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

Word Almanac

New York Times, Sunday, May 3, 1953

58-Across : Happy.

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 144, Blocks: 68, Avg Word Len: 5.18, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 549 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 111, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 22, Grid flow: 25.8
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
L
2
A
3
M
4
A
5
W
6
I
7
E
8
N
9
E
10
L
11
L
12
S
13
C
14
L
15
A
16
R
17
E
18
S
E
P
A
L
19
A
R
M
I
20
S
T
I
C
E
21
L
A
N
A
S
22
T
H
I
R
T
23
Y
F
O
U
R
T
H
P
R
E
24
S
I
D
E
N
T
25
O
A
S
T
26
S
E
N
27
V
E
E
S
28
S
T
O
R
A
G
E
29
A
R
M
I
30
G
E
R
31
B
A
I
L
32
C
A
A
33
O
R
E
S
34
N
O
R
35
S
U
N
G
36
D
A
W
S
37
O
N
38
A
39
D
40
O
P
T
41
V
I
N
A
42
G
O
B
43
S
P
E
44
A
45
R
46
H
A
R
D
47
R
I
G
A
48
C
R
U
I
49
S
E
S
50
R
E
51
A
52
A
L
E
U
53
T
I
A
N
54
C
H
I
G
N
O
N
55
S
K
I
P
56
B
I
G
R
A
C
E
57
B
R
A
D
L
E
Y
58
R
I
A
N
T
59
O
K
R
A
60
D
O
O
R
M
A
T
61
D
U
N
N
62
A
63
N
N
I
E
64
B
E
N
A
R
E
S
65
E
R
I
C
S
66
O
67
N
68
C
A
I
N
69
K
I
R
S
T
E
N
70
S
W
A
N
L
A
K
E
71
E
R
A
72
S
I
M
I
O
I
D
73
F
L
E
W
74
A
N
I
S
75
K
N
76
E
E
L
77
D
I
A
78
G
E
A
R
79
W
I
S
E
S
80
L
E
A
81
S
E
R
82
D
O
N
T
83
A
I
R
84
O
85
S
86
S
A
87
U
P
S
88
B
E
N
D
89
A
N
T
W
90
E
91
R
92
P
93
F
I
A
N
94
C
E
E
95
C
A
M
E
96
A
B
T
97
E
R
I
A
98
F
E
D
E
R
A
L
99
S
E
C
U
R
100
I
T
Y
A
101
G
E
N
C
Y
102
E
V
I
T
E
103
L
A
B
O
R
I
T
E
S
104
S
K
I
E
S
105
R
E
E
S
E
106
S
P
U
N
107
L
A
S
S
108
A
S
E
S
© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,414
Across
1
Priest of Sitsang. : LAMA
5
Where the Ringstrasse is: Ger. : WIEN
9
House additions. : ELLS
13
First name of Ambassador to Italy. : CLARE
18
Calyx leaf. : SEPAL
19
Goal of the Panmunjom meetings. : ARMISTICE
21
Miss Turner and others. : LANAS
22
25
Tobacco drier. : OAST
26
Mr. Kuchel's new title: Abbr. : SEN
27
Necklines. : VEES
28
Safekeeping. : STORAGE
29
Esquire. : ARMIGER
31
Handle of a pail. : BAIL
32
Board regulating air traffic. : CAA
33
Monazite and stibnite. : ORES
34
Negative conjunction. : NOR
35
Proclaimed enthusiastically. : SUNG
36
City on the Yukon. : DAWSON
38
Accept, as a report. : ADOPT
41
Novelist Delmar. : VINA
42
A mouthful. : GOB
43
Uhlan's weapon. : SPEAR
46
Steely. : HARD
47
Its harbor is frozen Dec. to Feb. : RIGA
48
Trips on the S.S. Nassau. : CRUISES
50
Cartoonist Gardner ___. : REA
52
Island group in the Bering Sea. : ALEUTIAN
54
Hair bun. : CHIGNON
55
Jump rope. : SKIP
56
Kentucky Derby, for instance. : BIGRACE
57
Member of JCS. : BRADLEY
58
Happy. : RIANT
59
Gumbo. : OKRA
60
Vestibule appurtenance. : DOORMAT
61
U. S. Ambassador to Spain. : DUNN
62
Ethel Merman role. : ANNIE
64
City on the Ganges. : BENARES
65
Discoverer of Greenland. : ERICSON
68
Former Washington Senator. : CAIN
69
Singer Dorothy of the Met. : KIRSTEN
70
Tchaikovsky ballet. : SWANLAKE
71
Cycle. : ERA
72
Apelike. : SIMIOID
73
Avigated. : FLEW
74
Cuckoos. : ANIS
75
Bend in prayer. : KNEEL
77
Across: Prefix. : DIA
78
Tackle. : GEAR
79
Makes hep. : WISES
80
Renter. : LEASER
82
Word of admonition. : DONT
83
Gen. Vandenberg's jurisdiction. : AIR
84
Mountain in Greece. : OSSA
87
Good times. : UPS
88
South ___. : BEND
89
Center of diamond industry. : ANTWERP
93
Bride-to-be. : FIANCEE
95
"___ the dawn." : CAME
96
German composer. : ABT
97
Silkworm. : ERIA
98
Now Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare. : FEDERALSECURITYAGENCY
102
Shunned: Fr. : EVITE
103
Churchill's opposition. : LABORITES
104
Raises aloft: Colloq. : SKIES
105
Dodger captain. : REESE
106
Made a web. : SPUN
107
She had a "delicate air." : LASS
108
Enzymes. : ASES
Down
1
Viennese composer. : LEHAR
2
Mimicry. : APISM
3
Maurice Tobin's successor. : MARTINPDURKIN
4
Height: Abbr. : ALT
5
Cookie. : WAFER
6
Golf club. : IRON
7
Rhea's cousin. : EMU
8
Freedom from worry and the world. : NIRVANA
9
Girl's name. : ETHEL
10
Edges. : LIPS
11
Banker's document: Abbr. : LCR
12
Back-and-forth procedure. : SEESAW
13
Addison's pen name. : CLIO
14
Spanish highwayman. : LADRONE
15
Close to: Poet. : ANEAR
16
Wide open space. : RANGE
17
Owner of a coonskin cap. : ESTES
18
Meeting place of ancient Greece. : STOA
20
Popular cartoonist. : STEIG
23
Flanders river. : YSER
24
Harriman's successor. : STASSEN
30
Obtained. : GOT
31
Synthetic rubber. : BUNA
32
3 Down, 55 Down, etc. : CABINET
35
Advertisement. : SIGN
36
Illinois Senator. : DOUGLAS
37
Almost defunct bureau. : OPS
38
Captain in Ishmael's tale. : AHAB
39
Ultramodern artist. : DALI
40
Native of Salem. : OREGONIAN
41
Roman highways. : VIAE
42
Football players. : GRIDMEN
44
Natives of El Dorado. : ARKANSANS
45
Control. : REIN
47
Costa ___. : RICA
48
Partially burned. : CHARRED
49
Bean. : SOY
51
Clever. : APT
53
Weed. : TARE
54
Part of Tito's country. : CROATIA
55
He succeeded Sawyer. : SINCLAIRWEEKS
57
Greeting in the Latin Quarter. : BONSOIR
58
Archaeologist's delight. : RUIN
60
Jeers. : DERIDES
61
Emulate Al Capp. : DRAW
62
Winner at no trump. : ACE
63
Stool pigeon: Slang. : NARK
64
Native of Barbados. : BIM
65
Pitcher. : EWER
66
Itinerant fruit picker. : OKIE
67
Scotch loch. : NESS
69
Mauna Loa's large crater. : KILAUEA
70
Thin strip of wood. : SLAT
72
Comprehend. : SEE
73
Parry. : FEND
76
Birds of the hawk family. : ELANETS
78
Regan's sister. : GONERIL
79
To ___. : WIT
81
Hocus-pocus, mumbo jumbo, etc. : SPELLS
82
Take exception. : DEMUR
83
Theatrical group. : ANTA
84
Bid. : OFFER
85
One who can't keep a secret. : SIEVE
86
Coming role for Rita Hayworth. : SADIE
88
English essayist. : BACON
89
Bottomless pit. : ABYSS
90
Basketballer Vandeweghe. : ERNIE
91
Elmer and Betty. : RICES
92
Antes. : PAYS
94
Indian of Canada. : CREE
95
Island near Leyte. : CEBU
96
Stuttering comedian. : ATES
99
Fathead. : SAP
100
Thus: Latin. : ITA
101
1,890,000 girls. : GSA

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 15 debuted here and reused later, 8 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
62 ms