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

New York Times, Friday, March 7, 1986

32-Across : Excuse from duty

Author:
S. E. Wilkinson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q W }, Scrabble score: 330 (avg 1.73)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 35.2
S. E. Wilkinson has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
S
2
P
3
A
4
M
5
C
6
O
7
L
8
A
9
G
10
U
11
T
12
S
13
Y
14
O
O
N
A
15
L
O
I
S
16
A
L
O
H
A
17
L
O
N
G
18
J
O
H
N
S
19
L
E
M
O
N
20
D
R
A
P
E
S
21
Z
E
22
R
O
23
F
O
G
24
I
T
E
25
M
26
T
O
R
27
S
O
28
M
29
A
30
J
E
S
T
I
31
C
32
L
E
T
O
33
F
34
F
35
U
S
E
36
A
S
T
R
37
A
L
38
A
L
L
E
39
S
C
R
40
A
M
41
C
A
P
42
D
R
E
A
M
43
T
O
R
E
44
S
H
I
I
45
T
E
46
R
I
M
47
S
T
Y
R
48
O
N
49
G
A
R
G
50
O
Y
L
E
51
B
O
R
A
52
X
53
N
E
R
D
54
L
55
O
U
56
A
G
R
57
A
58
L
E
D
59
G
60
E
61
S
62
A
V
I
63
A
N
64
A
P
65
P
L
E
J
A
C
K
66
Z
E
L
I
G
67
Y
O
G
I
68
O
T
H
E
69
E
N
T
R
E
70
S
T
A
S
71
B
O
O
P
© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,268
Across
1
Canned meat of W.W. II : SPAM
5
Soft drink : COLA
9
Daring : GUTSY
14
Chaplin's widow : OONA
15
Superman's girlfriend : LOIS
16
Hilo hello : ALOHA
17
Underclothing : LONGJOHNS
19
Dud : LEMON
20
Falls in folds : DRAPES
21
Nil : ZERO
23
Pea soup : FOG
24
Thing : ITEM
26
Statue with limitations : TORSO
28
Imperial : MAJESTIC
32
Excuse from duty : LETOFF
35
Function : USE
36
Stellar : ASTRAL
38
Every, in Essen : ALLE
39
Vamoose : SCRAM
41
Billed item : CAP
42
Castle in Spain : DREAM
43
Split : TORE
44
Follower of Khomeini : SHIITE
46
Periphery : RIM
47
He wrote "Lie Down in Darkness" : STYRON
49
Notre Dame feature : GARGOYLE
51
Cheap furniture: Slang : BORAX
53
Schlemiel : NERD
54
First Lady in 1929 : LOU
56
Jumna River city : AGRA
58
Mantels : LEDGES
62
Re birds : AVIAN
64
Hard cider : APPLEJACK
66
Woody Allen movie: 1983 : ZELIG
67
He caught for Whitey : YOGI
68
Will-___-wisp : OTHE
69
___ nous (confidentially) : ENTRE
70
PBS members : STAS
71
Betty of cartoons : BOOP
Down
1
Realtor's sign : SOLD
2
Strapped : POOR
3
"Don Giovanni" character : ANNA
4
Chatterbox : MAGPIE
5
Wear houses? : CLOSETS
6
La-la preceder : OOH
7
City west of Vienna : LINZ
8
Brains or beauty : ASSET
9
Aplenty : GALORE
10
Caucho : ULE
11
Silly behavior : TOMFOOLERY
12
Scat! : SHOO
13
Yin and ___ : YANG
18
Discarded cargo : JETSAM
22
Peal; reel : ROLL
25
Musician Miller : MITCH
27
Sky light : STAR
28
Essentials : MUSTS
29
Berkshire village : ASCOT
30
Thrown together : JERRYBUILT
31
English actor Edward Gordon ___ : CRAIG
33
Thresh : FLAIL
34
___ fatale : FEMME
37
Re bees : APIAN
40
Baltic island : AERO
42
Nth or third : DEGREE
44
Stump of a tree : SNAG
45
Vine support : TRELLIS
48
Kind of spoon or stick : ORANGE
50
Task for a handyman : ODDJOB
52
Penetrating beams : XRAYS
54
Waste time : LAZE
55
Child's device : OVEN
57
" ... fame for ___ of ale, and safety": Shak. : APOT
59
Cat, in Córdoba : GATO
60
Aural twin : ECHO
61
Straw beehive : SKEP
63
Publicize : AIR
65
Snead's gp. : PGA

Answer summary:
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.

Previous puzzle | Next puzzle
XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2026, Jim Horne
54 ms