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

Double Headers

New York Times, Sunday, July 26, 1998

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
119-Across : Optimally
TotalDebutLatest
1821/12/197810/27/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
485442212852
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.534304631%
Richard Silvestri

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 72 Missing: {JKQXZ} This is puzzle # 73 for Mr. Silvestri. Sunday freshness: 32%
1
C
2
A
3
R
4
A
5
D
6
E
7
L
8
A
9
R
10
A
11
S
12
P
13
A
14
D
15
A
16
G
17
I
18
O
19
A
D
O
20
G
E
N
U
S
21
E
N
T
O
22
R
E
M
O
R
A
23
T
A
M
24
T
A
M
O
S
H
25
A
N
T
E
R
26
S
P
I
G
O
T
27
S
M
A
R
T
E
S
T
28
M
E
L
E
E
29
S
30
A
N
O
N
31
A
H
A
32
R
A
G
E
D
33
T
34
H
R
O
B
35
C
36
A
37
N
C
A
N
38
O
39
P
E
N
E
R
40
F
O
O
T
R
A
41
C
42
E
43
A
L
E
E
44
S
T
U
B
S
45
S
46
A
L
O
M
E
47
N
O
L
48
S
T
A
R
49
S
50
O
L
E
51
L
O
G
52
D
53
R
A
M
A
54
T
O
T
55
C
56
H
O
P
C
57
H
58
O
59
P
S
U
E
60
Y
61
A
N
A
T
62
C
O
A
L
S
63
E
R
R
O
R
64
E
65
S
T
A
T
E
66
D
67
E
68
T
E
R
G
E
69
M
O
E
70
V
A
L
I
S
E
S
71
E
V
O
N
N
E
72
A
73
L
I
N
E
74
M
A
R
I
O
75
F
E
M
S
76
N
77
O
N
O
N
O
N
78
S
E
N
S
E
79
L
80
A
81
M
82
I
N
T
E
83
R
84
U
N
O
85
C
D
I
86
R
87
A
I
S
E
88
E
L
O
89
E
90
S
T
O
P
91
S
92
M
O
I
S
93
T
94
F
L
I
T
95
S
Y
M
96
M
E
T
R
Y
97
C
98
H
O
W
C
H
O
99
W
L
I
N
E
100
T
A
N
G
O
101
D
R
E
S
S
102
R
E
O
103
C
H
I
T
104
W
105
I
R
E
R
S
106
B
107
A
R
N
A
108
C
109
L
110
E
111
S
O
U
S
E
112
D
113
B
Y
E
B
Y
114
E
E
L
E
C
T
I
O
N
115
E
L
M
I
R
A
116
L
E
N
I
117
S
T
O
N
E
118
A
L
I
119
A
T
B
E
S
T
120
E
R
S
E
121
S
H
U
T
S
122
O
L
D
© 1998, The New York Times7/26/98 ( No. 17,792 )
Across
1
Kaiser, once : CAR
4
"Die Fledermaus" maid : ADELA
9
Irritate : RASP
13
Slow movement : ADAGIO
19
Flap : ADO
20
Biological group : GENUS
21
Inner: Prefix : ENTO
22
Whalesucker : REMORA
23
Gong worn on the head? : TAMTAMOSHANTER
26
Plug for a cask : SPIGOT
27
Having the biggest lip? : SMARTEST
28
Set-tos : MELEES
30
In a bit : ANON
31
"Oh, I see" : AHA
32
Ran riot : RAGED
33
Beat : THROB
35
First note at the Moulin Rouge? : CANCANOPENER
40
Contest for Atalanta : FOOTRACE
43
Wheelhouse direction : ALEE
44
Check mates : STUBS
45
Strauss opera : SALOME
47
Cambodia's Lon ___ : NOL
48
Dallas icemen : STARS
50
Baja cheer : OLE
51
Birling surface : LOG
52
Pulitzer Prize category : DRAMA
54
Rug rat : TOT
55
Fast Chinese food? : CHOPCHOPSUEY
61
Biol. subject : ANAT
62
Ingle glowers : COALS
63
Diamond flaw? : ERROR
64
What you will : ESTATE
66
Clean : DETERGE
69
Downhill gold medalist of 1994 : MOE
70
Travelers' gear : VALISES
71
Rival of Billie Jean : EVONNE
72
Kind of skirt : ALINE
74
Author Puzo : MARIO
75
Women, slangily : FEMS
76
Off-limits craziness? : NONONONSENSE
79
Flight : LAM
82
___ alia : INTER
84
Popular card game : UNO
85
Start of the fifth century : CDI
86
More than see : RAISE
88
"Rock 'N' Roll Is King" group : ELO
89
Prevents : ESTOPS
92
Having tears : MOIST
94
Skim along : FLIT
95
Crossword grid feature : SYMMETRY
97
Dog pedigree? : CHOWCHOWLINE
100
"Hernando's Hideaway," e.g. : TANGO
101
Go formal : DRESS
102
Auto of long ago : REO
103
It may be thrown into a pot : CHIT
104
They make connections : WIRERS
106
Nautical hanger-on : BARNACLE
111
Lit up : SOUSED
113
Farewell to balloting? : BYEBYEELECTION
115
Where Mark Twain is buried : ELMIRA
116
Director Riefenstahl : LENI
117
Backgammon piece : STONE
118
Fatima's spouse : ALI
119
Optimally : ATBEST
120
Hebrides tongue : ERSE
121
Bars : SHUTS
122
Vintage : OLD
Down
1
Notable opening of 10/7/82 : CATS
2
Fall guy? : ADAM
3
Alitalia stop : ROMA
4
Hercule's creator : AGATHA
5
Humbles : DEMEANS
6
Chimp in space : ENOS
7
The hots : LUST
8
Olive relative : ASH
9
Weasel out : RENEGE
10
Buck features : ANTLERS
11
Mount : STEED
12
Go (over) : PORE
13
___ Nova (music style) : ARS
14
Left : DEPARTED
15
Key of Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3 : AMINOR
16
Disco fruit? : GOGOBANANAS
17
Press agent? : IRON
18
Meal starter : OAT
24
U.P.S. inquiry : TRACER
25
"It's ___ World" ('62 sitcom) : AMANS
29
Foil on the stage : STOOGE
32
Renaissance fiddle : REBEC
34
Opposite of heter- : HOM
35
Calculate astrologically : CAST
36
___-relievo : ALTO
37
Straight : NEAT
38
"Becket" star : OTOOLE
39
Cheap magazines : PULPS
40
Ground meal : FLOUR
41
Partner, redundantly : COMATE
42
Delights : ELATES
46
To boot : ALSO
49
Show disdain for : SCORN
53
Tangent or secant : RATIO
56
"Adam's Rib" actress : HAGEN
57
Confine : HEMIN
58
Home of the Black Bears : ORONO
59
Exhibit vanity : PREEN
60
Millennium makeup : YEARS
62
Use a thurible : CENSE
65
Less upfront : SLIER
66
Flies in the face of : DEFIES
67
With nothing left over : EVENLY
68
Drummer's affliction? : TOMTOMTHUMB
70
Go "poof!" : VANISH
72
Tick off : ANNOY
73
Continuous-play tape : LOOP
74
Member of a corps : MEDIC
77
Best in the regatta : OUTROW
78
Garbage haulers : SCOWS
79
Caron role : LILI
80
Speller's phrase : ASIN
81
Allocate, with "out" : METE
83
Corrects the ledger : REENTERS
87
In good financial shape : AFLOAT
90
Brit. money : STG
91
Multiplex multitude : SCREENS
92
Sphagnous : MOSSY
93
Gullywasher : TORRENT
96
Henry James title character : MAISIE
98
The Love Bug, of Disney films : HERBIE
99
Señor on the Sullivan show : WENCES
101
Utility room item : DRYER
103
Revolver inventor : COLT
105
Suffix with collect : IBLE
106
1976 Kiss hit : BETH
107
1966 N.L. batting champ : ALOU
108
"So long!" : CIAO
109
Be a couch potato : LOLL
110
Arthurian lady : ENID
111
Where the buoys are : SEA
112
Not dis : DAT
114
Lombard Street feature : ESS

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 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
116 ms