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

HALLOWEEN PLAY

New York Times, Sunday, October 30, 2005

Author:
Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr.
Editor:
Will Shortz
76-Down : Workers in rows
TotalDebutLatest
310/30/20058/9/2006
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2001000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.513243%
Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr.

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 76 Missing: {QXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Johnson. Sunday freshness: 57%
1
S
2
A
3
L
4
U
5
T
6
E
7
C
8
U
9
L
10
T
11
S
12
O
13
D
14
D
15
E
16
N
17
P
R
E
S
E
N
18
T
19
B
R
I
E
20
F
21
S
22
S
P
R
U
C
E
23
I
N
T
E
N
S
I
24
V
E
S
C
A
R
E
25
S
P
O
T
O
N
26
N
O
T
D
O
27
B
A
R
A
28
B
A
N
29
S
30
O
N
C
L
E
31
R
32
A
I
N
33
K
A
P
O
W
34
N
E
H
35
C
36
A
37
S
38
A
39
M
A
S
40
K
41
I
N
G
P
R
I
42
C
E
43
C
44
I
45
E
46
A
T
P
L
47
A
Y
48
E
L
I
S
E
49
P
A
N
50
D
O
R
A
51
C
H
I
L
L
S
52
T
53
R
E
E
T
54
B
E
N
T
O
V
E
R
55
H
O
R
O
L
56
R
E
P
S
57
P
58
L
U
S
59
J
E
S
T
60
E
S
O
T
E
61
R
I
C
62
T
A
O
S
63
I
64
S
O
N
T
O
65
G
A
M
E
66
S
67
H
O
W
G
H
68
O
S
T
69
C
70
A
71
C
72
H
E
T
73
I
S
U
P
74
H
U
R
R
75
A
76
H
77
E
78
D
79
O
B
O
E
80
U
V
E
A
81
B
82
M
O
C
83
A
M
O
C
O
84
B
E
L
L
85
R
86
O
P
E
87
F
R
I
G
H
88
T
F
I
E
L
D
89
O
L
D
D
E
A
R
90
E
91
E
L
E
R
92
R
E
D
R
A
G
93
L
E
S
94
B
R
O
95
O
M
S
E
R
V
96
I
97
C
E
98
E
S
T
E
99
C
100
D
E
101
A
B
I
T
E
102
L
A
Y
103
S
104
M
105
O
R
E
L
106
R
E
N
I
107
I
108
M
I
N
109
A
110
P
111
S
112
E
113
S
114
O
T
E
L
L
115
O
116
S
E
V
117
E
N
Y
E
A
118
R
W
I
T
C
H
119
W
H
A
L
E
R
120
E
M
A
I
L
S
121
L
E
T
T
U
C
E
122
N
O
M
A
D
S
123
L
S
A
T
124
M
O
A
N
E
D
© 2005, The New York Times10/30/5 ( No. 20,445 )
Across
1
Act high-handedly? : SALUTE
7
Kind of film : CULT
11
Having gone through a flood, say : SODDEN
17
Opposite of away : PRESENT
19
Boxers alternative : BRIEFS
22
Neaten (up) : SPRUCE
23
Sudden shock? : INTENSIVESCARE
25
Precise : SPOTON
26
Abstain : NOTDO
27
1910's film star known as The Vamp : BARA
28
Interdicts : BANS
30
Père's frère : ONCLE
31
Farmer's prayer : RAIN
33
"Batman" fight scene word : KAPOW
34
Book after Ezra: Abbr. : NEH
35
Durango domicile : CASA
39
Halloween expense? : MASKINGPRICE
43
French concern: Abbr. : CIE
46
Recreating : ATPLAY
48
Beethoven dedicatee : ELISE
49
Curious one : PANDORA
51
Creepy neighborhood? : CHILLSTREET
54
Bobbing for apples, e.g. : BENTOVER
55
Watchmaker's sci. : HOROL
56
Weight lifters' units : REPS
57
Not only that : PLUS
59
Laughing matter : JEST
60
Indecipherable : ESOTERIC
62
Onetime home of Kit Carson : TAOS
63
Knows about : ISONTO
65
Apparition on a "Concentration" board? : GAMESHOWGHOST
69
Philatelic design on an envelope : CACHET
73
Bats : ISUP
74
Shouted encouragement : HURRAHED
79
Tuning note instrument : OBOE
80
Iris holder : UVEA
81
College QB, maybe : BMOC
83
1998 BP purchase : AMOCO
84
Prop for Quasimodo : BELLROPE
87
Study of ghouls and goblins? : FRIGHTFIELD
89
Grandmotherly type : OLDDEAR
90
Angler with pots : EELER
92
Provocation, metaphorically : REDRAG
93
___ Halles, old Parisian market : LES
94
Tuneup for a Halloween conveyance? : BROOMSERVICE
98
Spanish direction : ESTE
99
Alphabetic trio : CDE
101
Grab ___ : ABITE
102
Puts : LAYS
104
Sponge mushroom : MOREL
106
Italian painter Guido : RENI
107
Poker declaration : IMIN
109
Architectural projections : APSES
114
Singer of the aria "Dio! mi potevi scagliar" : OTELLO
116
Periodic Halloween sight? : SEVENYEARWITCH
119
Ahab, for one : WHALER
120
Computer letters : EMAILS
121
Long green : LETTUCE
122
Bedouins and Tuaregs : NOMADS
123
Future atty.'s hurdle : LSAT
124
Made a haunted house sound : MOANED
Down
1
Public relations effort : SPIN
2
River of Tuscany : ARNO
3
Riga native : LETT
4
Not mint : USED
5
114-Across, e.g. : TENOR
6
Recent U.S.N.A. grad : ENS
7
Good buddy : CBER
8
Astronomical bear : URSA
9
M.D.'s requirement : LIC
10
Brewers' needs : TEABAGS
11
Worrying sound to a balloonist : SSS
12
Other side : OPPONENT
13
Military reconnaissance tool : DRONE
14
Group of cacklers in wooden shoes? : DUTCHCOVEN
15
Biol. branch : ECOL
16
Protected state bird : NENE
18
It's found above the ankle : TIBIA
20
Cold drink : FRAPPE
21
What to call the barber of Seville : SENOR
24
Airport shuttles : VANS
29
Cops : SWIPES
32
Tan and others : AMYS
33
Work with needles : KNIT
35
Kid's Halloween candy, e.g. : CACHE
36
One of a French trio : ATHOS
37
Vice president before Gerald : SPIRO
38
Give out : ALLOT
40
Maintain : KEEP
41
Parts of la Polynésie : ILES
42
Receptacle for some Halloween contributions : CAN
44
"___ my case" : IREST
45
Have an ___ the ground : EARTO
47
Maintain : ALLEGE
50
Martial arts place : DOJO
52
Barbershop request : TRIM
53
Not kick off : RECEIVE
54
Land-clearing device : BUSHHOG
57
Nail site : PAW
58
Explorer's need : LOG
61
Snitch : RAT
62
Best : TOP
63
Neighbor of Jor. : ISR
64
Attack by plane, in a way : STRAFE
66
Jacksonville-to-Daytona Beach dir. : SSE
67
Mao's successor as Chinese Communist leader : HUA
68
Response to a bad pun : OUCH
69
Cousin of Fortran : COBOL
70
White poplar : ABELE
71
Terrifying cry? : COLDSCREAM
72
Didn't break : HELD
75
Potassium ___ : AMIDE
76
Workers in rows : HOERS
77
Fanfare : ECLAT
78
Caravan, e.g. : DODGE
80
Hubbub : UPROAR
81
___ Rabbit : BRER
82
Versatile nuke : MIRV
85
Didn't take it any longer : REBELLED
86
Flat-ended instrument : OAR
87
Run for it : FLEE
88
Two topper : TREY
90
"But I'm still white, sometimes I just hate life / Somethin' ain't right ..." singer : EMINEM
91
Like early dawns and late sunsets : ESTIVAL
95
Packing way too much : OBESE
96
Tennis's Nastase : ILIE
97
Lock site : CANAL
100
Street of mystery : DELLA
103
Handled : SAWTO
104
Cut : MOWN
105
First-century Roman emperor : OTHO
107
"To Live and Die ___" : INLA
108
Popular game set on an island : MYST
110
Kind of bread : PITA
111
Leave open-mouthed : STUN
112
Old Roman cry : ECCE
113
Garden adjunct : SHED
115
Stitching posts: Abbr. : ORS
117
Rhein blocker : EIS
118
"Stand" rock group : REM

Answer summary:
10 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
93 ms