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

New York Times, Saturday, May 23, 1992

Author:
Ernie Furtado
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 47, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 242 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 19, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 11.3
Ernie Furtado has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1
T
2
I
3
D
4
E
5
R
6
A
7
T
8
E
9
D
10
T
O
N
E
R
11
F
12
R
I
G
A
T
E
13
E
B
S
E
N
14
R
E
P
R
E
S
S
15
E
16
S
17
M
I
T
R
E
18
A
S
A
19
E
S
E
20
P
E
R
E
21
M
E
R
22
H
23
A
N
S
A
24
O
S
U
25
D
E
L
I
26
E
D
S
E
L
27
M
28
I
29
S
E
30
L
A
31
N
D
M
I
N
E
32
S
33
C
E
N
T
E
34
D
35
N
E
G
A
T
E
D
36
L
A
N
C
E
L
O
37
T
38
V
E
N
I
39
A
N
T
A
E
40
O
R
41
M
E
42
Z
43
E
44
N
45
V
I
A
N
D
46
R
E
O
47
T
A
M
O
48
E
N
L
49
N
N
W
50
M
E
T
E
S
51
R
E
I
52
N
53
S
54
T
A
T
E
55
A
L
I
N
E
56
S
O
R
R
I
E
R
57
P
L
O
D
S
58
T
R
I
A
L
59
S
Y
N
S
© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,537
Across
1
Alabama's Crimson ___ : TIDE
5
Did certain seeding : RATED
10
Cosmetic : TONER
11
Combat vessel : FRIGATE
13
Barnaby Jones of TV : EBSEN
14
Quashes : REPRESSES
17
Former Argentine President : MITRE
18
Botanist Gray : ASA
19
Journal end : ESE
20
Balzac's "Le ___ Goriot" : PERE
21
St.-Tropez sight : MER
22
Merchant guild : HANSA
24
Big Ten inst. : OSU
25
Place to purchase pickles : DELI
26
Detroit dud : EDSEL
27
___ en scène : MISE
30
Concealed explosive : LANDMINE
32
Perfumy : SCENTED
35
Nullified : NEGATED
36
Greatest of Arthur's knights : LANCELOT
38
Start of a Caesar trio : VENI
39
Pilasters : ANTAE
40
Elm, in Évian : ORME
42
___ Buddhism : ZEN
45
Article of food : VIAND
46
Vintage auto : REO
47
___-shanter : TAMO
48
Darkroom prod. : ENL
49
L.A.-to-Las Vegas dir. : NNW
50
Apportions : METES
51
Place in statu quo : REINSTATE
55
Actress MacMahon : ALINE
56
More wretched : SORRIER
57
Trudges : PLODS
58
Kafka novel, with "The" : TRIAL
59
Some crossword defs. : SYNS
Down
1
Certain mugs : TOBIES
2
Tuba player, e.g. : INSTRUMENTALIST
3
Plow man : DEERE
4
Loser to Gans : ERNE
5
Riverbank dweller : RIPARIAN
6
Sci. of farming : AGR
7
Mimeograph inventor : TAE
8
French connections : ETS
9
Loss of feeling : DESENSITIZATION
10
Pace : TEMPO
11
In which a strike may occur : FRAME
12
Vend anew : RESELL
15
Dead Sea ascetic : ESSENE
16
Like Oscar-winning names : SEALED
22
Equivocate : HEDGE
23
Huckster : ADMAN
25
Actress-singer Sandra ___ : DEEL
28
Peruvian native : INCAN
29
Bucephalus, e.g. : STEED
31
Field of granular snow : NEVE
32
Ship of old : SLAVER
33
Tooth : CANINE
34
Dead as a ___ : DOORNAIL
37
Thirty, en français : TRENTE
41
Manicurist in the suburbs? : MOWER
43
Makes changes in texts : EMENDS
44
Anatomical numbers? : NOSES
47
Portrayer of a TV Theo : TELLY
50
Cartographers' creations : MAPS
52
And not : NOR
53
___ Lanka : SRI
54
Start of a refrain : TRA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 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
49 ms