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

New York Times, Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Author:
Will Nediger
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
34-Across : Onetime exam in British schools
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
515/27/20069/18/202414
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2303102211
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
161.7239669%
Will Nediger

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {BFQX} This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Nediger. Wednesday freshness: 70%
1
A
2
S
3
N
4
A
5
P
6
E
7
S
8
T
9
M
10
A
11
L
12
T
13
S
14
T
H
E
I
R
15
P
E
E
16
A
D
I
E
U
17
M
E
T
R
O
18
D
O
M
E
19
Z
O
N
E
D
20
E
V
E
N
I
N
21
G
D
R
E
S
S
22
E
23
M
24
O
25
I
V
Y
26
A
L
A
N
27
V
I
V
28
I
D
I
M
29
A
G
E
30
S
31
A
32
G
33
O
34
O
L
E
V
E
L
35
K
E
E
36
P
37
M
O
D
38
K
A
R
E
N
39
S
I
R
40
E
41
L
I
T
E
42
E
N
D
43
T
44
O
W
N
45
D
R
A
G
O
N
46
D
O
O
47
R
48
S
I
D
49
V
I
C
I
O
U
S
50
E
51
D
O
M
52
E
P
H
53
S
T
E
54
J
55
U
56
L
I
U
S
C
57
A
E
S
A
58
R
59
I
N
A
N
E
60
A
K
R
O
N
O
61
H
62
I
63
O
64
V
I
S
I
T
65
P
I
E
66
C
A
S
T
E
67
E
T
H
N
O
68
S
O
D
69
E
N
T
E
R
© 2011, The New York Times3/23/11 ( No. 22,415 )
Across
1
Child's play : ASNAP
6
Guinness Book suffix : EST
9
Fountain items : MALTS
14
**"His/her" alternative : THEIR
15
Cue preceder : PEE
16
**Parting word : ADIEU
17
Site of Super Bowl XXVI : METRODOME
19
Like most urban land : ZONED
20
*Soiree attire : EVENINGDRESS
22
Modern rock genre : EMO
25
Brown wall covering : IVY
26
Mathematician Turing : ALAN
27
*Indelible picture in the mind : VIVIDIMAGE
30
Starchy foodstuff : SAGO
34
Onetime exam in British schools : OLEVEL
35
Not spoil : KEEP
37
Hip, in the mid-'60s : MOD
38
Actress Allen of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" : KAREN
39
"My dear ___" : SIR
40
Like the service academies : ELITE
42
Doom : END
43
It may have a square in the middle : TOWN
45
Seem to last forever : DRAGON
46
Opportunity, metaphorically : DOOR
48
*Bandmate of Johnny Rotten : SIDVICIOUS
50
Ancient land in modern Jordan : EDOM
52
Book after Galatians: Abbr. : EPH
53
Jeanne d'Arc, e.g.: Abbr. : STE
54
Speaker of the Latin quote hidden in the answers to the starred clues ... and the English-language quote hidden in the answers to the double-starred clues : JULIUSCAESAR
59
Half-witted : INANE
60
City of Invention : AKRONOHIO
64
**Sojourn : VISIT
65
Chart type : PIE
66
**Social grouping : CASTE
67
Prefix with centric : ETHNO
68
It may turn up at a golf course : SOD
69
See 1-Down : ENTER
Down
1
Device with a 69-Across key : ATM
2
"___ walks in beauty, like the night ...": Byron : SHE
3
Rear of a hockey goal : NET
4
Suffix with zillion : AIRE
5
Forward-thinking, in a way : PROVIDENT
6
The Earl of Sandwich, for one : EPONYM
7
Hard-to-park vehicle : SEMI
8
One sexting, maybe : TEENAGER
9
RX-8 carmaker : MAZDA
10
Embellishes : ADORNS
11
y = 3x + 5 representation, e.g. : LINE
12
Concert souvenirs : TEES
13
Head : SUDS
18
Participant in a Faustian bargain : DEVIL
21
Merriment : GLEE
22
Called to mind : EVOKED
23
Home to da Vinci's "L'Ultima Cena" : MILANO
24
Exaggerate : OVERDO
28
"___ got it!" : IVE
29
One of ___ : AKIND
31
Buds : AMIGOS
32
Was released : GOTOUT
33
Danish city where Hans Christian Andersen was born : ODENSE
36
Possibly : PERCHANCE
39
Some pool attire : SWIMCAPS
41
China's Chou En-___ : LAI
44
Spanish bears : OSOS
45
Souse : DIPSO
47
Check : REININ
49
Went off at an angle : VEERED
51
On account of : DUETO
54
Nonsense : JIVE
55
Cadre, e.g. : UNIT
56
Pirate's punishment : LASH
57
Sony co-founder Morita : AKIO
58
Equine color : ROAN
61
Pres. when NATO was founded : HST
62
Ore name suffix : ITE
63
Poetic contraction : OER

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