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

MAKING A LEFT

New York Times, Sunday, September 11, 2005

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
103-Across : No longer with us
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2297/11/199911/4/20182
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
741241679512
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
981.541,84281%
Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 76 Missing: {XZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 78 for Mr. Berry. Sunday freshness: 59%
1
G
2
O
3
O
4
G
5
L
6
E
7
R
8
O
9
U
10
S
11
T
12
L
13
A
14
U
15
R
16
A
17
P
U
T
R
I
D
18
E
19
Q
U
A
T
I
O
20
N
21
E
N
R
O
N
22
A
R
T
I
F
I
23
C
I
A
L
R
E
S
P
I
24
R
A
T
I
O
N
25
D
E
T
E
N
T
E
S
26
T
I
G
E
R
S
27
O
28
V
29
O
30
N
O
E
S
31
M
E
C
H
A
N
I
32
C
33
A
34
L
35
N
I
P
36
P
E
R
37
T
38
H
39
E
40
F
I
R
S
T
41
E
L
L
A
42
A
T
E
A
T
43
W
E
A
N
E
D
44
G
45
U
46
N
R
O
O
M
47
L
A
R
D
S
48
W
I
N
C
E
49
C
50
L
O
S
E
51
D
U
B
52
A
M
A
53
K
I
N
D
A
54
M
A
E
W
E
S
55
T
56
B
I
T
57
M
58
A
P
59
S
Y
M
60
B
O
L
I
N
61
S
H
62
I
63
R
64
T
65
E
N
O
U
G
H
66
P
A
T
67
L
I
E
N
E
E
68
L
A
R
G
E
69
T
70
O
71
G
E
T
O
72
N
73
A
74
Y
E
N
F
O
R
75
S
O
76
B
E
R
E
D
77
R
I
F
78
L
E
79
O
R
R
80
M
81
B
82
A
83
L
O
R
E
N
84
V
O
T
R
E
85
M
86
A
R
I
A
87
E
A
R
88
L
D
O
M
89
P
I
L
E
I
N
90
O
L
M
E
C
91
S
I
N
E
92
P
93
O
94
O
R
M
A
R
K
95
I
N
S
A
N
E
96
H
O
O
T
97
E
98
N
A
N
N
Y
99
A
100
I
N
T
101
L
T
D
102
D
R
A
P
E
S
103
D
104
E
105
P
A
R
T
E
106
D
107
M
108
A
109
J
O
R
M
E
D
I
110
C
A
L
I
N
S
U
R
A
111
N
112
C
113
E
114
C
R
O
W
E
115
R
A
T
I
F
I
E
S
116
R
E
H
E
A
L
117
S
P
E
N
D
118
Y
E
A
T
S
119
N
Y
L
O
N
S
© 2005, The New York Times9/11/5 ( No. 20,396 )
Across
1
Much-used engine : GOOGLE
7
Spring from a bed : ROUST
12
"Twin Peaks" victim ___ Palmer : LAURA
17
Nose-puckering, in a way : PUTRID
18
See 37A : EQUATION
21
Lay concern? : ENRON
22
Pulmotor's purpose : ARTIFICIALRESPIRATION
25
Diplomatic successes : DETENTES
26
Comerica Park team : TIGERS
27
Ab ___ (from the beginning) : OVO
30
Some Ouija answers : NOES
31
Unhuman : MECHANICAL
35
Dog in Francis Barraud's painting "His Master's Voice" : NIPPER
37
With 59A, 18D and 18A, what these answers show : THEFIRST
41
"___ Enchanted" (Newbery-winning book made into a 2004 film) : ELLA
42
Troubled : ATEAT
43
No longer reliant on mother : WEANED
44
Where many barrels are seen : GUNROOM
47
Greases : LARDS
48
Pained reaction : WINCE
49
Within walking distance : CLOSE
51
Fix a track : DUB
52
Practicing grp. : AMA
53
Somewhat, slangily : KINDA
54
"Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It" autobiographer : MAEWEST
56
Many a computer icon : BITMAP
59
See 37A : SYMBOLIN
61
See 62D : SHIRT
65
"Stop that!" : ENOUGH
66
Overly glib : PAT
67
Borrower : LIENEE
68
With 27D, what these answers show : LARGE
69
See 92A : TOGETONA
74
Crave : YENFOR
75
Drank some coffee, say, with "up" : SOBERED
77
Long arm : RIFLE
79
Yossarian's tentmate, in "Catch-22" : ORR
80
Mgr.'s holding : MBA
83
"Two Women" star : LOREN
84
"À ___ santé!" : VOTRE
85
Educator Montessori : MARIA
87
Sandwich's title? : EARLDOM
89
Enter all at once : PILEIN
90
Ancient Mexican : OLMEC
91
___ function : SINE
92
With 69A and 69D, what these answers show : POORMARK
95
Certifiable : INSANE
96
Musical wingding : HOOTENANNY
99
Marvin Gaye's "___ That Peculiar" : AINT
101
Old Ford : LTD
102
Window flankers : DRAPES
103
No longer with us : DEPARTED
107
Disaster coverage? : MAJORMEDICALINSURANCE
114
"Almost Famous" director, 2000 : CROWE
115
Confirms : RATIFIES
116
Knit up again : REHEAL
117
While away : SPEND
118
"In dreams begin responsibility" writer : YEATS
119
Hose : NYLONS
Down
1
Student's stat. : GPA
2
Lord's Prayer starter : OUR
3
Giant at Cooperstown : OTT
4
Photomap overlay : GRID
5
Firefighters hold them outside windows : LIFENETS
6
Correctional worker? : EDITOR
7
Preside over : RULE
8
Galley's many : OARS
9
Sport ___ : UTE
10
Artemis, to Apollo : SISTER
11
Debate club fodder : TOPICS
12
Pick up : LEARN
13
More nervous : ANTSIER
14
German-speaking Swiss canton : URI
15
Young 'un in the Hundred Acre Wood : ROO
16
"Roman Holiday" princess : ANN
18
See 37A : EINSTEINS
19
Plant chewed in Arabia : QAT
20
Sleepwear : NIGHTGOWN
23
Semicircular shape : CEE
24
Stephen of "FeardotCom" : REA
27
See 68A : ONALABEL
28
Another name for retinol : VITAMINA
29
One whose working days are numbered : OPERATOR
31
Air or field starter : MID
32
Ignoramus : CLOD
33
Baseball's Felipe : ALOU
34
Souvlaki meat : LAMB
36
Calculator part : PAD
38
Good to have around : HANDY
39
Bivouacked : ENCAMPED
40
Percentage of a legal settlement : FEE
43
La Belle Époque ender: Abbr. : WWI
45
Serviceability : USE
46
Unlikely Scottish sight : NESSIE
49
Berkeley university nickname : CAL
50
Tropical wreath : LEI
53
Speedometer reading: Abbr. : KPH
54
Cell phone brand : MOTOROLA
55
Consequently : THEN
57
Coffeehouse crockery : MUGS
58
Antediluvian : AGEOLD
60
Be up : BAT
62
With 61A, what these answers show : INFORMAL
63
Turn to a new setting : REORIENT
64
Like Mayan pyramids : TERRACED
67
Clog remover : LYE
69
See 92A : TERMPAPER
70
Smelter input : ORE
71
___-X : GEN
72
Gunpowder ingredient : NITER
73
Language once known as Cape Dutch : AFRIKAANS
76
[Bad call!] : BOO
78
Football's Dawson : LEN
80
Go well together : MESH
81
Scott of "Happy Days" : BAIO
82
Ligurian Sea feeder : ARNO
84
High spirits : VIM
85
1967 music festival site : MONTEREY
86
Unser and son : ALS
88
Anticlimax : LETDOWN
89
Show unseemly curiosity : PRY
93
At some point : ONEDAY
94
Where it's at : ONSITE
95
By agreed order : INTURN
97
Guessed wrong : ERRED
98
"Apocalypse Now" locale : NAM
100
Org. headquartered on Constitution Ave. : IRS
103
Not all there : DAFT
104
Some Ivy Leaguers : ELIS
105
Goodie to be divided : PIE
106
Arlene of "Here Come the Girls" : DAHL
107
Intro deliverers : MCS
108
Dada pioneer : ARP
109
Everyman : JOE
110
The World Factbook publisher: Abbr. : CIA
111
Art movement prefix : NEO
112
Deep-six : CAN
113
Commuter carriers : ELS

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 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
105 ms