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Jeff Herrington
New York Times, Tuesday, July 21, 1992
Author:
Jeff Herrington
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { H J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 37.2
Jeff Herrington has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 5 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 D | 2 A | 3 V | 4 I | 5 T | 6 S | 7 P | 8 A | 9 G | 10 A | 11 N | 12 S | |||
13 R | E | T | I | N | U | E | 14 U | L | U | L | A | T | 15 E |
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16 A | T | L | A | N | T | A | 17 L | I | M | I | T | E | D |
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18 P | E | A | L | S | 19 B | 20 B | L | 21 S | T | I | R | S |
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22 I | N | S | 23 S | I | R | E | 24 D | 25 V | I | E |
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26 E | T | E | 27 B | E | R | A | T | E | 28 D | 29 E | L | L |
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30 R | E | S | 31 P | O | N | D | S | 32 B | O | 33 S | S | E | S |
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34 C | R | O | S | S | 35 W | A | L | K | ||||||
36 F | 37 O | 38 S | T | E | R | 39 R | A | T | T | I | 40 E | 41 S | 42 T |
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43 L | U | T | 44 R | E | 45 F | I | N | E | S | 46 N | A | W |
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47 O | T | E | 48 S | E | N | D | S | 49 R | U | E |
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50 A | D | A | 51 P | 52 T | 53 A | G | E | 54 S | 55 P | A | C | E |
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56 T | A | M | E | I | 57 N | S | 58 R | 59 E | N | E | G | E | D |
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60 S | T | E | R | L | E | T | 61 E | V | A | D | E | R | S |
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62 E | D | I | L | E | S | 63 R | A | P | I | D | S |
© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,596
Across
1
Boat lifters : DAVITS
7
Heathens : PAGANS
13
Cortege : RETINUE
14
Howl : ULULATE
16
Andrew Young's city : ATLANTA
17
Restricted : LIMITED
18
Rings : PEALS
19
OPEC unit : BBL
21
Excites : STIRS
22
Outs' partner : INS
23
Begat : SIRED
25
Contend : VIE
26
Hot time in Nice : ETE
27
Chided : BERATED
29
Annex : ELL
30
Answers : RESPONDS
32
Straw and trail followers : BOSSES
34
Pedestrian area : CROSSWALK
36
Stephen or Preston : FOSTER
39
Most shabby : RATTIEST
43
Dasht-e-___, Iranian desert : LUT
44
Purifies : REFINES
46
Slangy negative : NAW
47
Habitant: Suffix : OTE
48
Dispatches : SENDS
49
Be sorry for : RUE
50
Conform : ADAPT
53
Ice or Stone chaser : AGE
54
Room : SPACE
56
Myanmar sarongs : TAMEINS
58
Broke an agreement : RENEGED
60
Small sturgeon : STERLET
61
Clever escapees : EVADERS
62
Roman civil servants : EDILES
63
Cedar ___, Iowa : RAPIDS
Down
1
Easing of discord : DETENTE
2
Cartographers' books : ATLASES
3
Container for liquids : VIAL
4
Stopovers : INNS
5
Egypt. king : TUT
6
Gannets : SEABIRDS
7
Young hen : PULLET
8
___ Baba : ALI
9
Tree types : GUMS
10
Landed : ALIT
11
Aborigines : NATIVES
12
Barren : STERILE
13
Sword of a sort : RAPIER
15
Detroit flops : EDSELS
20
Elusive prize : BRASSRING
23
Gentlemen from Cádiz : SENORES
24
Lincoln-Douglas talks : DEBATES
27
Bark beetle : BORER
28
Blockheads : DOLTS
31
Bank abbr. : PCT
33
Slalom : SKI
35
Rambling one : WANDERER
36
Fountain creations : FLOATS
37
Render obsolete : OUTDATE
38
Drove a Stanley : STEAMED
40
Really angry : ENRAGED
41
Ufologist's concern : SAUCERS
42
Some suits : TWEEDS
45
Celebrations : FEASTS
51
Persian elf : PERI
52
Cash drawer : TILL
54
Lose one's cool : SNAP
55
Foot: Comb. form : PEDI
57
Born : NEE
59
A Gabor : EVA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.