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

New York Times, Saturday, June 17, 2000

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Across : Tear open
TotalDebutLatest
1894/27/19948/3/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1814141616120
RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.571,11574%
Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 33 Missing: {QWXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 124 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 43%
1
B
2
E
3
E
4
F
5
J
6
E
7
R
8
K
9
Y
10
S
11
E
12
C
13
T
14
S
15
A
L
L
O
R
N
O
N
E
16
H
E
A
R
T
17
F
L
I
P
S
I
D
E
S
18
E
E
R
I
E
19
F
E
D
S
20
D
E
E
M
21
E
D
22
D
U
E
23
I
R
E
24
O
L
A
N
25
R
C
M
P
26
N
Y
S
27
E
28
S
U
S
A
N
29
E
A
V
E
30
T
31
A
C
T
32
M
O
33
V
E
S
I
N
34
A
35
R
36
G
U
E
R
37
B
I
K
E
R
S
38
B
A
L
D
R
I
39
C
40
E
L
M
O
41
S
T
Y
E
42
P
H
43
O
N
E
44
F
45
U
46
D
47
D
48
T
I
C
S
49
P
E
P
S
50
G
R
E
51
R
O
E
52
O
S
M
I
U
53
M
54
D
A
I
S
55
U
N
R
56
I
P
57
I
N
R
E
58
S
E
R
V
E
59
S
A
O
N
E
60
S
E
E
S
A
F
T
E
R
61
E
L
L
E
N
62
E
S
S
A
Y
T
E
S
T
© 2000, The New York Times6/17/0 ( No. 18,484 )
Across
1
It's cut and dried : BEEFJERKY
10
Parts of faiths : SECTS
15
Uncompromising offer : ALLORNONE
16
Spirit : HEART
17
They're rarely hits : FLIPSIDES
18
Uncanny : EERIE
19
Some officers : FEDS
20
Held : DEEMED
22
Fitting : DUE
23
Infuriate : IRE
24
Pearl Buck heroine : OLAN
25
Renfrew's org., in old radio : RCMP
26
Ticker locale: Abbr. : NYSE
28
Title girl in a 1968 Buckinghams hit : SUSAN
29
Projection : EAVE
30
Delicacy : TACT
32
Starts an occupation : MOVESIN
34
Court figure : ARGUER
37
Some gang members : BIKERS
38
Swordsman's belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip : BALDRIC
40
One of the Muppets : ELMO
41
Seeing trouble : STYE
42
Kind of tag : PHONE
44
Fictional hunter : FUDD
48
Peculiarities : TICS
49
Picks (up) : PEPS
50
Test in coll., perhaps : GRE
51
Delicacy : ROE
52
Heavy metal : OSMIUM
54
Honoree's locale : DAIS
55
Tear open : UNRIP
57
Set aside : INRESERVE
59
___-et-Loire (French department) : SAONE
60
Takes care of : SEESAFTER
61
With 28-Down, newswoman who founded a college in Claremont, Calif. : ELLEN
62
Final, maybe : ESSAYTEST
Down
1
English navigator who searched for the Northwest Passage : BAFFIN
2
Queen of fiction : ELLERY
3
Passes over : ELIDES
4
Swells : FOPS
5
Some sons : JRS
6
English author Blyton : ENID
7
Endured : RODEOUT
8
Gets down : KNEELS
9
Polite response : YESMAAM
10
Slough : SHED
11
Letters on a pump, maybe : EEE
12
Sales rep's accessory : CARDCASE
13
Ancient magistrate : TRIUMVIR
14
Gets more arduous, in a way : STEEPENS
21
Dignify : ENNOBLE
25
Exude : REEKOF
27
Debussy's "Douze ___" : ETUDES
28
See 61-Across : SCRIPPS
31
Bubbly beginning? : AER
33
Dash : VIM
34
Deep : ABSTRUSE
35
Thinking : RATIONAL
36
Sweetening agent : GLYCEROL
39
Shift : CHEMISE
40
Ices : ENSURES
43
Conjectures : OPINES
45
Lorre's "Casablanca" role : UGARTE
46
Offensive actions : DRIVES
47
Barren : DESERT
52
Exposed : OPEN
53
City on the Salt River : MESA
54
Nimble : DEFT
56
Chemical suffix : INE
58
For instance : SAY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 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
66 ms