
A
R
51
Q
U
I
E
T
52
A
T
A
L
L
53
T
U
L
L
E
54
B
55
I
56
G
57
S
O
T
O
S
58
P
E
A
K
59
W
60
H
O
S
E
61
O
W
E
N
62
E
T
R
E
63
A
I
S
L
E
64
F
E
R
S
65
W
E
E
D
66
Y
E
S
E
S
© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,581
Across
1
In upright position. : ONEND
6
Festive. : GALA
10
Mongolian city. : URGA
14
Soda, for one. : MIXER
15
Responsibility. : ONUS
16
Approximately. : NEAR
17
Miss Doolittle. : ELIZA
18
Masterpiece. : WORKOFART
20
After expenses. : NET
21
Snowy. : WHITE
23
Not clear. : MUDDY
24
The clergy. : CLOTH
25
Inherently. : PERSE
26
Is adequate: Colloq. : FILLSTHEBILL
30
La Scala solo. : ARIA
31
Standard. : RULE
32
Grippe's cousin. : FLU
35
Made use of. : DIDWITH
39
Colonist. : SETTLER
41
Letter. : ESS
42
Formal assembly. : DIET
44
Top-drawer. : AONE
45
Compromises. : MEETSHALFWAY
49
Fishgig. : SPEAR
51
Unruffled. : QUIET
52
In any way. : ATALL
53
Veil material. : TULLE
54
Generous. : BIG
57
In other words. : SOTOSPEAK
59
Possessive pronoun. : WHOSE
61
Welsh name. : OWEN
62
Raison d'___. : ETRE
63
Passageway. : AISLE
64
Noun suffixes. : FERS
65
Darnel. : WEED
66
Votes for. : YESES
Down
1
Prognostic. : OMEN
2
Yellow-green. : NILE
3
Way out. : EXIT
4
Pince-___. : NEZ
5
Syllabifies slowly. : DRAWLS
6
Accompany. : GOWITH
7
Different. : ANOTHER
8
Angler's bait. : LURE
9
Call for. : ASK
10
Spread out. : UNFURL
11
Studies. : READS
12
En ___. : GARDE
13
Affected. : ARTY
19
Egg dish. : OMELET
22
Excitable. : HOT
24
Kind of hammer. : CLAW
25
Lots of money: Colloq. : PILE
26
Dwindle. : FADE
27
Spring flower. : IRIS
28
Jar tops. : LIDS
29
One way to get to school. : BUS
32
Progress. : FLOW
33
River in Siberia. : LENA
34
Famous physicist. : UREY
36
Perfect models. : IDEALS
37
Row. : TIER
38
___ up. : HET
40
U.S. President. : TAFT
43
Draftsman's tool. : TSQUARE
45
Honeydews. : MELONS
46
Rose massively. : HULKED
47
Feel poorly. : AIL
48
Elbow-room: Colloq. : LEEWAY
49
American novelist. : STOWE
50
English essayist. : PATER
52
At or on (a specific date). : ASOF
53
Mal de ___. : TETE
54
Foreman. : BOSS
55
Atoll. : ISLE
56
Letters. : GEES
58
Church accommodation. : PEW
60
Make tracks, in a way. : HIE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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 © 2007-2024, Jim Horne
46 ms