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

New York Times, Saturday, August 5, 2006

Author:
Trip Payne
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Across : O.M.B. director under Carter
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
464/10/19948/3/20211
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1034463133
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
421.5333861%
Trip Payne

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JKQXY} This is puzzle # 33 for Mr. Payne. Saturday freshness: 79%
1
A
2
G
3
A
4
P
5
E
6
W
7
A
8
S
9
H
10
A
11
B
12
L
13
E
14
S
15
R
O
L
L
O
16
E
M
A
I
L
L
I
S
T
17
I
N
P
E
N
18
B
E
R
T
L
A
N
C
E
19
D
E
A
D
20
L
E
N
D
S
A
N
E
A
R
21
N
F
C
22
R
E
D
D
I
23
C
A
P
E
24
E
L
I
25
A
V
I
S
26
M
27
A
H
R
E
S
28
S
A
N
29
D
P
I
T
30
N
I
L
E
31
S
T
O
O
P
T
O
32
U
S
E
R
33
I
34
D
35
S
36
P
E
E
R
37
T
R
U
S
T
I
N
38
R
39
I
40
S
E
R
S
41
S
M
U
T
42
S
S
E
43
E
N
O
S
44
F
E
E
L
S
45
N
E
E
46
A
L
L
T
47
H
48
E
R
A
G
E
49
B
O
A
Z
50
M
O
V
E
A
L
O
N
G
51
P
A
U
S
E
52
E
V
E
R
S
I
N
C
E
53
A
T
S
E
A
54
R
E
D
S
T
A
T
E
R
55
C
H
E
S
T
© 2006, The New York Times8/5/6 ( No. 20,724 )
Across
1
Hardly poker-faced : AGAPE
6
Hamper contents : WASHABLES
15
Nancy's friend, in the comics : ROLLO
16
It may be moderated : EMAILLIST
17
Hard to change : INPEN
18
O.M.B. director under Carter : BERTLANCE
19
Word with heat or meat : DEAD
20
Pays attention : LENDSANEAR
21
16-team grp. : NFC
22
___-wip : REDDI
23
Back cover : CAPE
24
Hirer of the stunt man in "The Stunt Man" : ELI
25
Dollar alternative : AVIS
26
Skiing brothers of the 1984 Olympics : MAHRES
28
Excavation site : SANDPIT
30
Course in African history : NILE
31
Go as far down as : STOOPTO
32
Dialog box fill-ins : USERIDS
36
One may be hereditary : PEER
37
Give the benefit of the doubt : TRUSTIN
38
Upwardly mobile people : RISERS
41
Tom Lehrer's anti-censorship song : SMUT
42
Yacht heading: Abbr. : SSE
43
Early 80's TV police comedy : ENOS
44
Is touching : FEELS
45
Separator of family names : NEE
46
49
Great-grandfather of David : BOAZ
50
Don't stop : MOVEALONG
51
Stop : PAUSE
52
From then on : EVERSINCE
53
In the main? : ATSEA
54
Many a conservative : REDSTATER
55
Treasury : CHEST
Down
1
Drought : ARIDNESS
2
Fizzled out : GONEFLAT
3
Tony winner for "Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?" : ALPACINO
4
Argued : PLED
5
It goes on and on : EON
6
Help in constructing sites : WEBEDITOR
7
They're made after a fight : AMENDS
8
A Manhattan restaurant is named for him : SARDI
9
Angels' wishes : HITS
10
___ parmigiana : ALLA
11
They're obviously shocked : BLANCHERS
12
Progressing sequentially : LINEAR
13
Divertissement : ESCAPE
14
Metric volume units : STERES
20
Hebrew tribe : LEVITES
22
Q-Tip, for example : RAPPER
26
Reason for a coup d'état : MISRULE
27
Many Pribilof Islanders : ALEUTS
29
Ones making sports predictions : DOPESTERS
30
Connecticut resident : NUTMEGGER
33
Frustrated cry : ITSNOUSE
34
Screeners' targets : DISEASES
35
Make light of : SNEEZEAT
38
Tool with a spiral : REAMER
39
Swept off one's feet : INLOVE
40
Completely filled, say : SOLVED
41
Contact point? : SEANCE
44
Vanguard : FRONT
47
Biblical verb : HAST
48
"Distant Correspondents" writer : ELIA
49
Big loss : BATH
51
Campaign statement listing : PAC

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later.

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
92 ms