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

New York Times, Friday, December 29, 2023

Author:
Robyn Weintraub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
38-Across : "For real!"
TotalDebutLatest
493/28/20116/14/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
12321337
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5824254%
Robyn Weintraub

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 48 for Ms. Weintraub. Friday freshness: 17%
Jim Horne notes:

Ms. Weintraub discusses her craft and the making of this crossword in a BBC podcast.

1
O
2
W
3
E
4
S
5
I
6
S
7
S
8
A
9
T
10
A
11
L
12
C
13
S
C
O
R
N
14
N
O
T
Y
15
O
U
T
O
O
16
T
A
N
G
O
17
G
L
U
E
S
T
I
C
K
18
E
L
B
O
W
19
R
O
O
M
20
C
U
T
I
E
21
W
A
Y
22
B
U
T
23
P
24
G
A
25
A
26
R
A
B
S
27
F
U
R
28
C
29
O
30
A
31
T
32
L
33
O
N
E
L
Y
34
L
O
S
T
L
O
V
E
35
A
T
O
L
L
36
O
A
R
37
H
A
Z
E
S
38
I
T
S
A
F
39
A
C
T
40
R
E
S
E
C
T
41
C
O
E
X
I
S
T
42
S
I
G
H
S
43
G
P
A
44
A
P
R
45
C
46
H
47
E
48
W
49
E
50
L
51
S
H
52
V
53
I
D
E
O
54
C
H
A
T
55
I
D
O
N
T
56
M
I
N
D
57
U
R
A
L
S
58
T
A
C
O
S
A
U
C
E
59
C
U
R
L
Y
60
S
M
O
G
61
T
S
A
R
62
H
E
M
S
© 2023, The New York Times12/29/23 ( No. 27,079 )
Across
1
Has balance issues : OWES
5
Actress Rae who played President Barbie in "Barbie" : ISSA
9
Soapstone mineral : TALC
13
Contempt : SCORN
14
"Seriously? I guess I'm the only remaining holdout then" : NOTYOUTOO
16
Sierra follower : TANGO
17
Tacky item in a kindergarten classroom : GLUESTICK
18
What one might hope for in a tight spot : ELBOWROOM
20
Pie accompaniment? : CUTIE
21
Approach : WAY
22
Signal for a change in direction? : BUT
23
Tour group, in brief : PGA
25
Descendents of Abraham and Ishmael : ARABS
27
Part of Cruella de Vil's get-up : FURCOAT
32
___ Planet (travel guidebook series) : LONELY
34
Theme of Adele's "Someone Like You" : LOSTLOVE
35
Many a Coral Sea island : ATOLL
36
Something in a gondola's forcola : OAR
37
Mists : HAZES
38
"For real!" : ITSAFACT
40
Remove surgically : RESECT
41
Word on a common bumper sticker : COEXIST
42
Sounds of relief : SIGHS
43
Calculation that might include calculus, for short : GPA
44
Mo. when Paul Revere rode : APR
45
Role in "Evita" : CHE
48
Like the Gwyndodeg and Powyseg dialects : WELSH
52
Term largely replaced by "Zoom" : VIDEOCHAT
55
"No problem at all" : IDONTMIND
57
View from the Trans-Siberian Railway : URALS
58
Tex-Mex condiment : TACOSAUCE
59
Like some parsley and kale : CURLY
60
Air quality index factor : SMOG
61
Casualty of a 1917 revolution : TSAR
62
Fixes a border, in a way : HEMS
Down
1
Florida's ___ National Forest : OCALA
2
Just eked it out : WONBYANOSE
3
Hence : ERGO
4
Cold war aggressions? : SNOWBALLFIGHTS
5
Pricey bars : INGOTS
6
Flying ___ : SOLO
7
Help out on the campaign trail : STUMPFOR
8
Consent from a mate : AYE
9
Attire for many a Degas subject : TUTU
10
"Keep ___!" : ATIT
11
Geometric points : LOCI
12
Cuba libre ingredient : COKE
13
Mélange : STEW
15
Trashy television character? : OSCARTHEGROUCH
19
Raspberry relative : RUBY
24
Theater cat in "Cats" : GUS
26
Enjoy a spa day, say : RELAX
28
Commit a fashion faux pas : CLASH
29
Acts exceedingly friendly : OOZESCHARM
30
French preposition : AVEC
31
LSAT section? : TEST
32
Like secular concerns : LAIC
33
Miranda who played Éowyn in "The Lord of the Rings" : OTTO
34
It's not long. : LAT
36
Foil to Mark Antony in "Julius Caesar" : OCTAVIUS
39
Member of the family Viperidae : ASP
40
Ready, in a way : RIPE
42
Lower : SADDER
46
Campus buildings : HALLS
47
Online retailer headquartered in Brooklyn : ETSY
48
Match ___ : WITS
49
Gouda alternative : EDAM
50
Bananas : LOCO
51
Lock lips, to a Liverpudlian : SNOG
53
People who worshiped the fertility goddess Pachamama : INCA
54
"Red, White & ___" (2005 heavy metal album) : CRUE
56
Dojo surface : MAT

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 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
124 ms