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

New York Times, Monday, February 8, 1982

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 20.5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
T
2
R
3
A
4
M
5
S
6
T
7
O
8
P
9
T
10
A
11
P
12
E
13
O
U
S
E
14
S
P
R
E
E
15
A
C
E
D
16
T
H
E
N
17
A
T
I
O
N
A
18
L
R
O
A
D
19
E
R
A
20
L
E
N
T
O
21
E
A
R
L
Y
22
L
E
N
A
23
U
A
W
24
N
25
E
26
M
A
C
O
L
27
I
28
N
S
P
A
29
T
30
H
31
O
L
I
C
32
O
N
E
S
33
E
A
34
T
35
A
B
L
E
36
F
37
E
W
E
R
38
O
M
N
I
39
H
O
L
40
O
R
R
A
41
A
P
S
E
42
W
I
43
L
D
E
R
N
44
E
45
S
46
S
R
O
A
D
47
O
I
D
48
A
L
P
S
49
I
50
A
51
M
B
S
52
W
53
A
G
E
R
54
C
55
P
56
A
57
G
R
E
A
T
58
V
A
L
L
E
Y
59
R
O
A
D
60
O
M
I
T
61
O
C
T
E
T
62
T
A
R
A
63
R
A
R
E
64
L
O
O
T
65
E
X
A
M
© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,780
Across
1
Streetcar : TRAM
5
Traffic sign : STOP
9
Recording medium : TAPE
13
Yorkshire river : OUSE
14
Binge : SPREE
15
Served a winner : ACED
16
Frontier way westward : THENATIONALROAD
19
Day or many days : ERA
20
Slow, in music : LENTO
21
Primitive : EARLY
22
Siberian river : LENA
23
Assembly-line org. : UAW
24
Frontier way westward : NEMACOLINSPATH
31
Chemical suffix : OLIC
32
Wallet fillers : ONES
33
Consume : EAT
35
Follower of ready and willing : ABLE
36
Not so many : FEWER
38
All: Comb. form : OMNI
39
Vacation, to a Londoner : HOL
40
Odd: Scot. : ORRA
41
Church part : APSE
42
Frontier way westward : WILDERNESSROAD
47
Resembling: Suffix : OID
48
European mountain range : ALPS
49
Metrical feet : IAMBS
52
Bet : WAGER
54
Acct. : CPA
57
Frontier way westward : GREATVALLEYROAD
60
Skip : OMIT
61
Group of eight : OCTET
62
"G.W.T.W." plantation : TARA
63
Adjective for cerium : RARE
64
Plunder : LOOT
65
SAT, for one : EXAM
Down
1
Haul : TOTE
2
German river : RUHR
3
Oceanward : ASEA
4
Kingsley's "___ in White" : MEN
5
Of the backbone : SPINAL
6
Jog : TROT
7
Wine: Comb. form : OENO
8
Kind of jacket or shooter : PEA
9
Mid-Pacific island : TARAWA
10
Acidity : ACOR
11
Loud ringing of bells : PEAL
12
MacDonald's co-star : EDDY
14
Transcriber : STENO
17
Pianist Templeton : ALEC
18
"My heart ___ up ... ": Wordsworth : LEAPS
22
Fine fabric : LACE
23
Pusher's prey : USER
24
Ham's father : NOAH
25
Arm joint : ELBOW
26
Thousand: Comb. form : MILLI
27
Native of the Hawkeye State : IOWAN
28
Compass point : NNE
29
Time : TEMPO
30
Medieval merchant guild : HANSA
34
Evened the score : TIED
36
Radio comedian Allen : FRED
37
Stray : ERR
38
Rows : OARS
40
Writer like Pindar : ODIST
43
Having rounded, projecting parts : LOBATE
44
Fledgling in an aerie : EAGLET
45
Icy precipitation : SLEET
46
Lively : SPRY
49
Stravinsky : IGOR
50
First word of a Latin epic : ARMA
51
Memorable Israeli leader : MEIR
52
Texas city : WACO
53
Kind of clef : ALTO
54
Wheedle : COAX
55
Brazilian rubber : PARA
56
First of billions : ADAM
58
Kind of fire dept. : VOL
59
A subj. of this puzzle : RTE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 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
44 ms