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

New York Times, Thursday, October 8, 2009

Author:
Scott Atkinson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
11-Down : Olympics venue
TotalDebutLatest
710/8/20093/31/2012
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0110122
ScrabDebutFresh
1.621866%
Scott Atkinson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JWXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Atkinson. Thursday freshness: 85%
Jim Horne notes:

Four theme answers are compound words made up of "kinds" of TIME. 18 Across is DOUBLE PLAY and both DOUBLE TIME and PLAY TIME are common phrases. Similarly, HALF TIME and LIFE TIME, GAME TIME and FACE TIME, and AIR TIME (when a show is broadcast) and QUALITY TIME. Since the two kinds of TIME are together, one follows another and we have TIME AFTER TIME.

1
T
2
A
3
C
4
O
5
O
6
S
7
A
8
K
9
A
10
A
11
C
12
A
13
D
14
O
N
U
P
15
E
P
C
O
T
16
R
O
L
O
17
R
I
P
E
18
D
O
U
B
L
19
E
P
L
A
Y
20
A
M
O
N
21
G
22
O
R
E
23
D
E
I
C
E
24
H
A
L
F
L
25
I
F
E
26
T
U
L
S
A
N
27
S
L
A
L
O
M
S
28
T
H
C
29
E
R
N
30
A
V
E
31
M
O
O
32
M
U
T
E
33
T
34
I
M
E
A
35
F
T
E
R
36
T
I
M
E
37
S
I
N
E
38
N
U
N
39
I
A
N
40
O
B
S
41
O
I
L
42
N
U
M
E
43
R
44
A
45
L
46
R
E
P
47
E
A
T
48
G
A
M
E
F
A
C
E
49
B
R
U
S
H
50
V
E
T
51
D
I
T
T
O
52
A
I
R
Q
U
53
A
L
I
T
54
Y
55
E
T
O
N
56
T
U
T
U
57
M
A
C
E
D
58
L
E
N
I
59
E
S
S
E
60
O
D
O
R
S
61
D
R
E
D
© 2009, The New York Times10/8/9 ( No. 21,884 )
Across
1
___ salad (dish with ground beef) : TACO
5
Where Panasonic is headquartered : OSAKA
10
Nav. ___ : ACAD
14
"Get ___," 1967 hit for the Esquires : ONUP
15
Florida tourist destination : EPCOT
16
Hershey's candy : ROLO
17
Like many old gym socks : RIPE
18
*Baseball feat : DOUBLEPLAY
20
___ friends : AMONG
22
Pay dirt : ORE
23
Clear, in a way : DEICE
24
*Physics period : HALFLIFE
26
Garth Brooks, by birth : TULSAN
27
Winter Olympics races : SLALOMS
28
Marijuana's active substance: Abbr. : THC
29
Directional ending : ERN
30
Old greeting : AVE
31
Farm sound : MOO
32
Not just turn down : MUTE
33
Repeatedly ... and a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues : TIMEAFTERTIME
37
Kind of wave : SINE
38
One of the Canterbury pilgrims : NUN
39
Golden Globe-winning English actor McShane : IAN
40
M.D.'s who deliver : OBS
41
Palm product : OIL
42
X, e.g. : NUMERAL
46
Last word in shampoo instructions : REPEAT
48
*Brave front : GAMEFACE
49
Dentist's admonition : BRUSH
50
Do a background check on : VET
51
"What he said" : DITTO
52
*Asthmatic's concern : AIRQUALITY
55
Town at one end of the Windsor Bridge : ETON
56
Something a person may take a spin in? : TUTU
57
Blinded painfully : MACED
58
Filmmaker Riefenstahl : LENI
59
To be, to 33-Down : ESSE
60
Targets of some sprays : ODORS
61
Harriet Beecher Stowe novel : DRED
Down
1
They're read at services : TORAHS
2
Uncouth sort : ANIMAL
3
Basilica feature : CUPOLA
4
Hazard around an aerosol can : OPENFLAME
5
Work started by London's Philological Soc. : OED
6
Many Mel Brooks films : SPOOFS
7
"Dedicated to finding ___" (diabetes foundation motto) : ACURE
8
Japanese port : KOBE
9
The Falcons, on scoreboards : ATL
10
Cosmetician Adrien : ARPEL
11
Olympics venue : COLISEUM
12
Individually, in a way : ALACARTE
13
Leading lady : DOYENNE
19
N.E.A. part: Abbr. : EDUC
21
Part of a hazmat suit : GLOVE
25
Follow-up to a parent's command, maybe : IMEANIT
26
Metal that's an effective radiation shield : THORIUM
28
It may be pinched : TOE
31
Range part: Abbr. : MTN
32
Treacherous expanse : MINEFIELD
33
Caligula's predecessor as emperor : TIBERIUS
34
Not gradually : INSPURTS
35
Suffix with glee or sorrow : FUL
36
Like circus elephants : TAMED
37
Potassium ___ (preservative) : SORBATE
41
Home of highways H-1, H-2 and H-3 : OAHU
42
Flap one's gums : NATTER
43
Vermin hunter : RATTER
44
When Romeo meets Juliet : ACTONE
45
Russian playwright Andreyev : LEONID
47
-like : ESQUE
48
Insurance giant : GEICO
50
___ the Dragon, ruler of old Wallachia : VLAD
53
"Yo te ___" : AMO
54
Stat for an R.B. : YDS

Answer summary:
2 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
84 ms