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

New York Times, Wednesday, February 24, 1988

Author:
Jesse Roarke
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 19.6
Jesse Roarke has 48 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
C
2
H
3
A
4
T
5
S
6
P
7
I
8
C
9
A
10
E
11
C
12
H
13
O
14
I
O
T
A
15
O
R
G
A
N
16
R
E
A
M
17
S
M
O
G
18
R
O
O
S
T
19
U
L
V
A
20
C
E
L
L
21
A
R
22
R
E
I
23
N
D
E
E
R
24
O
O
L
I
T
E
25
S
26
S
Q
U
I
B
27
N
E
L
L
28
Y
29
U
N
T
R
30
U
31
E
32
M
33
I
34
M
E
35
S
I
E
36
G
E
37
E
A
R
N
38
A
S
O
39
G
A
R
40
N
E
D
41
L
E
N
42
S
43
P
O
R
E
44
D
45
A
T
Y
S
46
L
O
O
P
47
E
R
48
S
E
R
49
I
F
50
T
O
R
I
51
I
52
T
O
R
O
53
N
54
T
55
O
56
T
57
O
R
R
E
N
T
58
S
59
W
A
G
G
E
R
60
O
V
E
R
61
T
A
L
62
O
N
63
N
A
N
A
64
L
I
M
A
65
E
L
I
D
E
66
A
M
O
R
67
E
D
E
N
68
R
O
P
E
D
69
K
I
N
E
© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,987
Across
1
Converse idly : CHAT
5
Large star in Virgo : SPICA
10
Pining nymph : ECHO
14
Jot : IOTA
15
Instrument Schweitzer played : ORGAN
16
Twenty quires : REAM
17
Urban health hazard : SMOG
18
High perch : ROOST
19
Sea lettuce : ULVA
20
Stock of wine : CELLAR
22
Kringle's jinglers : REINDEER
24
Egg stones : OOLITES
26
News filler : SQUIB
27
Nervous ___ : NELLY
29
Faithless : UNTRUE
32
Nonvocal actor : MIME
35
Arthur's ___ Perilous : SIEGE
37
Merit : EARN
38
Kyushu volcano : ASO
39
Needlefish : GAR
40
Composer Rorem : NED
41
Focuser of light : LENS
43
Studied intently : PORED
45
Consort of Cybele : ATYS
46
Measuring worm : LOOPER
48
Letter projection : SERIF
50
Shinto gateway : TORII
52
Home of the Maple Leafs : TORONTO
56
Spates : TORRENTS
59
Happy Fido's tail : WAGGER
60
___ and out : OVER
61
Claw : TALON
63
Zola heroine : NANA
64
St. Rose of ___ : LIMA
65
Slur : ELIDE
66
"Omnia vincit ___" : AMOR
67
Site of a tree of life : EDEN
68
Lassoed : ROPED
69
Cows, to Cowper : KINE
Down
1
Great Lakes whitefish : CISCO
2
Similar: Comb. form : HOMEO
3
Coral island : ATOLL
4
Catchword : TAGLINE
5
Reddish-brown horses : SORRELS
6
Greg Norman, e.g. : PRO
7
Baritone Gorin : IGOR
8
Stack in a liquor store : CASES
9
Bygone : ANTIQUE
10
Learned : ERUDITE
11
Reveler : CELEBRANT
12
Eat : HAVE
13
Persian poet : OMAR
21
Goddess of infatuation : ATE
23
Sister : NUN
25
Irish county or port : SLIGO
28
Century components : YEARS
30
Nobelist in Chemistry: 1934 : UREY
31
Wide receivers : ENDS
32
Promenade : MALL
33
Lake in Lombardy : ISEO
34
Duckbill or echidna : MONOTREME
36
Salute : GREET
42
Highlander's pouch : SPORRAN
43
Franklin was one : PRINTER
44
Went under like Leander : DROWNED
45
Island north of Kodiak : AFOGNAK
47
Before, in poesy : ERE
49
Author Levin : IRA
51
Aviator Balbo : ITALO
53
Lake in Botswana : NGAMI
54
Part of a dovetail : TENON
55
"___ Ben Jonson!" : ORARE
56
Ornamental metalware : TOLE
57
Poet Naso : OVID
58
Kind of stitch : SLIP
62
Stately lyric : ODE

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 6 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
57 ms