This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Sidney L. Robbins
New York Times, Monday, March 19, 1990
Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 50, Avg Word Len: 4.73, Missing: { F J K Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 51, Cheaters: 18, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 23.5
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 G | 2 O | 3 N | 4 E | 5 A | 6 N | 7 T | 8 S | 9 B | 10 A | 11 Y |
||||
12 A | P | E | X | 13 A | L | A | R | M | 14 R | U | S | E |
||
15 B | U | S | H | 16 L | E | A | G | U | E | 17 O | S | H | A |
|
18 S | T | A | I | R | 19 E | A | 20 R | T | H | Y | ||||
21 L | E | A | 22 S | 23 R | O | A | R | |||||||
24 T | 25 R | E | N | T | O | 26 N | 27 S | A | T | A | 28 N | |||
29 E | W | E | 30 S | E | N | O | 31 R | 32 D | E | N | I | 33 M |
||
34 R | I | A | 35 S | I | R | E | 36 D | 37 G | N | U |
||||
38 A | N | D | 39 E | 40 S | 41 C | A | P | E | 42 S | 43 E | A | T |
||
44 E | M | M | E | 45 T | 46 H | A | R | P | 47 E | R | S | |||
48 Y | E | A | R | 49 Y | A | R | N | |||||||
50 U | L | E | M | A | 51 S | 52 N | E | A | 53 R | 54 S | ||||
55 S | T | I | R | 56 G | E | 57 O | 58 R | G | E | B | U | S | 59 H |
|
60 T | A | P | S | 61 I | R | E | N | E | 62 L | E | T | O |
||
63 A | H | S | 64 C | O | R | A | 65 E | S | S | E |
© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,741
Across
1
Wind's companion? : GONE
5
Trousers' occupants? : ANTS
9
Kind of window : BAY
12
Peak : APEX
13
Frighten : ALARM
14
Wile : RUSE
15
Inferior; amateurish : BUSHLEAGUE
17
Health agcy : OSHA
18
Kind of case : STAIR
19
Realistic : EARTHY
21
Meadows, to Milton : LEAS
23
Ape lions : ROAR
24
Garden State capital : TRENTON
27
Beelzebub : SATAN
29
Farm animal : EWE
30
Herr, in Madrid : SENOR
32
Twilled cotton : DENIM
34
Inlet : RIA
35
Fathered : SIRED
37
Wildebeest : GNU
38
Aconcagua's location : ANDES
41
Sable and Breton : CAPES
43
Corrode : EAT
44
Irish patriot : EMMET
46
___ Ferry, W.Va. resort : HARPERS
48
Once-around-Sol period : YEAR
49
Sailor's tale : YARN
50
Muslim scholarly groups : ULEMAS
52
Approaches : NEARS
55
Agitate : STIR
56
C.I.A. director: 1976-77 : GEORGEBUSH
60
Lights-out signal at camp : TAPS
61
Good-night girl : IRENE
62
Apollo's mother : LETO
63
Gasps of pleasure : AHS
64
Arabian gazelle : CORA
65
Latin existence : ESSE
Down
1
Shoot the breeze : GAB
2
Major work : OPUS
3
Cozy place : NEST
4
Breathe out : EXHALE
5
Pie ___ mode : ALA
6
Mimic Xanthippe : NAG
7
Faithful : TRUE
8
Daubs : SMEARS
9
Woodsman : BUSHRANGER
10
Wan : ASHY
11
Favorable vote : YEA
13
Adds oxygen : AERATES
14
Revolve : ROTATE
16
Mortgages : LIENS
20
Burma ___ : ROAD
22
Kind of boom : SONIC
24
Strong thread : TWINE
25
Command at a 1988 convention : READMYLIPS
26
Maugham's "___ Nesbit" : NORAH
28
Foch and Simone : NINAS
29
Period : ERA
31
What avengers do : REPAY
33
Wife of Amen-Ra : MUT
36
Throw into disorder : DERANGE
39
Eastern V.I.P.'s : EMEERS
40
This may be sewn fine : SEAM
42
Frolic : SPREE
45
Truly sad : TRAGIC
47
Permit : ENABLE
50
Salt Lake's state : UTAH
51
An antitoxin: Comb. form : SERO
53
Regrets : RUES
54
Speedy planes : SSTS
55
Penn, e.g. : STA
57
Above, to Key : OER
58
Ribose acid, for short : RNA
59
Work the garden : HOE
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 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.