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

CALIFORNIA, HERE I COME

New York Times, Sunday, March 29, 2015

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Across : Small drums
TotalDebutLatest
1338/27/19814/1/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
2511253728151
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
51.59618943%
Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 132, Blocks: 64 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 108 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Sunday freshness: 94%
Jeff Chen notes:
I was curious why this puzzle was so difficult — my usual Sunday solving time is 20ish minutes, and this one took me twice that. Amazing to see it's a 132 word puzzle. The number won't ... read more
1
T
2
A
3
B
4
O
5
R
6
S
7
B
8
L
9
A
10
D
11
E
12
S
13
P
14
L
15
I
16
C
17
A
18
T
19
E
20
A
C
A
D
I
A
21
E
O
L
I
T
H
22
R
U
N
R
I
O
T
23
S
T
R
E
A
M
24
I
N
G
I
N
C
A
25
E
M
B
A
S
S
Y
26
T
I
R
O
27
E
N
Z
I
28
D
29
E
S
I
30
S
L
I
P
31
E
V
E
N
32
P
A
R
33
C
34
A
35
S
36
T
E
L
S
E
37
W
H
E
R
E
38
B
A
T
39
E
S
E
40
W
A
R
41
L
U
R
I
D
42
U
T
T
43
E
R
44
A
45
D
A
G
E
46
S
47
R
E
L
I
48
E
49
F
50
S
51
D
E
E
P
S
52
P
53
A
C
E
C
A
N
I
54
N
E
55
M
E
D
A
L
56
S
O
I
R
E
E
S
57
T
R
A
58
S
A
T
I
R
E
59
N
60
O
61
T
O
N
C
E
62
D
O
E
S
63
I
T
64
T
O
E
65
Y
O
U
M
A
K
E
66
M
67
E
68
W
A
N
N
A
C
A
69
S
70
H
O
U
T
71
A
L
F
72
A
L
E
T
A
P
73
I
T
W
O
R
K
S
74
L
A
T
75
E
76
S
T
77
D
N
Y
78
C
79
O
80
R
N
I
E
R
81
A
L
E
U
T
82
R
E
A
L
83
L
Y
B
I
G
C
A
S
84
H
85
E
86
W
87
S
A
D
C
A
88
S
E
89
S
A
U
C
E
D
90
R
E
I
N
E
91
H
E
I
D
92
I
93
I
L
L
94
A
95
G
E
96
R
T
E
97
B
98
A
99
C
A
L
L
H
A
100
N
D
L
E
101
R
102
B
E
R
103
S
E
R
K
104
A
V
E
R
105
L
E
N
I
106
H
107
I
L
T
108
A
L
A
D
109
L
E
T
I
110
T
I
A
111
T
112
H
113
E
114
L
I
F
E
O
115
F
P
I
C
A
116
T
R
U
S
S
E
D
117
T
A
L
O
N
S
118
F
L
I
N
T
Y
119
O
Y
S
T
E
R
S
120
I
D
O
T
O
O
121
F
U
D
G
E
S
© 2015, The New York Times3/29/15 ( No. 23,882 )
Across
1
Small drums : TABORS
7
Leaves of grass : BLADES
13
Folded like a fan : PLICATE
20
East Coast national park : ACADIA
21
Early stone tool : EOLITH
22
Go wild : RUNRIOT
23
Ancient Peruvian using Netflix? : STREAMINGINCA
25
Washington post? : EMBASSY
26
Newbie: Var. : TIRO
27
Senator Mike from Wyoming : ENZI
28
1965 hitmakers Dino, ___ & Billy : DESI
30
Start to lose it : SLIP
31
Exactly 72, maybe : EVENPAR
33
"No fishing here!"? : CASTELSEWHERE
38
Be up : BAT
39
Ending with Vietnam : ESE
40
Vietnam ___ : WAR
41
Like the headline "ELVIS FATHERED MY ALIEN BABY" : LURID
42
Sheer : UTTER
44
Lines from Homer and Erasmus : ADAGES
47
Some art projections : RELIEFS
51
Dog whose rocket went off course? : DEEPSPACECANINE
55
Make the podium : MEDAL
56
Some black-tie events : SOIREES
57
Refrain syllable : TRA
58
"Network," for one : SATIRE
59
Never : NOTONCE
62
"Is that so?" : DOESIT
64
A minimus is a little one : TOE
65
Comment to an annoying blackjack dealer? : YOUMAKEMEWANNACASHOUT
71
TV ET : ALF
72
Pub fixture : ALETAP
73
"Ta-da!" : ITWORKS
74
Up-to-the-minute : LATEST
77
Letters after Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's name : DNY
78
Less deserving of a laugh, say : CORNIER
81
Sealer, maybe : ALEUT
82
Part of a jumbo trail mix? : REALLYBIGCASHEW
87
Sorry sort : SADCASE
89
Lit : SAUCED
90
Marie Antoinette, par exemple : REINE
91
First name on the "America's Got Talent" panel : HEIDI
93
State on the Miss. : ILL
94
Bouncer's concern : AGE
96
AAA offering: Abbr. : RTE
97
Agent for Bogart's partner? : BACALLHANDLER
102
Wild : BERSERK
104
Declare : AVER
105
Filmmaker Riefenstahl : LENI
106
Hold it! : HILT
108
"When I was ___ ..." : ALAD
109
President John Tyler's wife : LETITIA
111
"12-Point Type: A History"? : THELIFEOFPICA
116
Tied up : TRUSSED
117
They might grab some food before a flight : TALONS
118
Hard and unyielding : FLINTY
119
Bar order that's not drunk : OYSTERS
120
"Me as well!" : IDOTOO
121
Isn't completely truthful : FUDGES
Down
1
It may be on the tip of your tongue : TASTEBUD
2
Put in play : ACTIVATE
3
It holds a lock in place : BARRETTE
4
Classic theater : ODEON
5
Marshy place, perhaps : RIA
6
Identical to : SAMEAS
7
Auto pioneer Karl : BENZ
8
"When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of ___": Dale Carnegie : LOGIC
9
Will Smith biopic : ALI
10
When repeated, a child's meal : DIN
11
Yadda, yadda, yadda : ETC
12
Tangerine or peach : SHADE
13
Force divided by area, in physics : PRESSURE
14
___ brothers, inventors of the motion picture (1895) : LUMIERE
15
Having five sharps : INB
16
Cause of a great loss? : CRASHDIET
17
Option for a quick exit : AISLE
18
Quaint letter opener : TOSIR
19
Classic British Jaguar : ETYPE
24
Concerning : INRE
29
Sharp turn : ELL
32
Projected image : PERSONA
34
High-tech surveillance acronym : AWACS
35
Major account : SAGA
36
Site of a 1776 George Washington victory in the Revolutionary War : TRENTON
37
___ Rudolph, U.S. sprinter who won three golds in the 1960 Olympics : WILMA
43
British racetrack site : EPSOM
44
___ Hardware : ACE
45
It's in the 60s : DEE
46
Rock singer? : SIREN
48
Photoshop user, e.g. : EDITOR
49
Egyptian king overthrown in a 1952 revolution : FAROUK
50
Wintry mixes : SLEETS
52
Barely touch, as a meal : PICKAT
53
Visibly stunned : AREEL
54
Grp. with a launch party? : NASA
58
Criticism : STATIC
59
Spiral-horned antelopes : NYALAS
60
"C'est magnifique!" : OOLALA
61
Like some titmice : TUFTED
62
Fist bump, in slang : DAP
63
It might say "Happy Birthday!" : ICING
66
Ancient Assyrian foe : MEDE
67
Old lab burners : ETNAS
68
Ambushed : WAYLAID
69
One calling foul? : SWEARER
70
Mess (around) : HORSE
75
Catholic rite : EUCHARIST
76
"Delphine" author Madame de ___ : STAEL
78
Waxing and waning, e.g. : CYCLE
79
U.K. honour : OBE
80
Free : RID
82
Thomas Jefferson and Calvin Coolidge, e.g. : REDHEADS
83
Quiet period : LULL
84
Menial : HIRELING
85
Showstopper? : ENTRACTE
86
When school's open : WEEKDAYS
88
More slapstick : SILLIER
92
Novelist McEwan : IAN
94
___-bodied : ABLE
95
Board's opposite : GETOFF
97
Maryland's largest city, informally : BALTO
98
___ Fisher Hall, longtime venue at Lincoln Center : AVERY
99
Whale constellation : CETUS
100
Capone henchman : NITTI
101
Something you might get a charge out of : RHINO
103
Tasty : SAPID
107
"In that case ..." : IFSO
110
China's Lao-___ : TSE
112
Suffered from : HAD
113
Jeff Lynne's band, for short : ELO
114
Patch of land : LOT
115
___ season : FLU

Answer summary:
7 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
132 ms