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

HOPE FOR CLEAR SKIES

New York Times, Sunday, December 19, 2010

Author:
Kevin G. Der
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
55-Across : Breach
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
423/12/20077/9/20223
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1221241110
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
861.6538284%
Kevin G. Der
eclipse

This puzzle:

Rows: 23, Columns: 23 Words: 170, Blocks: 93 Grid has mirror symmetry. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Der. Sunday freshness: 95%
Jim Horne notes:

The graphic here is courtesy of Patrick Merrell who created it for his Wordplay post. Click it for a slightly larger view.

1
O
2
N
3
T
4
A
5
P
6
E
7
D
8
A
9
H
10
L
11
A
12
D
13
Z
14
E
15
T
16
H
17
I
18
N
19
L
20
Y
21
B
O
U
T
O
N
22
A
V
I
A
23
S
I
A
M
24
A
E
N
E
I
D
25
S
T
R
I
P
E
26
M
A
N
Y
27
MOON
S
A
G
O
28
C
R
O
W
N
S
29
A
F
T
E
R
30
DARK
31
D
E
I
O
N
32
DARK
H
O
R
S
E
33
H
O
W
34
Y
O
M
35
T
U
R
N
R
E
36
D
37
A
S
I
38
D
A
39
W
40
O
N
A
41
DIM
E
42
A
43
P
O
44
S
G
T
45
M
46
U
G
47
C
48
DIM
A
G
E
49
V
E
R
A
50
O
N
E
R
51
S
52
V
I
C
E
53
S
54
L
Y
E
S
55
G
56
A
P
57
P
E
A
58
B
59
R
60
A
I
N
S
61
C
62
E
Y
63
BRIGHT
64
E
65
N
66
C
E
67
L
E
S
T
I
A
L
B
O
D
68
I
E
S
69
A
70
L
71
BRIGHT
72
I
N
U
73
T
E
R
O
74
T
O
O
R
D
E
R
75
O
N
A
76
S
S
I
S
77
D
A
R
E
S
A
Y
78
M
E
A
79
W
A
I
K
I
K
I
80
E
R
S
T
81
A
82
T
83
T
84
H
E
EARTH
S
85
C
86
O
87
R
E
88
I
C
E
D
89
A
M
E
R
90
E
91
L
I
R
A
92
P
L
O
Y
93
J
E
S
S
E
94
A
M
95
A
T
E
U
R
96
A
97
S
98
T
R
O
N
O
99
M
E
R
100
T
101
A
102
J
103
B
R
Y
A
N
104
M
O
E
105
G
S
U
I
T
106
S
107
A
108
G
109
A
L
O
110
M
A
R
111
K
112
E
N
N
E
113
D
Y
114
S
W
115
A
N
N
S
116
L
I
T
E
R
A
117
T
118
I
119
T
I
A
M
O
120
M
121
A
H
A
R
A
N
I
122
L
A
S
A
G
N
E
S
123
T
O
T
E
M
124
X
R
A
Y
S
P
E
X
125
T
O
T
A
L
126
L
U
N
A
R
E
127
C
L
I
P
S
E
128
A
129
G
130
A
S
131
R
E
O
132
A
V
G
133
N
134
A
135
M
136
E
137
C
A
S
T
138
I
139
N
G
140
G
141
O
142
E
143
SUN
144
D
145
E
R
146
A
147
S
148
H
A
D
O
W
149
O
P
H
E
L
I
A
150
I
N
B
U
I
L
T
151
T
E
E
L
I
N
E
152
P
E
E
W
E
E
S
153
C
O
W
P
O
K
E
154
O
N
E
S
T
A
R
© 2010, The New York Times12/19/10 ( No. 22,321 )
Across
1
Not live : ONTAPE
7
Author Roald : DAHL
11
Shop dresser : ADZE
15
How something may be veiled : THINLY
21
"Ball Four" author : BOUTON
22
Big name in athletic footwear : AVIA
23
Rama's kingdom : SIAM
24
Whence the line "I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts" : AENEID
25
Feature of some pool balls : STRIPE
26
A long time past : MANYMOONSAGO
28
Enthrones : CROWNS
29
At night : AFTERDARK
31
Football's Sanders : DEION
32
Long-shot candidate : DARKHORSE
33
___-to : HOW
34
___ Kippur : YOM
35
What the focus of a 125-Across will do at its climax : TURNRED
37
"___ said ..." : ASI
38
Glossy black bird : DAW
40
One way to stop : ONADIME
42
Mil. address : APO
44
Driller?: Abbr. : SGT
45
Kisser : MUG
47
Clone of an optical medium's contents : CDIMAGE
49
Wang of fashion : VERA
50
Lulus : ONERS
52
Drinking and gambling : VICES
54
Basic solutions : LYES
55
Breach : GAP
57
Dummies : PEABRAINS
61
Six-time All-Star third baseman for the 1970s Dodgers : CEY
63
Remove drapes from, as a room : BRIGHTEN
66
Objects of interest in a 125-Across : CELESTIALBODIES
69
First female U.S. secretary of state : ALBRIGHT
72
Not yet delivered : INUTERO
74
How some things are made : TOORDER
75
Jackie's #2 : ONASSIS
77
Think probable : DARESAY
78
Pliny possessive : MEA
79
Beach seen from Diamond Head : WAIKIKI
80
Once, in the past : ERST
81
1914 Edgar Rice Burroughs novel set in an underground land : ATTHEEARTHSCORE
88
Like many cakes : ICED
89
"Honor is ___ scutcheon": Shak. : AMERE
91
Bygone European capital : LIRA
92
Subterfuge : PLOY
93
Track star Owens : JESSE
94
Many an avid observer of a 125-Across : AMATEURASTRONOMER
100
Atlantic City locale, with "the" : TAJ
103
Loser to McKinley : BRYAN
104
Duff Beer vendor : MOE
105
Spaceship attire : GSUIT
106
Slump : SAG
109
Slugger Roberto : ALOMAR
111
Jackie's #1 : KENNEDY
114
Proust's "___ Way" : SWANNS
116
Book set? : LITERATI
119
Italian lover's coo : TIAMO
120
Indian royal : MAHARANI
122
Deep-dish dishes : LASAGNES
123
Heads outside together? : TOTEM
124
Novelty glasses : XRAYSPEX
125
Event on Dec. 21, 2010, viewable in North and South America, depicted visually in this puzzle : TOTALLUNARECLIPSE
128
Turkish pooh-bahs : AGAS
131
Flying Cloud, e.g. : REO
132
Student's stat. : AVG
133
Dub : NAME
137
With 146-Across, what the center of this puzzle is doing during a 125-Across : CASTING
140
Folds : GOESUNDER
146
See 137-Across : ASHADOW
149
To whom Hamlet says "Get thee to a nunnery" : OPHELIA
150
There from the start : INBUILT
151
It marks the target on a curling rink : TEELINE
152
Munchkins : PEEWEES
153
Pardner, say : COWPOKE
154
Commodore's insignia : ONESTAR
Down
1
Delivery people, briefly : OBS
2
Zero : NOTAONE
3
Battle over domain : TURFWAR
4
Haggling : ATIT
5
Sailor who debuted in a 1929 comic : POPEYE
6
Juan's January : ENERO
7
Glen Canyon ___ : DAM
8
Actress Gardner : AVA
9
Dharma follower : HINDU
10
Tiramisu features : LAYERS
11
Catalog : ASSORT
12
Steak ___ : DIANE
13
Veer back : ZAG
14
Comic Philips : EMO
15
Aircraft gauges : TACHS
16
Kind of couplet for Chaucer : HEROIC
17
"___ out?" : INOR
18
Paper for which Murray Kempton and Jim Dwyer won Pulitzers : NEWSDAY
19
Trace of blood? : LINEAGE
20
Football meas. : YDS
27
Youthful prank in a car : MOONING
30
Superhero played by Liam Neeson in a 1990 film : DARKMAN
32
Era of ignorance : DARKAGE
33
Kind of lane : HOV
35
How things may be laid : TOREST
36
Key of Bach's "The Art of Fugue" : DMINOR
39
Director Anderson : WES
41
Yankee great Joe, colloquially : DIMAG
43
Amorous skunk in cartoons : PEPE
46
Golden State campus inits. : UCSD
48
How things may be lit or remembered : DIMLY
50
Lincoln Center production : OPERA
51
1974 Japanese Nobelist : SATO
52
Feeling : VIBE
53
Extended solo : SCENA
56
Crackerjacks : ACES
58
Tundra or wetland : BIOME
59
Terbium or thulium : RAREEARTH
60
Father-and-son actors : ALDAS
62
Actor Morales : ESAI
63
Promising proposal : BRIGHTIDEA
64
Prepare to fight : ENARM
65
"Grey's Anatomy" extra : NURSE
67
One of the Islamic virtues : LOYALTY
68
Grateful response : IOWEYOU
69
Big name in athletic footwear : ASICS
70
Column in a dating questionnaire : LIKES
71
Optimist's focus : BRIGHTSIDE
73
Aquarium fish : TETRA
76
One getting a lift? : SKIER
82
"___ yellow ribbon ..." : TIEA
83
Place to put bags : TRUNK
84
Laugh part : HAR
85
E.M.T.'s training : CPR
86
Science : OLOGY
87
Reagan and others : RONS
90
Tactic used against Britain by Napoleon : EMBARGO
93
Boarding aids : JETWAYS
95
Out-and-out : ARRANT
96
Protective membrane : AMNION
97
Beethoven's "Appassionata," e.g. : SONATA
98
One that overflows : TEEMER
99
Fender bender, e.g. : MISHAP
100
Towering : TALL
101
Jordan's Queen ___ International Airport : ALIA
102
Smidgens : JOTS
106
[Just like that!] : SNAP
107
One of the Brontës : ANNE
108
E.U. group : GSIX
110
Pot-au-feu, e.g. : MEATSTEW
112
Classic rebuke : ETTU
113
Observatory feature : DOME
115
Powder rooms? : ARSENALS
117
It may be shot during a riot : TEARGAS
118
Castaway's locale : ISLE
120
The year 1045 : MXLV
121
Japanese "thanks" : ARIGATO
126
Need for KenKen : LOGIC
127
Bistro offering : CARTE
128
Rent-___ : ACOP
129
Hang open : GAPE
130
1968 U.S. Open champ : ASHE
134
Mine entrance : ADIT
135
Bart Simpson's grandmother : MONA
136
Pitcher : EWER
138
Suffix with vir- : ILE
139
Never: Ger. : NIE
141
Lennon's lady : ONO
142
"Charlotte's Web" inits. : EBW
143
Dawn : SUNUP
144
Italian God : DIO
145
Forest game : ELK
147
Clinton or Obama, once: Abbr. : SEN
148
Laugh part : HEE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 9 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
66 ms