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

AFTER WORD

New York Times, Sunday, April 4, 2010

Author:
Bob Klahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
59-Across : Big band
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
601/29/19945/22/201110
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1313121426
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.5746577%
Bob Klahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 72 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 59 for Mr. Klahn. Sunday freshness: 60%
Notepad: Bonus question: What word can follow each half of the answer to each starred clue?
Jim Horne notes:

The answer to the bonus question is BOARD.

1
C
2
O
3
A
4
C
5
H
6
R
7
I
8
B
9
U
10
P
11
B
12
O
13
W
14
T
15
R
16
I
17
P
18
E
19
A
L
L
A
Y
20
A
D
A
21
S
A
L
S
A
22
H
O
N
O
R
23
W
A
L
L
P
24
A
P
E
R
25
F
L
O
O
R
26
L
E
A
D
E
R
27
C
E
L
I
A
28
C
L
A
W
29
P
E
A
R
30
A
31
S
32
S
U
R
E
D
33
C
H
A
T
34
B
L
A
C
K
35
C
36
A
37
T
38
B
E
A
T
39
C
O
40
L
L
E
G
E
41
D
R
A
F
T
42
U
F
O
43
R
E
N
T
44
O
U
R
45
E
I
N
S
46
S
T
I
R
47
U
S
D
A
48
S
49
M
U
T
50
A
51
B
U
S
E
52
P
E
T
R
I
53
P
A
W
54
S
W
I
T
C
55
H
B
A
C
K
56
R
E
V
I
S
E
57
T
W
I
58
S
T
E
D
59
H
O
R
D
E
60
B
A
R
E
N
T
S
61
C
O
R
E
A
62
S
A
G
63
A
G
I
N
G
64
S
65
C
H
L
E
P
S
66
C
I
D
E
67
R
68
B
L
O
S
S
69
O
70
M
71
E
L
B
O
W
S
72
C
H
E
E
S
E
73
H
E
A
D
74
C
R
I
75
S
I
R
E
N
76
F
A
I
R
S
77
K
I
L
N
78
S
H
I
N
79
A
P
E
D
80
C
A
R
L
81
A
I
L
82
C
O
A
X
83
M
O
A
84
R
U
N
N
I
85
N
86
G
S
C
O
87
R
88
E
89
A
O
N
E
90
E
N
D
91
T
A
B
L
E
92
E
R
I
K
93
A
X
94
I
L
L
A
S
95
A
C
A
I
96
B
A
A
S
97
A
K
I
R
A
98
D
99
R
100
A
W
I
N
G
101
C
A
R
D
102
W
H
I
T
E
W
103
A
104
S
105
H
106
I
T
I
N
A
107
H
I
R
E
E
108
A
S
S
109
N
A
N
A
S
110
M
E
R
Y
L
111
T
E
N
D
S
112
D
O
H
113
E
G
Y
P
T
© 2010, The New York Times4/4/10 ( No. 22,062 )
Across
1
Economy : COACH
6
"Spare" part : RIB
9
Direction for violinists : UPBOW
14
Rubbish : TRIPE
19
Relieve : ALLAY
20
"Cold Mountain" heroine : ADA
21
Hot stuff : SALSA
22
High trump card : HONOR
23
*"Either that ___ goes, or I do" (Oscar Wilde's reputed last words) : WALLPAPER
25
*Legislative V.I.P. : FLOORLEADER
27
"As You Like It" role : CELIA
28
Curved nail, perhaps : CLAW
29
Dentiform : tooth :: pyriform : ___ : PEAR
30
Certain : ASSURED
33
Chin : CHAT
34
*Object of superstition : BLACKCAT
38
Wiped out : BEAT
39
*Annual N.F.L. event : COLLEGEDRAFT
42
Project Blue Book subj. : UFO
43
Get a flat : RENT
44
"___ Love" (1978 hit for Natalie Cole) : OUR
45
German unity : EINS
46
Kind of crazy? : STIR
47
Org. that gives approval : USDA
48
Dirt : SMUT
50
Obloquy, e.g. : ABUSE
52
___ dish : PETRI
53
Print maker : PAW
54
*Zigzag trail up a mountain : SWITCHBACK
56
Better writing, e.g. : REVISE
57
Wry : TWISTED
59
Big band : HORDE
60
Navigator William with a sea named after him : BARENTS
61
Jazzy Chick : COREA
62
Decline in value : SAG
63
Sitting around for years waiting to get drunk? : AGING
64
Tedious trips : SCHLEPS
66
Something that might be hard to drink? : CIDER
68
Open up : BLOSSOM
71
Jostles : ELBOWS
72
*Green Bay Packers fan : CHEESEHEAD
74
Chartres shout : CRI
75
Femme fatale : SIREN
76
They may offer rides : FAIRS
77
Site of numerous firings : KILN
78
A guard may protect it : SHIN
79
Imitated : APED
80
Real first name of Alfalfa of the Little Rascals : CARL
81
Trouble : AIL
82
Bring around : COAX
83
Display in the Auckland Museum : MOA
84
*Tally : RUNNINGSCORE
89
Choice : AONE
90
*Lamp holder : ENDTABLE
92
"The Flying Dutchman" tenor : ERIK
93
Armpits : AXILLAS
95
Exotic berry in some fruit juices : ACAI
96
Missed signals from Little Boy Blue, maybe : BAAS
97
Director Kurosawa : AKIRA
98
*Lure : DRAWINGCARD
102
*Cover-up : WHITEWASH
106
1986 rock autobiography : ITINA
107
New addition : HIREE
108
Lunkhead : ASS
109
Babushkas : NANAS
110
Actress Streep : MERYL
111
Cultivates : TENDS
112
Interjection added to the O.E.D. in 2001 : DOH
113
Land called Mizraim in the Bible : EGYPT
Down
1
Harsh call : CAW
2
Suffix with boff : OLA
3
Purely : ALL
4
Birthplace of William Thackeray and Satyajit Ray : CALCUTTA
5
Wired : HYPER
6
Spanish fleet? : RAPIDO
7
Brain matter? : IDEA
8
Block : BAR
9
June "honoree," briefly : USFLAG
10
Sense of taste : PALATE
11
Big wind : BLOW
12
Spanish bear : OSO
13
F-14, e.g. : WARPLANE
14
1977 Liza Minnelli musical : THEACT
15
Family name in Frank Miller's "Sin City" series : ROARK
16
Gary's home: Abbr. : IND
17
"The Purloined Letter" writer : POE
18
Foozle : ERR
24
A Baldwin : ALEC
26
Pages (through) : LEAFS
28
Gregg Allman's wife who filed for divorce after nine days : CHER
30
Sudden : ABRUPT
31
Oscillate : SEESAW
32
*Wonder product : SANDWICHBREAD
33
Critical situation : CLUTCH
34
Sharp and stimulating : BRISK
35
*Risking detention : CUTTINGSCHOOL
36
Something unprecedented : AFIRST
37
Major party : TORIES
40
Yahoo : LOUT
41
Dickens : DEUCE
46
Some naturals : SEVENS
48
Wins everything : SWEEPS
49
Cursed alchemist : MIDAS
50
Sands, e.g. : ABRADES
51
Stars in many westerns : BADGES
52
Stop sign? : PERIOD
54
Cast about : STREWN
55
One stocking stockings : HOSIER
56
Coat named for a British lord : RAGLAN
58
Made an individual effort : SOLOED
60
Scene of confusion : BABEL
64
"Open ___" : SESAME
65
Like some earrings : CLIPON
66
Serving from a pot : CHILI
67
Football do-over : REKICK
69
Epithet for Elizabeth I : ORIANA
70
Sassy lassies : MINXES
72
Meat, as in 66-Down : CARNE
73
Liliuokalani Gardens site : HILO
76
Half-circle window over a door : FANLIGHT
78
Rogue : SCALAWAG
80
Resident of Daiquirí : CUBAN
81
Frequent disclaimer : ASIS
84
Like some census categories : RACIAL
85
Closed in on : NEARED
86
Marks : GRADES
87
Dashing : RAKISH
88
Out : EXIT
91
Light brown : TAWNY
94
Galsworthy's Mrs. Forsyte : IRENE
96
One raised on a farm : BARN
97
"Got it!" : AHSO
98
Empty-headed : DIM
99
Rural address abbr. : RTE
100
It's in circulation : AIR
101
French firm: Abbr. : CIE
102
Bankroll? : WAD
103
A little or a lot : ANY
104
Dupe : SAP
105
Pres. with the Marshall Plan : HST

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