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

New York Times, Thursday, December 11, 1980

31-Down : Prefix denoting size

Author:
Rubin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Rubin has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
C
2
R
3
I
4
S
5
P
6
A
7
L
8
P
9
S
10
F
11
O
12
U
13
R
14
H
U
N
K
Y
15
F
I
R
E
16
A
L
S
O
17
U
N
T
I
L
18
G
A
O
L
19
R
E
E
L
20
B
A
R
N
E
21
Y
22
I
N
M
23
E
M
O
R
Y
24
S
T
A
N
25
E
26
C
S
T
A
S
Y
27
Y
28
O
O
H
O
O
29
T
A
30
R
31
D
32
E
33
C
34
H
35
I
36
T
M
A
N
37
M
U
R
I
E
L
38
H
A
B
39
I
T
A
T
40
D
I
A
D
E
M
S
41
E
D
I
S
O
N
42
C
A
R
R
43
L
I
E
44
M
A
D
A
M
45
A
L
W
A
Y
46
S
47
W
A
48
R
N
I
N
G
49
C
50
R
51
A
52
B
53
C
54
A
55
T
O
N
I
N
E
56
E
57
L
A
I
N
E
58
A
L
U
M
59
F
U
N
60
K
61
I
M
P
E
L
62
R
O
T
A
63
L
A
T
E
64
S
P
E
N
T
65
S
P
U
N
66
E
L
S
A
67
T
I
N
T
S
© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,356
Across
1
Brittle : CRISP
6
Ski spots : ALPS
10
Quaternary : FOUR
14
___-dory : HUNKY
15
One of Vulcan's spheres : FIRE
16
"___ Sprach Zarathustra," 1973 song : ALSO
17
Before : UNTIL
18
Newgate, e.g. : GAOL
19
Sway : REEL
20
Miller or Google : BARNEY
22
"___ of W.B. Yeats," elegy by Auden : INMEMORY
24
Kenton or Musial : STAN
25
"___ and Me," H. Lamarr autobiography : ECSTASY
27
Call for Mrs. Bloom : YOOHOO
29
Afternoon, in Avila : TARDE
33
Greek letter : CHI
36
Fed. investigator : TMAN
37
Hubert's widow : MURIEL
38
Abode : HABITAT
40
Crowns : DIADEMS
41
He was no con man : EDISON
42
Singer Vikki : CARR
43
Prevaricate : LIE
44
Sir's counterpart : MADAM
45
Berlin hit: 1925 : ALWAYS
47
Admonition : WARNING
49
Kind of apple : CRAB
53
___-tails : CATONINE
56
Soprano Malbin : ELAINE
58
Old grad : ALUM
59
Fit of ill humor : FUNK
61
Urge on : IMPEL
62
Musical round : ROTA
63
Kind of show : LATE
64
Exhausted : SPENT
65
Like some silk : SPUN
66
Princess of Braband : ELSA
67
Considerations for Cassatt : TINTS
Down
1
Fish used as bait : CHUBS
2
Attack : RUNAT
3
Prefix with mural or state : INTRA
4
Emaciated : SKINNY
5
W.W. II journalist : PYLE
6
Neighbor of U.S.S.R. : AFG
7
Affaire d'amour : LIAISON
8
Quickly : PRONTO
9
Nobelist novelist-poet Lagerlöf : SELMA
10
Grange area : FARMYARD
11
TV backdrop : OLEO
12
He can't get enough of snuff : USER
13
___-poly : ROLY
21
G. & S. character : YEOMAN
23
Sea inlet : ESTUARY
26
Songbird : CHAT
28
Footstool : OTTOMAN
30
Cambodian money : RIEL
31
Prefix denoting size : DEMI
32
Otherwise : ELSE
33
Sci. course : CHEM
34
"If I Only ___ Heart" : HADA
35
Footnote abbr. : IBID
37
Fata morgana : MIRAGE
39
"She ___, therefore may be woo'd": Shak. : ISAWOMAN
40
Haggard novel : DAWN
42
Lawyer's bread and butter : CLIENTS
45
Etesian : ANNUAL
46
Large, greenish prawns : SCAMPI
48
Jaeger's companion : RIFLE
50
Mature : RIPEN
51
In reference to : ANENT
52
Encircles : BELTS
53
Telphers : CARS
54
Asymmetrical : ALOP
55
Garb for a Balanchine vehicle : TUTU
57
Catalogue : LIST
60
Large parrot : KEA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 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
55 ms