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

New York Times, Monday, October 25, 2010

Author:
Jonah Kagan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
69-Across : Directors Ethan and Joel
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
612/1/20094/21/20131
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1112010
CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.623846%
Jonah Kagan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Kagan. Monday freshness: 69%
1
B
2
A
3
L
4
M
5
M
6
A
7
T
8
E
9
B
10
O
11
W
12
I
13
E
14
A
L
O
E
15
A
V
I
D
16
A
D
H
O
C
17
B
O
O
M
18
E
R
A
N
G
19
D
E
A
T
H
20
E
F
F
O
R
T
21
T
E
22
A
K
23
M
A
O
24
S
T
A
R
L
I
25
T
26
S
P
A
27
S
M
28
Y
E
A
R
29
S
30
P
R
A
Y
31
T
32
O
33
T
34
A
35
B
36
N
A
P
37
E
38
M
A
B
E
L
39
S
T
A
40
R
41
T
S
W
I
T
42
H
A
B
A
N
G
43
A
R
M
O
R
44
L
E
T
O
45
R
D
A
46
R
A
B
I
E
47
S
48
L
A
T
49
C
50
H
51
O
L
S
E
52
N
53
S
T
R
A
54
N
55
G
56
E
57
E
58
M
O
59
P
E
E
60
R
61
O
U
I
O
U
I
62
P
I
Z
63
Z
A
64
P
O
65
W
D
E
R
K
E
G
66
I
S
L
E
S
67
A
M
I
D
68
D
I
S
H
69
C
O
E
N
S
70
L
A
Z
Y
71
O
A
S
T
© 2010, The New York Times10/25/10 ( No. 22,266 )
Across
1
Healing ointment : BALM
5
Partner : MATE
9
David who sang "Space Oddity" : BOWIE
14
1-Across ingredient : ALOE
15
Enthusiastic : AVID
16
Like some on-the-spot wireless networks : ADHOC
17
*Toy that's thrown : BOOMERANG
19
Point of no return? : DEATH
20
What an E may stand for : EFFORT
21
Deck wood : TEAK
23
China's ___ Zedong : MAO
24
Like a clear night sky : STARLIT
26
Tic : SPASM
28
1492, 1776, 2001, etc. : YEARS
30
Seek divine help from : PRAYTO
33
Indent key : TAB
36
Back of the neck : NAPE
38
Silents star Normand : MABEL
39
Has an exciting opening number, say ... or what the answer to each starred clue does? : STARTSWITHABANG
43
Knight's attire : ARMOR
44
Actor Jared : LETO
45
Fig. on a vitamin bottle : RDA
46
Possible result of an animal bite : RABIES
48
Door fastener : LATCH
51
Jimmy of the Daily Planet : OLSEN
53
Bizarre : STRANGE
57
Angsty music genre : EMO
59
Look searchingly : PEER
61
"Certainly, madame!" : OUIOUI
62
Domino's offering : PIZZA
64
*Situation set to explode : POWDERKEG
66
"Pirates of the Caribbean" locales : ISLES
67
In the thick of : AMID
68
One who ran away with the spoon, in a nursery rhyme : DISH
69
Directors Ethan and Joel : COENS
70
Slothful : LAZY
71
Kiln for hops : OAST
Down
1
Toyland visitors : BABES
2
Overhead : ALOFT
3
Bath sponge : LOOFA
4
Dalí's "The Persistence of ___" : MEMORY
5
Invaders in an H. G. Wells story : MARTIANS
6
Gardner of film : AVA
7
Windshield glare reducer : TINT
8
A hexagon has six of them : EDGES
9
Comeuppance for evil actions, supposedly : BADKARMA
10
Laudatory poem : ODE
11
*Guitar accessory that adds vibrato : WHAMMYBAR
12
Itsy-bitsy bit : IOTA
13
Canyon sound effect : ECHO
18
Gardner of mystery : ERLE
22
Download for an iPhone : APP
25
Fish with a net : TRAWL
27
Sad-sounding car company? : SAAB
29
Sales pitch : SPIEL
31
Be inclined (to) : TEND
32
___ Korbut, 1972 Soviet gymnastics star : OLGA
33
Old Russian autocrat : TSAR
34
Gillette razor : ATRA
35
*Hoodwink : BAMBOOZLE
37
Singers James and Jones : ETTAS
40
Agitate : ROIL
41
Ignore a property owner's signs, perhaps : TRESPASS
42
Warm bedtime beverage : HOTTODDY
47
Visualize : SEE
49
Rock's Mötley ___ : CRUE
50
Bob or beehive : HAIRDO
52
Country with Sherpas : NEPAL
54
Finnish cell phone giant : NOKIA
55
"___ who?!" : GUESS
56
Number in an octet : EIGHT
57
"Ben-Hur," for one : EPIC
58
Soup with sushi : MISO
60
Italia's capital : ROMA
63
Buddhist sect : ZEN
65
Brainiac : WIZ

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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
103 ms