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

New York Times, Friday, January 13, 2017

Author:
Andrew J. Ries
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
39-Across : @fakechucknorris, for one
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
348/13/20071/29/20222
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
311218108
CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.5614362%
Andrew Ries

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Ries. Friday freshness: 12%
Jeff Chen notes:
Solid grid, featuring a good number of snazzy entries. I liked how Andrew spread his assets around, from STOLEN BASES to SKATE PARKS ... read more
1
P
2
A
3
S
4
T
5
D
6
O
7
B
8
B
9
S
10
G
11
N
12
A
13
W
14
L
U
T
E
15
I
S
L
E
T
16
H
O
S
E
17
A
T
O
N
18
S
K
A
T
E
19
P
A
R
K
S
20
S
U
L
K
21
S
22
A
S
H
T
O
N
23
M
M
E
24
E
25
F
R
E
M
26
P
A
27
B
28
L
29
O
30
A
N
N
31
L
E
E
32
A
33
D
E
34
O
U
R
35
B
U
Y
E
36
R
37
S
R
E
M
38
O
R
S
E
39
P
A
R
O
D
Y
A
C
C
O
U
N
T
40
M
U
S
E
U
M
E
X
H
I
B
I
T
41
A
R
E
42
S
E
W
43
D
I
S
H
44
E
45
S
46
G
E
S
47
S
O
48
H
49
A
50
V
E
L
51
I
V
E
52
P
O
53
L
I
C
E
54
E
55
P
S
O
N
56
C
57
O
58
S
A
N
O
S
T
R
59
A
60
O
W
L
S
61
O
D
I
N
62
S
K
U
N
K
63
R
A
V
E
64
G
E
N
X
65
T
Y
P
E
A
66
E
Y
E
S
© 2017, The New York Times1/13/17 ( No. 24,538 )
Across
1
After the hour : PAST
5
Lou who wrote "Exporting America" : DOBBS
10
Plague, with "at" : GNAW
14
Instrument with a bent neck : LUTE
15
Key : ISLET
16
Defraud, in slang : HOSE
17
Very much : ATON
18
Recreational sites not designed for walkers : SKATEPARKS
20
Is a bad loser, say : SULKS
22
Family name in Sir Walter Scott's "The Bride of Lammermoor" : ASHTON
23
Fr. title : MME
24
Zimbalist of old TV : EFREM
26
One of the renters in Steinbeck's "Tortilla Flat" : PABLO
30
Founder of the American Shakers : ANNLEE
32
Sweet pitcherful : ADE
34
Important word to a marriage counselor : OUR
35
New homeowner's feeling, maybe : BUYERSREMORSE
39
@fakechucknorris, for one : PARODYACCOUNT
40
Diorama, maybe : MUSEUMEXHIBIT
41
Updated art? : ARE
42
Wrap (up) : SEW
43
Things to do after dinner : DISHES
46
Painter's primer : GESSO
48
President who said "If you want to see your plays performed the way you wrote them, become president" : HAVEL
51
Secret ending : IVE
52
Word before or after state : POLICE
54
Ricoh rival : EPSON
56
They're "family" : COSANOSTRA
60
Pride : lions : parliament : ___ : OWLS
61
God for whom a weekday is named : ODIN
62
Real stinker : SKUNK
63
All-nighter, maybe : RAVE
64
Like high school and college students of the '80s-'90s, e.g. : GENX
65
Competitive and outgoing, say : TYPEA
66
Views : EYES
Down
1
Bank deposit : PLASMA
2
Fall : AUTUMN
3
Record stat for major-leaguer Rickey Henderson : STOLENBASES
4
Running event : TENK
5
Slam : DIS
6
Title role in a 1993 film ... which sounds like a prize the film won : OSKAR
7
Unimpressed : BLASE
8
Character who dies at the end of "Little Women" : BETHMARCH
9
Editorial reversal : STET
10
Burkina Faso neighbor : GHANA
11
Here-there connection : NOR
12
Require (of) : ASK
13
Jazzman Montgomery : WES
19
The first one was a modified Ford D-Series truck : POPEMOBILE
21
"Toodles" : SEEYOUSOON
25
What a meow may mean : FEEDME
27
Grammy-nominated 2011 Lady Gaga album : BORNTHISWAY
28
Aphrodisia : LUST
29
Dug stuff : ORE
31
Bonus upon signing, e.g. : LURE
33
Adjudicate : DECIDE
36
George Dickel product : RYEWHISKY
37
___ and violins (music pun) : SAX
38
Some French votes : OUIS
39
Without any filler : PURE
40
Newsstand offering, informally : MAG
44
Change with the times : EVOLVE
45
Intuits : SENSES
47
Big name in shapewear : SPANX
49
Start to malfunction : ACTUP
50
Author with a restaurant at the Eiffel Tower named for him : VERNE
53
Like Hansel and Gretel in the forest : LOST
55
Bead producer? : PORE
56
Part of the works : COG
57
"How Sleep the Brave," e.g. : ODE
58
28-Down, e.g. : SIN
59
Handle preceder : AKA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.

Like this puzzle? Please share this page on social media to help spread the word about XWord Info. Thanks!

XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2024, Jim Horne
119 ms