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

New York Times, Friday, October 19, 2012

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
59-Across : Good Samaritan types
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2297/11/199911/4/20182
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
741241679512
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
981.541,84281%
Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 28 Missing: {FJKQVXZ} Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzlemakers. This is puzzle # 169 for Mr. Berry. Friday freshness: 69%
1
I
2
S
3
L
4
A
5
N
6
D
7
B
8
A
9
B
10
B
11
L
12
E
13
D
14
S
C
I
P
I
O
15
S
A
M
R
A
I
M
I
16
M
O
B
I
L
E
17
T
R
I
A
S
S
I
C
18
S
U
R
E
19
S
20
W
I
N
G
S
T
A
T
E
21
T
A
C
22
H
23
A
L
S
A
C
E
24
S
T
R
E
A
25
M
L
E
T
26
O
R
27
B
28
I
29
T
30
A
R
I
31
W
O
N
T
O
32
N
33
S
A
N
E
34
B
O
A
35
N
E
U
T
R
A
36
L
37
T
B
S
38
L
O
N
39
G
40
S
T
O
M
P
S
41
S
A
T
42
E
P
S
O
43
M
44
S
H
E
S
A
45
L
A
D
Y
46
L
U
47
S
H
E
R
48
T
A
R
T
49
E
50
D
51
W
I
N
M
E
E
S
52
E
53
N
O
A
54
H
55
D
U
R
A
C
E
L
L
56
A
57
C
C
U
S
E
58
I
N
I
T
I
A
L
S
59
S
A
I
N
T
S
60
T
E
T
H
E
R
S
61
T
R
A
D
E
S
© 2012, The New York Times10/19/12 ( No. 22,991 )
Across
1
Upscale kitchen feature : ISLAND
7
Talked trash? : BABBLED
14
Second Punic War general : SCIPIO
15
Director of the "Evil Dead" trilogy : SAMRAIMI
16
One hanging around the nursery : MOBILE
17
Period bookended by extinction events : TRIASSIC
18
"I don't mind" : SURE
19
Purple territory on some maps : SWINGSTATE
21
Dash part : TACH
23
Territory returned to France by the Treaty of Versailles : ALSACE
24
Short run : STREAMLET
26
Worldly path? : ORBIT
30
Shapiro of NPR : ARI
31
Soup tidbit : WONTON
33
Balanced : SANE
34
Predator that suffocates its prey : BOA
35
Like the color gray : NEUTRAL
37
"Conan" airer : TBS
38
Like books in two volumes : LONG
40
Doesn't tread lightly : STOMPS
41
Rested : SAT
42
Old English spa town : EPSOM
44
Tom Jones hit written by Paul Anka : SHESALADY
46
More verdant : LUSHER
48
High tea goody : TART
49
Former attorney general in the Iraq Study Group : EDWINMEESE
53
Patriarch who died at age 950 : NOAH
55
First battery brand to feature an indefatigable pink bunny in its ads : DURACELL
56
Charge : ACCUSE
58
Personal letters : INITIALS
59
Good Samaritan types : SAINTS
60
Keeps from going too far : TETHERS
61
Deals with baseball players : TRADES
Down
1
Ideologies : ISMS
2
Boy band? : SCOUTTROOP
3
Quiet demanders : LIBRARIANS
4
For one : APIECE
5
Nothing at all : NIL
6
Pulls off : DOES
7
Some traveling performers : BARNSTORMERS
8
Bygone computer brand : AMIGA
9
1997 title role for Depp : BRASCO
10
Turkey Day utensils : BASTERS
11
Phoebe's portrayer on "Friends" : LISA
12
Radiate : EMIT
13
Shooter's pair : DICE
15
Sharp-looking footwear : STILETTOHEELS
20
They're wrinkled and cracked : WALNUTSHELLS
22
"Foul Play" actress : HAWN
24
Old Mercury model : SABLE
25
Springfield bar : MOES
27
Ponders the possibilities of : BATSAROUND
28
Practically guaranteed to offend : INBADTASTE
29
Irascible : TESTY
32
Day breaks : NAPS
36
Obstacle for an aspiring D.A. : LSAT
39
He went down in the Valley of Elah : GOLIATH
43
Indiana city nicknamed "Middletown, U.S.A." : MUNCIE
45
Italian automaker : LANCIA
47
What decrepit windshield wipers do : SMEAR
49
Tighten, possibly : EDIT
50
Hill with a "slip face" : DUNE
51
Legal document : WRIT
52
___ Room (largest room in the White House) : EAST
54
Gas station name : HESS
57
Elevator ___ : CAR

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 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
84 ms