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

New York Times, Friday, January 29, 1999

Author:
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
21-Down : "___ Made to Love Her" (1967 hit)
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
6704/6/19971/21/20242
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVarAcr
100001052616
ScrabDebutFresh
1.711282%
Emily Cox
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
6704/6/19971/21/20242
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVarAcr
100001052616
ScrabDebutFresh
1.711282%
Henry Rathvon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. This is puzzle # 8 for Ms. Cox. This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Rathvon. Friday freshness: 71%
1
J
2
I
3
P
4
I
5
J
6
A
7
P
8
A
9
S
10
H
11
A
12
F
13
T
14
S
15
A
N
E
M
O
N
E
S
16
O
U
T
L
E
T
17
C
H
A
P
B
O
O
K
18
U
N
T
U
N
E
19
O
A
K
20
S
U
N
F
21
I
S
H
22
O
D
E
23
B
L
E
24
W
25
K
I
O
W
A
26
B
R
E
L
27
S
E
D
A
28
N
29
E
R
A
30
Q
U
I
R
E
31
R
A
32
Y
S
33
S
34
O
U
N
D
E
R
35
G
36
R
37
A
Z
I
E
38
H
I
K
E
R
S
39
R
E
V
O
L
T
40
S
41
T
O
T
E
42
O
P
E
N
S
43
E
44
E
R
45
E
R
46
I
47
C
48
H
49
G
A
M
E
50
T
E
X
A
51
S
52
S
O
L
O
53
S
P
A
54
H
I
P
P
I
E
55
S
56
D
E
M
57
H
E
R
58
D
E
R
59
E
L
E
C
60
T
I
V
E
61
O
R
I
O
L
E
62
R
E
T
A
I
N
E
R
63
P
S
A
L
M
S
64
T
R
O
T
T
E
R
S
© 1999, The New York Times1/29/99 ( No. 17,979 )
Across
1
Panama hat material : JIPIJAPA
9
Treats treacherously : SHAFTS
15
Tentacled sea creatures : ANEMONES
16
Store unloading surplus : OUTLET
17
Old-fashioned reading : CHAPBOOK
18
Deliberately disharmonize : UNTUNE
19
Symbol of strength : OAK
20
Crappie or bluegill : SUNFISH
22
Lines from Horace : ODE
23
Blasted : BLEW
25
Plains tribe : KIOWA
26
Jacques the musical Belgian : BREL
27
Auto style : SEDAN
29
Gaslight ___ : ERA
30
Set of sheets : QUIRE
31
Whip-tailed swimmers : RAYS
33
Cicely Tyson film of 1972 : SOUNDER
35
Continental word of courtesy : GRAZIE
38
Path finders : HIKERS
39
Elicits an "ick!" : REVOLTS
41
Handled baggage : TOTE
42
Some tournaments : OPENS
43
Ending with who, what or when : EER
45
Novelist Remarque : ERICH
49
Plucky : GAME
50
Home of Edwards Plateau : TEXAS
52
Unescorted : SOLO
53
Hydromassage facility : SPA
54
Many Woodstock concertgoers : HIPPIES
56
G.O.P. foe : DEM
57
Field manager? : HERDER
59
You don't have to take it : ELECTIVE
61
Meadowlark's kin : ORIOLE
62
Orthodontist's fee? : RETAINER
63
Set of 150 : PSALMS
64
Track sights : TROTTERS
Down
1
___-rod (flower of the lily family) : JACOBS
2
Eat quickly, slangily : INHALE
3
Weak and wan : PEAKED
4
Supernatural being : IMP
5
Perennial campaign issue : JOBS
6
Actress Aimée : ANOUK
7
Keats's "wealth of globèd ___" : PEONIES
8
Request : ASKFOR
9
"Hands Across the Sea" composer : SOUSA
10
"Whadja say?" : HUNH
11
Mem. of the A.B.A. : ATT
12
Protector of some canines : FLUORIDE
13
Not so tough : TENDERER
14
Super Bowl XIV champs : STEELERS
21
"___ Made to Love Her" (1967 hit) : IWAS
24
Area of hot action : WARZONE
26
Tiger traps? : BUNKERS
28
Filed items : NAILS
30
Brit's rejoinder : QUITE
32
Still : YET
34
"So that's it!" : OHO
35
English-style saloon : GROGSHOP
36
Does some interior decorating : REPAPERS
37
Common recitation : AVEMARIA
40
Get introduced slowly : SEEP
41
Kind of park : TRAILER
44
Black belt, say : EXPERT
46
Least active of the halogens : IODINE
47
Sharp : CLEVER
48
They leave the park : HOMERS
50
Flags : TIRES
51
Handle : SEETO
54
Control post : HELM
55
Some improvisation : SCAT
58
Competitor of the euro: Abbr. : DOL
60
Songbird : TIT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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
128 ms