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

New York Times, Monday, August 19, 1968

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 29.0 Grid has duplicate clues.
1
M
2
A
3
I
4
D
5
O
6
H
7
A
8
R
9
A
10
A
11
D
12
A
13
R
14
U
R
G
E
15
P
A
L
E
R
16
T
I
T
I
17
F
A
L
L
18
B
E
H
I
N
D
19
A
M
O
S
20
F
L
U
T
E
21
A
M
E
E
22
R
23
I
L
K
24
A
L
25
P
26
B
E
N
I
27
G
N
L
Y
28
E
29
Y
30
E
S
O
R
31
E
32
N
Y
U
33
M
A
X
34
W
I
N
35
T
36
E
37
R
G
R
E
38
E
39
N
40
U
L
E
41
S
42
O
N
E
T
O
43
O
N
C
E
44
S
U
M
M
45
E
R
S
A
U
L
46
T
47
D
R
S
48
P
U
P
49
N
E
R
50
V
O
U
S
51
J
52
O
T
T
I
53
N
54
G
55
S
56
S
U
E
57
U
N
I
58
C
E
R
O
59
S
60
M
E
61
D
62
E
63
A
64
N
E
O
65
N
66
W
E
L
L
67
S
P
R
I
N
G
68
T
U
N
E
69
S
T
A
I
D
70
E
C
C
E
71
A
P
S
E
72
Y
A
R
D
S
73
D
E
E
S
© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,946
Across
1
Yum-Yum, for one. : MAID
5
American novelist. : OHARA
10
Jewish month. : ADAR
14
Impulse. : URGE
15
More peaked. : PALER
16
S. Amer. monkey. : TITI
17
Backslide. : FALLBEHIND
19
Book of the Old Testament. : AMOS
20
Groove in a shaft. : FLUTE
21
Moslem prince. : AMEER
23
Kind: Colloq. : ILK
24
Peak. : ALP
26
Favorably. : BENIGNLY
28
Litter, for one. : EYESORE
32
Collegiate initials. : NYU
33
Highest point: Abbr. : MAX
34
Candy flavoring. : WINTERGREEN
40
Diminutive suffixes. : ULES
42
"And ___ pray ... " : ONETO
43
Whenever. : ONCE
44
Complete reversal of opinion: Fig. : SUMMERSAULT
47
G.P.'s. : DRS
48
Young shark. : PUP
49
Jittery. : NERVOUS
51
Notations. : JOTTINGS
56
She's so sweet. : SUE
57
Prefix with corn or form. : UNI
58
King mackerels. : CEROS
60
Character in Golden Fleece legend. : MEDEA
64
Kind of sign. : NEON
66
Fountainhead. : WELLSPRING
68
___ in (hippie imperative). : TUNE
69
Sedate. : STAID
70
Behold: Lat. : ECCE
71
Chancel's neighbor. : APSE
72
Scotland, et al. : YARDS
73
Letters. : DEES
Down
1
Botch up. : MUFF
2
Sea of Asia. : ARAL
3
Northern home. : IGLU
4
Alluvial deposits. : DELTAS
5
Poetic "unclose." : OPE
6
Mirthful sound. : HAHA
7
Out on ___. : ALIMB
8
French name. : RENEE
9
Forest in Warwickshire. : ARDEN
10
___ glance. : ATA
11
Musical term. : DIMINUENDO
12
Coral island. : ATOLL
13
Precarious. : RISKY
18
Unworthy of. : BELOW
22
Word with finger or leader. : RING
25
Church title. : PRIOR
27
Spiral: Prefix. : GYRO
28
Big birds. : EMUS
29
River to the Yellow Sea. : YALU
30
Big help at tax time. : EXEMPTIONS
31
Danube tributary. : ENNS
35
Bohea. : TEA
36
Vingt-___. : ETUN
37
Hero and heroine. : ROLES
38
Color. : ECRU
39
Noun suffix. : NESS
41
Blacken. : SMUT
45
Old style poem. : EPIC
46
Good guy. : TRUMP
50
Changed direction. : VEERED
51
Cabal. : JUNTA
52
Slightly ahead. : ONEUP
53
Full of tidings. : NEWSY
54
Form of Margaret. : GRETA
55
Kind of energy. : SOLAR
59
Moved easily. : SLID
61
Do a kitchen chore. : DICE
62
Noun suffix. : ENCE
63
Thirty and others. : AGES
65
Born. : NEE
67
College degrees: Abbr. : SDS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

  Please log in to use the Analyze feature.

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
79 ms