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

New York Times, Monday, May 13, 2013

Author:
Allan E. Parrish
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
26-Across : "Rag Mop" hitmakers, 1950
TotalDebutLatest
397/1/20025/19/2015
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
014147211
CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.6510338%
Allan E. Parrish

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQV} This is puzzle # 36 for Mr. Parrish. Monday freshness: 90%
1
R
2
O
3
B
4
E
5
F
6
E
7
R
8
N
9
M
10
I
11
C
12
A
13
H
14
A
P
E
X
15
A
L
I
A
16
C
R
A
N
E
17
H
I
G
H
18
R
O
T
T
19
E
N
E
G
G
S
20
M
E
S
A
21
A
R
I
Z
O
N
A
22
E
R
S
23
U
M
A
24
T
I
25
E
D
Y
E
26
A
27
M
28
E
S
B
R
29
O
30
T
31
H
E
R
S
32
M
U
L
T
I
33
B
O
O
R
34
P
35
E
36
R
37
P
38
P
C
B
39
T
40
R
E
N
T
O
41
N
42
Z
O
O
43
S
H
A
44
M
45
O
S
T
E
46
A
47
S
I
A
N
48
S
49
A
M
E
O
L
50
D
S
T
O
R
Y
51
T
52
O
53
P
G
U
N
54
E
A
U
55
A
R
E
56
S
E
57
A
58
M
59
W
E
L
D
60
I
61
N
62
G
63
B
E
A
64
U
T
Y
S
H
O
P
65
I
R
O
N
66
L
O
C
K
E
67
T
O
M
E
68
O
O
N
A
69
A
S
H
E
N
70
I
S
B
N
71
S
C
O
W
© 2013, The New York Times5/13/13 ( No. 23,197 )
Across
1
Judge's garment : ROBE
5
Plant with fronds : FERN
9
Book after Jonah : MICAH
14
Zenith : APEX
15
Et ___ (and others) : ALIA
16
Machine at a construction site : CRANE
17
Lofty : HIGH
18
Last ones in the pool, say : ROTTENEGGS
20
Chicago Cubs spring training site : MESAARIZONA
22
Hosp. areas for accident victims : ERS
23
Actress Thurman : UMA
24
Pattern for many 1960s T-shirts : TIEDYE
26
"Rag Mop" hitmakers, 1950 : AMESBROTHERS
32
Prefix with task : MULTI
33
Unmannered sort : BOOR
34
Lawbreaker, in police lingo : PERP
38
E.P.A.-proscribed compound, for short : PCB
39
New Jersey's capital : TRENTON
42
Menagerie : ZOO
43
Hoax : SHAM
45
Bone: Prefix : OSTE
46
Chinese or Japanese : ASIAN
48
You've heard it many times before : SAMEOLDSTORY
51
1986 Tom Cruise/Val Kilmer action film : TOPGUN
54
___ de cologne : EAU
55
"You ___ what you eat" : ARE
56
Metal-joining technique : SEAMWELDING
63
Salon : BEAUTYSHOP
65
Clothes presser : IRON
66
Philosopher John who posited a theory of social contract : LOCKE
67
Unabridged dictionary, e.g. : TOME
68
Mrs. Charlie Chaplin : OONA
69
White from fright, say : ASHEN
70
Library ID : ISBN
71
Flat-bottomed boat : SCOW
Down
1
Chicago mayor Emanuel : RAHM
2
"The Andy Griffith Show" boy : OPIE
3
Panhandles : BEGS
4
Deplete : EXHAUST
5
___, Straus and Giroux (book publisher) : FARRAR
6
"The Time Machine" people : ELOI
7
"Puttin' on the ___" : RITZ
8
Western mil. alliance : NATO
9
QB Steve who won a Payton Award : MCNAIR
10
Fury : IRE
11
Like animals in a 42-Across : CAGED
12
Furious : ANGRY
13
Hermann who wrote "Steppenwolf" : HESSE
19
Intestinal prefix : ENTERO
21
Circumference : AMBIT
25
Mind reader's ability, briefly : ESP
26
Concert blasters : AMPS
27
"Thank you very ___" : MUCH
28
Exile isle for Napoleon : ELBA
29
Seriously overweight : OBESE
30
Kemo Sabe's sidekick : TONTO
31
Equivalent of five houses in Monopoly : HOTEL
35
Basso Pinza : EZIO
36
Lion's sound : ROAR
37
Smallish equine : PONY
40
McCain : 2008 :: ___ : 2012 : ROMNEY
41
___ decongestant : NASAL
44
Where the Knicks play in N.Y.C. : MSG
47
Small apartments : STUDIOS
49
Jane who wrote "Pride and Prejudice" : AUSTEN
50
Become more intense : DEEPEN
51
Small Indian drum : TABLA
52
Nabisco cookies : OREOS
53
Fruit with a pit : PEACH
57
Italian wine area : ASTI
58
Conductance units : MHOS
59
Where a baby develops : WOMB
60
Camaro ___-Z : IROC
61
Something you might get your hand slapped for doing : NONO
62
Chew like a beaver : GNAW
64
Luau instrument, informally : UKE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 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
93 ms