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

New York Times, Friday, March 2, 2001

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
41-Across : A year in Provence
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2548/27/19928/13/20102
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2947154312630
RebusCircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
611.571,613877%
Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JX} Minimum word length: 4 This is puzzle # 126 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 97%
1
S
2
N
3
A
4
P
5
A
6
T
7
Q
8
U
9
I
10
C
11
H
12
E
13
P
E
O
N
A
G
E
14
U
N
M
E
A
N
15
T
16
H
A
S
T
I
E
R
17
A
C
O
L
Y
T
E
18
O
F
T
E
N
E
R
19
R
A
K
E
S
I
N
20
B
O
R
N
E
21
A
22
P
T
S
23
S
E
T
S
24
I
W
I
N
25
A
Z
I
Z
26
S
T
E
L
E
27
A
L
L
A
28
B
U
Z
Z
29
S
U
E
D
E
S
30
C
R
O
Z
31
I
E
R
32
R
33
U
34
A
35
N
D
A
36
A
D
H
E
37
R
38
E
39
T
40
O
41
A
N
N
E
E
42
E
Z
E
R
43
E
N
O
L
44
T
H
E
M
45
P
U
Z
O
46
S
I
D
E
D
47
T
I
M
E
48
L
A
G
49
G
50
R
A
N
U
L
E
51
E
R
O
S
I
V
E
52
R
A
M
E
S
E
S
53
D
E
N
I
Z
E
N
54
A
R
M
R
E
S
T
55
D
E
S
A
D
E
56
M
E
S
S
R
S
© 2001, The New York Times3/2/1 ( No. 18,742 )
Across
1
Be short with : SNAPAT
7
Brunch dish : QUICHE
13
Servitude : PEONAGE
14
Insincere : UNMEANT
16
Using less than due deliberation : HASTIER
17
Follower : ACOLYTE
18
More frequently : OFTENER
19
Gathers abundantly : RAKESIN
20
Shouldered : BORNE
21
Living units: Abbr. : APTS
23
Studio sites : SETS
24
"You lose" : IWIN
25
Doctor in "A Passage to India" : AZIZ
26
Memorial marker : STELE
27
Discussing excitedly : ALLABUZZ
29
Tannery products : SUEDES
30
Brian who wrote "The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire" : CROZIER
32
Bantu language : RUANDA
36
Bond with : ADHERETO
41
A year in Provence : ANNEE
42
Weizman of Israel : EZER
43
Chemical compound : ENOL
44
The opponents : THEM
45
"Fools Die" author : PUZO
46
Made common cause (with) : SIDED
47
Certain delay : TIMELAG
49
Bit of salt : GRANULE
51
Like wind and water : EROSIVE
52
"The Ten Commandments" role : RAMESES
53
Resident : DENIZEN
54
It may go up in an airplane : ARMREST
55
"Justine" author, 1791 : DESADE
56
Polite title: Abbr. : MESSRS
Down
1
Coastal birds : SEAFOWL
2
Air intake site : NOSTRIL
3
Good listener? : ANTENNA
4
"The Liberty Tree" writer : PAINE
5
Pulitzer winner James : AGEE
6
Atrium flooring : TERRAZZO
7
Hard rock : QUARTZ
8
Tragic James Fenimore Cooper character : UNCAS
9
Comment after an accident : IMOK
10
Popular pizza : CELESTE
11
Provincial, so to speak : HAYSEED
12
License : ENTITLE
13
Cause for inaction, maybe : PHOBIA
15
Strains : TENSES
22
Flair : PIZZAZZ
25
Something in the air : AURA
26
"You betcha!" : SURE
28
A train? : BCDE
29
Very, in Bonn : SEHR
31
Bit of fine calligraphy, maybe : IDEOGRAM
32
Sang : RATTED
33
Jobless : UNHIRED
34
Flower said to have sprung from the blood of Adonis : ANEMONE
35
Batman, to the Riddler : NEMESIS
37
Hollywood father and son combo : REINERS
38
Product enjoyer : ENDUSER
39
Like sandals : TOELESS
40
First-born : OLDEST
42
___ Gant, hero of "Look Homeward, Angel" : EUGENE
45
Easy to drive on : PAVED
46
Emma of "Dynasty" : SAMMS
48
"___ of Lambeth" (Maugham's first novel) : LIZA
50
Exceptional : RARE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 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
67 ms