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

New York Times, Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
10-Down : Thou
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
10811/23/20014/6/202415
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1412393697
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
321.591,28194%
Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQYZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 32 for Mr. Walden. Wednesday freshness: 48%
1
W
2
A
3
L
4
L
5
A
6
R
7
E
8
A
9
S
10
G
11
L
12
A
13
D
14
I
D
E
A
15
R
O
A
S
T
16
R
A
R
E
17
F
I
N
D
18
M
O
C
H
A
19
L
A
T
T
E
20
I
N
S
I
21
D
E
T
H
E
L
I
N
E
S
22
E
A
R
S
23
L
E
D
24
R
25
O
26
U
S
T
S
27
G
28
O
O
D
29
F
30
E
31
W
32
I
T
S
M
E
33
A
E
O
N
34
T
A
L
E
35
A
H
E
A
D
36
O
F
T
H
E
37
C
U
R
V
E
38
T
E
R
N
39
P
A
I
S
40
U
R
G
E
D
41
A
R
S
42
P
E
R
T
43
T
E
N
O
R
S
44
A
N
N
45
T
H
U
D
46
B
47
E
S
I
D
48
E
49
T
H
E
P
O
50
I
51
N
52
T
53
T
E
C
H
N
O
C
R
A
T
54
W
H
I
R
55
B
A
R
E
56
O
H
A
R
A
57
N
O
N
E
58
S
T
U
N
59
R
O
M
P
S
60
S
P
E
X
© 2006, The New York Times2/15/6 ( No. 20,553 )
Across
1
Handball playing surface : WALL
5
Regions : AREAS
10
Happy : GLAD
14
Cranial bulb? : IDEA
15
Certain tribute : ROAST
16
With 17-Across, one in a million : RARE
17
See 16-Across : FIND
18
No ordinary joe? : MOCHALATTE
20
How to color neatly : INSIDETHELINES
22
Notable Dumbo features : EARS
23
Was in the van : LED
24
Drives out of bed : ROUSTS
27
B, gradewise : GOOD
29
"The ___, the proud, the Marines" : FEW
32
"Hey, don't you recognize this voice?!" : ITSME
33
Long, long time : AEON
34
Fisherman's story : TALE
35
Forward-thinking : AHEADOFTHECURVE
38
Sea bird : TERN
39
Spanish newspaper El ___ : PAIS
40
Pressed : URGED
41
MGM motto word : ARS
42
Procter and Gamble shampoo : PERT
43
Choir section : TENORS
44
Actress Jillian : ANN
45
Fall sound : THUD
46
Irrelevant : BESIDETHEPOINT
53
Manager with scientific expertise : TECHNOCRAT
54
Fan sound : WHIR
55
Unvarnished : BARE
56
John who wrote "Ten North Frederick" : OHARA
57
Portion for Mother Hubbard's dog : NONE
58
Make jaws drop : STUN
59
Hardly nail-biters : ROMPS
60
Glasses, slangily : SPEX
Down
1
Kind of connection for traveling computer users : WIFI
2
Tennis score after deuce : ADIN
3
Camera's eye : LENS
4
Lothario : LADIESMAN
5
Gun suppliers : ARMERS
6
Unseen parts : ROOTS
7
With 25-Down, what couples have : EACH
8
___ Stadium in Queens : ASHE
9
Best Actor/Original Screenplay nominee of 1976 : STALLONE
10
Thou : GRAND
11
Pushing midnight, say : LATE
12
Song and dance? : ARTS
13
Grade above ef : DEE
19
Dissembled and then some : LIED
21
Saw : DATED
24
Calf catcher : RIATA
25
See 7-Down : OTHER
26
Hopheads : USERS
27
"See?" : GETIT
28
Circus reactions : OOHS
29
North Dakota city : FARGO
30
Glass eel : ELVER
31
Gardeners' bane : WEEDS
33
Way off : AFAR
34
Rejections : TURNDOWNS
36
McKinley policy for China : OPENDOOR
37
Prepare to play : CUEUP
42
1957 Nabokov novel : PNIN
43
Some sorority women : THETAS
44
Drained of color : ASHEN
45
Choreographer Twyla : THARP
46
Thump : BEAT
47
Neutral color : ECRU
48
Say the same thing as : ECHO
49
Transport for a short distance : TRAM
50
24-hr. breakfast place : IHOP
51
Excellent gymnastics score : NINE
52
Fearsome dino : TREX
53
Atlanta-based channel : TBS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 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
72 ms