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

New York Times, Saturday, December 18, 1982

Author:
I. Judah Koolyk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { H J Q X }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 56, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 35.9
I. Judah Koolyk has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
S
2
A
3
M
4
C
5
L
6
A
7
D
8
A
9
B
10
O
11
V
12
O
13
A
C
L
U
14
A
O
N
E
15
N
A
D
I
A
16
F
R
E
E
17
T
U
T
U
18
T
R
E
A
T
19
T
U
N
N
20
E
L
V
I
S
21
I
O
N
22
B
E
S
T
I
R
23
S
N
U
24
B
25
S
26
T
O
K
E
27
N
28
P
A
Y
M
E
N
29
T
30
N
31
I
32
C
E
N
E
33
O
R
K
34
T
A
R
35
A
L
O
R
S
36
I
V
Y
37
S
38
C
A
P
E
39
G
E
M
40
D
N
A
41
N
E
I
S
S
E
42
S
U
B
43
W
44
A
Y
S
E
45
R
I
E
S
46
M
O
O
R
E
47
A
T
T
L
48
E
49
E
50
U
N
D
51
E
52
R
G
R
O
U
N
D
53
S
54
O
55
Z
56
O
N
E
57
B
E
L
A
58
N
E
D
S
59
W
O
R
D
S
60
B
L
A
T
61
A
M
I
E
62
L
O
E
S
S
63
S
Y
N
E
64
R
Y
E
© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,093
Across
1
Houston or Browne : SAM
4
Suited, e.g. : CLAD
8
From the beginning : ABOVO
13
Org. Helen Keller helped found : ACLU
14
Tops : AONE
15
Comaneci : NADIA
16
Word before born and after "Born" : FREE
17
Coryphée's wear : TUTU
18
Oct. 31 choice : TREAT
19
Dream on the metro? : TUNNELVISION
22
Rouse : BESTIR
23
Ignores : SNUBS
26
IRT entree? : TOKENPAYMENT
30
___ Creed : NICENE
33
Mork's planet : ORK
34
Salt : TAR
35
French interjection : ALORS
36
Brown's league : IVY
37
Land or sea follower : SCAPE
39
Cat's-eye or sard : GEM
40
Chromosome constituent, for short : DNA
41
Riser in Czechoslovakia : NEISSE
42
Succession beneath the Big Apple? : SUBWAYSERIES
46
Boxer Archie : MOORE
47
British P.M.: 1945–51 : ATTLEE
50
Units of resistance, often charged up? : UNDERGROUNDS
54
Pale-blue gas : OZONE
57
Bartók : BELA
58
Buntline et al. : NEDS
59
They're often eaten when not weighed : WORDS
60
Meadow sound : BLAT
61
Dulcinea, in Dijon : AMIE
62
Loamy deposit : LOESS
63
New Year's Eve word : SYNE
64
Milieu for a catcher : RYE
Down
1
Bench warmer : SCRUB
2
Coeur d'___, Idaho : ALENE
3
Gouda kin : MUENSTER
4
Stealthy : CATLIKE
5
Home for Nike of Samothrace : LOUVRE
6
Con man? : ANTI
7
___ ex machina : DEUS
8
Mark of fame : ANTONY
9
Thumb's employer : BARNUM
10
Lyrical lines : ODE
11
Shipper's preposition : VIA
12
Stable staple : OAT
13
Nautical adverb : AFT
20
Collars : ETONS
21
Author Dinesen : ISAK
24
Fraternity letters : BETAS
25
They close clothes : SNAPS
27
These blaze, then grow dimmer : NOVAE
28
Use a lever : PRY
29
___ of heaven (ailanthus) : TREE
30
Dilapidated dobbins : NAGS
31
Jejunum's neighbor : ILEUM
32
Bebop band : COMBO
36
Officeholders : INS
37
Tend : SEETO
38
On this side of the moon : CISLUNAR
40
Stained : DYED
41
Guncotton, e.g. : NITRATE
43
Lesions : WOUNDS
44
McClain portrayer : ARNESS
45
Overcoat : RAGLAN
48
Lee, to Grant : ENEMY
49
Netman Dibbs : EDDIE
51
Declines : EBBS
52
Depend : RELY
53
157.5° from N : SSE
54
It gives a hoot : OWL
55
Bronx attraction : ZOO
56
Stockholm coin : ORE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 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
53 ms