This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

GLOBAL GLEANINGS

New York Times, Sunday, June 20, 1948

7-Down : Breathe out.

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 164, Blocks: 73, Avg Word Len: 5.56, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 628 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 168, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 44 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
A
2
D
3
U
4
L
5
A
6
T
7
E
8
H
9
O
10
F
11
F
12
M
13
A
14
N
15
S
16
T
17
O
18
M
19
A
20
T
21
A
22
B
E
N
E
L
U
X
23
E
M
I
R
A
T
E
24
T
E
L
A
V
I
V
25
S
T
R
I
T
C
H
26
S
A
R
A
G
A
T
27
O
P
E
R
A
T
E
28
E
R
E
29
O
K
A
30
P
I
31
S
N
O
B
32
A
N
O
A
33
T
A
N
34
N
O
A
35
H
36
S
L
I
T
37
S
38
C
O
A
39
S
T
E
R
40
L
A
N
G
41
T
I
D
A
42
L
43
E
L
A
P
44
S
E
45
L
O
T
S
46
M
A
R
I
E
47
S
T
Y
L
E
48
D
49
S
N
E
W
50
O
S
A
R
51
H
U
S
S
A
R
52
S
T
R
53
E
E
T
C
A
54
R
S
55
P
I
56
V
O
T
S
57
C
58
U
59
P
60
T
A
R
N
61
U
N
I
T
62
E
63
T
A
N
T
A
64
L
65
U
66
S
67
A
L
A
68
R
U
M
S
69
P
L
E
B
I
S
70
C
I
T
E
S
71
A
N
T
72
T
U
N
I
C
73
T
74
E
L
A
E
75
A
C
R
O
S
S
76
E
D
N
A
77
C
L
E
V
E
78
R
79
P
A
T
80
R
A
N
81
T
82
R
A
D
E
S
83
H
A
L
E
84
E
85
L
I
N
O
86
R
87
M
I
N
S
88
K
89
U
S
E
R
S
90
E
T
E
91
E
L
E
C
T
R
O
92
C
U
T
E
93
O
94
B
S
E
R
V
E
95
R
E
D
96
I
V
I
D
E
97
S
L
I
G
O
98
P
L
U
S
99
S
E
N
100
R
E
C
A
N
101
T
102
L
E
G
I
103
S
L
A
T
E
104
S
105
D
106
E
107
C
A
N
T
108
T
E
109
C
O
110
E
R
I
E
111
S
L
E
112
E
113
T
114
S
115
E
V
A
T
T
116
R
E
E
L
117
A
R
E
N
A
118
S
119
L
A
V
R
A
120
P
O
R
E
121
B
U
R
M
E
122
S
E
123
S
U
D
A
124
N
125
L
A
I
D
126
O
C
A
127
G
R
I
S
128
A
P
O
129
D
130
A
S
H
I
131
R
132
D
E
N
133
S
A
V
134
A
R
I
N
135
A
N
A
L
E
136
C
T
137
A
G
O
138
N
I
S
E
139
E
T
A
M
I
N
E
140
R
E
T
I
N
U
E
141
R
E
L
E
N
T
S
142
D
E
N
O
T
E
D
143
E
R
E
C
T
E
D
144
A
L
L
E
G
E
S
© 1948, The New York TimesNo. 332
Across
1
Praise obsequiously. : ADULATE
8
Chief of the ECA. : HOFFMAN
15
Pores. : STOMATA
22
Western Union trio. : BENELUX
23
Turkish office. : EMIRATE
24
City of Israel. : TELAVIV
25
Chicago Cardinal. : STRITCH
26
Italian Socialist leader. : SARAGAT
27
Produce an effect. : OPERATE
28
Before. : ERE
29
Peculiar mammal discovered in 1900. : OKAPI
31
Uppish person. : SNOB
32
Ox of Celebes. : ANOA
33
Sunbathe. : TAN
34
Ancestor of all mankind. : NOAH
36
Long cuts. : SLITS
38
Tumbler holder. : COASTER
40
Scottish writer of fairy tales. : LANG
41
___ river, as the Hudson. : TIDAL
43
Run out. : ELAPSE
45
A great deal: Colloq. : LOTS
46
Mihai's grandmother. : MARIE
47
Designed. : STYLED
49
Snow: Dial. : SNEW
50
Glacial ridges. : OSAR
51
Vivid-hued cavalryman. : HUSSAR
52
Vanishing vehicles. : STREETCARS
55
Fulcrums. : PIVOTS
57
Donated by Dwight Davis. : CUP
60
Mountain lake. : TARN
61
Consolidate. : UNITE
63
Submerged son of Zeus. : TANTALUS
67
Shakespearean direction. : ALARUMS
69
Postwar expedients. : PLEBISCITES
71
Player in "The Insect Comedy." : ANT
72
GI coat. : TUNIC
73
Membranes. : TELAE
75
Horizontal. : ACROSS
76
Authoress Ferber. : EDNA
77
Shrewd. : CLEVER
79
An earlier Rooney. : PAT
80
Contested an election. : RAN
81
Baseball deals. : TRADES
83
Sarah Josepha ___, editor of Godey's Lady's Book. : HALE
84
Authoress Glyn. : ELINOR
87
White Russian capital. : MINSK
89
Employers. : USERS
90
Summer: Fr. : ETE
91
Execute. : ELECTROCUTE
93
Conform to. : OBSERVE
95
Re-allocate. : REDIVIDE
97
Irish port and fishing center. : SLIGO
98
Added feature. : PLUS
99
One of ninety-six: Abbr. : SEN
100
Withdraw. : RECANT
102
What Congress does. : LEGISLATES
105
Pour. : DECANT
108
Indian of a once powerful Mexican tribe. : TECO
110
Pennsylvania port. : ERIE
111
Precipitates in icy showers. : SLEETS
115
Australian statesman. : EVATT
116
Virginia specialty. : REEL
117
Circus rings. : ARENAS
119
Famous Greek cloister. : LAVRA
120
Study. : PORE
121
Thakin Nu's people. : BURMESE
123
Area of Africa. : SUDAN
125
___ paper, with watermarks. : LAID
126
Wood sorrel. : OCA
127
Gray: Fr. : GRIS
128
Footless animal. : APOD
130
Assyrian deity. : ASHIR
132
Room. : DEN
133
Famous chef. : SAVARIN
135
Literary selection. : ANALECT
137
Suffer extremely: Eng. sp. : AGONISE
139
Light wool fabric. : ETAMINE
140
Hangers-on. : RETINUE
141
Mollifies. : RELENTS
142
Indicated. : DENOTED
143
Caused to arise. : ERECTED
144
Declares. : ALLEGES
Down
1
Keeps away. : ABSENTS
2
Reuther's bailiwick. : DETROIT
3
Unarmed. : UNREADY
4
Aloha token. : LEI
5
Palo ___, California. : ALTO
6
English schoolboy treats. : TUCKS
7
Breathe out. : EXHALE
8
Undecided. : HESITANT
9
Medical suffix. : OMA
10
Evergreens. : FIRS
11
Western Union nation. : FRANCE
12
"The Great ___," by Hecht and Fowler. : MAGOO
13
Drums. : ATABALS
14
Profit. : NET
15
Dominoes. : STONES
16
Gentle heat. : TEPOR
17
Genus of trees. : OLEA
18
Lord, in Jacobite Church. : MAR
19
Embodiments. : AVATARS
20
Oberon's wife. : TITANIA
21
World War II plane. : AVENGER
30
Brewery city with rock-hewn storage vaults. : PILSEN
32
Frictions. : ATTRITIONS
35
Dutch old master. : HALS
37
Market manipulators. : SPECULATORS
39
___ box. : SOAP
40
Capital of Tibet. : LASSA
42
Folding money: Slang. : LETTUCE
44
Foster's river. : SWANEE
46
Stupid people: Slang. : MUTTS
48
Short drink. : DRAM
50
Rome's port. : OSTIA
51
Straightforward. : HONEST
53
Formerly. : ERST
54
Framing timber in a house. : RIB
56
Tanks. : VATS
57
Walker Cooper. : CATCHER
58
Howl like a wolf. : ULULATE
59
Decorated with strips. : PANELED
62
Desks. : ESCRITOIRES
64
Stocking runs. : LADDERS
65
Discourage. : UNNERVE
66
Admiral Halsey's one-time aide. : STASSEN
68
Split. : RIVE
69
Factory. : PLANT
70
Famous war correspondent, author of "Maggie." : CRANE
74
Portions of the earth's surface directly above foci of earthquakes. : EPICENTERS
76
Facility. : EASE
78
Widow. : RELICT
82
Senator from Georgia. : RUSSELL
85
Mother of Helen. : LEDA
86
Hero of twenty-eight volumes. : ROLLO
87
Common crocodile. : MUGGER
88
Bitter nut. : KOLA
91
Consequence. : EVENT
92
Co.: French. : CIE
94
Reservations. : BUTS
96
Angry. : IRATE
98
Beseeches. : PLEADS
101
Pour. : TEEM
103
Wound in and out. : SINUATED
104
Denizen of a rookery. : SEAL
105
Ousted. : DEPOSED
106
Call forth: Rare. : EVOCATE
107
Trailer: English. : CARAVAN
109
Domestic helper. : CLEANER
112
Ducking. : EVADING
113
Flare-up point in Europe. : TRIESTE
114
Dolor. : SADNESS
116
Devastated. : RUINED
117
Ancient Greek dialect. : AEOLIC
118
Foreign Legion stamping ground. : SAHARA
121
Salt. : BRINE
122
Flood. : SPATE
124
Actor Bruce. : NIGEL
127
Unyielding courage. : GRIT
129
Make an impression. : DENT
131
Heavy reverberatory sound. : ROLL
134
I love: Latin. : AMO
135
Land measure. : ARE
136
Actor's ready line. : CUE
138
Indicating maiden name. : NEE

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 37 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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 © 2007-2024, Jim Horne
45 ms