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

New York Times, Wednesday, April 8, 1987

Author:
Christopher Sherwood
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 35.4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Christopher Sherwood has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
G
2
L
3
I
4
B
5
A
6
M
7
A
8
S
9
A
10
C
11
M
12
E
13
R
A
V
E
14
P
E
S
O
15
R
H
E
A
16
O
R
A
N
17
G
18
E
B
O
W
L
19
M
E
E
T
20
W
A
N
D
E
R
21
W
A
D
22
I
R
K
S
23
A
I
24
D
25
N
I
26
G
E
R
27
C
28
A
29
B
30
E
R
N
E
31
T
32
E
A
S
Y
33
H
U
L
L
S
34
M
O
35
O
R
S
36
B
37
A
38
D
39
A
R
I
L
40
C
O
W
L
S
41
T
O
G
O
42
W
A
N
43
H
O
N
E
D
44
C
A
M
E
O
45
D
46
R
A
M
47
R
E
48
M
E
M
B
E
R
49
D
U
M
P
50
S
51
R
I
D
52
G
53
R
A
M
54
O
W
55
L
56
N
A
57
S
58
S
59
A
60
U
61
A
U
T
O
62
S
O
U
63
R
G
R
A
P
E
S
64
U
S
E
R
65
E
R
T
E
66
G
A
R
S
67
L
E
S
S
68
R
E
E
D
69
O
D
O
R
© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,665
Across
1
Superficially fluent : GLIB
5
Japanese pearl divers : AMAS
9
Zenith : ACME
13
A kind of review : RAVE
14
Monterrey money : PESO
15
Actress Perlman : RHEA
16
Dolphins' playground : ORANGEBOWL
19
Track and field tournament : MEET
20
Vagabondize : WANDER
21
Lump : WAD
22
Raises ire : IRKS
23
What paracletes do : AID
25
African river or land : NIGER
27
Dry table wine : CABERNET
32
Like Riley's life style : EASY
33
Coverings of nuts : HULLS
34
Drops anchor : MOORS
36
___ Homburg, W. German spa : BAD
39
Integument : ARIL
40
Monastery garb : COWLS
41
Land east of Ghana : TOGO
42
Pallid : WAN
43
Made sharp : HONED
44
Portrait-bearing gem : CAMEO
45
A serving of grog or rum : DRAM
47
Berlin song : REMEMBER
49
Down in the ___ (sad) : DUMPS
51
Do away with : RID
52
Metric measure : GRAM
54
Nocturnal hunter : OWL
56
Bahamian port : NASSAU
61
Prefix with biography : AUTO
62
Have-not's scorn : SOURGRAPES
64
Unscrupulous one, perhaps : USER
65
Art Deco master : ERTE
66
Pikelike fish : GARS
67
Minus : LESS
68
Woodwind : REED
69
Olfactory stimulation : ODOR
Down
1
Flourish : GROW
2
Zhivago's lady fair : LARA
3
___ the Terrible : IVAN
4
River's turn : BEND
5
Letters in a dragnet : APB
6
Certain Persian's sound : MEOW
7
Egyptian dam : ASWAN
8
Ant caste : SOLDIERS
9
Hosts : ARMIES
10
Pyrotechnical device : CHERRYBOMB
11
Like Caspar Milquetoast : MEEK
12
Cry from a chuck wagon : EATS
17
Transmission components : GEARS
18
Yeats's motherland : ERIN
24
Speed follower : DEMON
26
Rap, in a way : GAS
27
Smokeless plug : CHAW
28
Penumbra : AURA
29
Chancy social appointments : BLINDDATES
30
Building wing : ELL
31
Part of a castle : TOWER
35
More experienced : OLDER
37
"A Death in the Family" author : AGEE
38
Means of egress : DOOR
40
Bach or Bacharach : COMPOSER
41
Sporty cap : TAM
43
Amateurish actor : HAM
44
Wood for a chest : CEDAR
46
Grapevine fuel : RUMORS
48
Flash Gordon's "merciless" foe : MING
50
Attested : SWORE
52
Caesar's France : GAUL
53
Clever trick : RUSE
55
Guitarlike instrument : LUTE
57
Palm variety : SAGO
58
W.W. I fighter plane : SPAD
59
Prefix with dynamics : AERO
60
U.N. member : USSR
63
Blushing : RED

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 1 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