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

Twofers

New York Times, Sunday, February 19, 1995

Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Will Shortz
74-Down : Train
TotalDebutLatest
1024/26/19702/19/2004
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
431112121383
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
91.51399144%
Alfio Micci

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 142, Blocks: 82 This is puzzle # 94 for Mr. Micci. Sunday freshness: 88%
1
B
2
E
3
A
4
M
5
S
6
A
7
T
8
A
9
D
10
O
11
B
12
I
13
T
14
S
15
H
16
I
17
F
18
T
19
A
S
T
E
P
20
N
O
T
I
21
B
A
H
R
22
M
A
R
I
O
23
S
P
E
LL
I
24
N
G
B
EE
S
25
T
O
N
I
26
T
E
NN
I
LL
E
27
H
O
N
O
R
A
R
Y
28
M
29
O
A
B
30
P
R
A
I
S
E
D
31
W
A
V
Y
32
T
I
B
I
A
33
L
34
A
R
B
35
V
36
O
37
W
E
L
Y
38
P
U
SS
I
N
B
OO
39
T
S
40
A
41
F
42
A
43
R
44
I
D
I
D
45
L
A
N
A
46
M
A
H
47
L
I
M
A
48
P
E
NN
49
H
O
V
E
L
50
S
51
T
E
L
E
52
DD
A
Y
53
S
T
I
54
G
55
M
A
T
A
56
H
O
R
D
E
S
57
P
L
I
E
58
S
E
R
V
I
A
N
59
A
O
N
E
60
F
I
E
N
D
61
T
O
P
62
H
E
63
A
DD
R
E
SS
64
E
65
S
66
O
A
F
67
H
68
A
H
A
S
69
T
E
N
S
70
L
A
71
C
U
N
A
72
S
73
O
V
E
N
74
E
75
N
76
D
U
R
E
77
U
N
T
R
O
DD
E
78
N
79
R
I
P
80
D
A
U
B
S
81
A
82
R
D
E
N
83
L
A
Y
84
A
L
OO
85
P
86
U
S
E
87
L
I
E
R
88
T
E
L
E
89
L
A
H
R
90
C
A
NN
91
O
92
N
93
B
A
LL
S
94
V
95
E
R
S
E
S
96
O
97
N
A
98
A
R
I
A
N
E
99
C
O
D
A
100
A
101
G
102
I
T
A
T
103
E
104
I
P
S
A
105
S
A
L
I
V
106
A
107
T
108
E
109
G
OO
S
E
B
E
RR
110
I
E
S
111
L
112
E
W
I
S
C
A
RR
O
LL
113
A
D
A
G
E
114
E
S
N
E
115
D
O
I
N
116
T
I
A
R
A
117
R
E
Y
E
S
118
D
U
T
Y
119
A
N
T
E
120
S
L
U
E
S
© 1995, The New York Times2/19/95 ( No. 16,539 )
Across
1
Auto's high and low : BEAMS
6
Just ___ (not much) : ATAD
10
Biographer's item : OBIT
14
Work period : SHIFT
19
___ in the right direction : ASTEP
20
Reply to the Little Red Hen : NOTI
21
N.F.L. kicker Matt : BAHR
22
Novelist ___ Vargas Llosa : MARIO
23
Where accommodations might give trouble : SPELLINGBEES
25
Half of a pop duo : TONITENNILLE
27
Unearned : HONORARY
28
Ruth's land, in the Bible : MOAB
30
Applauded : PRAISED
31
Like some hair : WAVY
32
Of the shinbone : TIBIAL
34
Wall Street worker, for short : ARB
35
Like "sequoia" letterwise : VOWELY
38
Charles Perrault tale : PUSSINBOOTS
40
Off yonder : AFAR
44
"___ it!" (gleeful cry) : IDID
45
Actress Turner : LANA
46
___-jongg : MAH
47
Home of the oldest university in the Americas : LIMA
48
Big Ten's ___ State : PENN
49
Dirty digs : HOVEL
50
Ancient monument : STELE
52
Time to attack : DDAY
53
Blemishes : STIGMATA
56
Moving packs : HORDES
57
Ballet bend : PLIE
58
Rome's ___ Wall : SERVIAN
59
Super : AONE
60
Addict : FIEND
61
Part of an inning : TOP
62
Coiffures : HEADDRESSES
66
Chump : OAF
67
Yuks : HAHAS
69
Counting method : TENS
70
Blank spaces : LACUNAS
73
Kind of mitt : OVEN
74
Stand : ENDURE
77
Virgin, in a way : UNTRODDEN
79
Lacerate : RIP
80
Smears : DAUBS
81
Big name in cosmetics : ARDEN
83
Kind of sermon : LAY
84
Throw for ___ : ALOOP
86
Treatment : USE
87
One with no standing? : LIER
88
Marketer's start : TELE
89
Drama critic John : LAHR
90
Some dives : CANNONBALLS
94
Frost lines : VERSES
96
___ witch hunt : ONA
98
French rocket : ARIANE
99
End piece : CODA
100
Whip up : AGITATE
104
Res ___ loquitur : IPSA
105
Get ready for dinner? : SALIVATE
109
Tasty pie filling : GOOSEBERRIES
111
Noted English diarist : LEWISCARROLL
113
Saw : ADAGE
114
Domestic slave : ESNE
115
Murder : DOIN
116
Princess' need : TIARA
117
Five Felipes : REYES
118
It's an imposition : DUTY
119
Chip, maybe : ANTE
120
Veers : SLUES
Down
1
Bust-up : BASH
2
Ice star Phil, to friends : ESPO
3
Egyptian sun disk : ATEN
4
Aged : MELLOWED
5
Aeronautical maneuver : SPIRAL
6
Worked up : ANGRY
7
Beer mug : TOBY
8
To ___ (exactly) : ATEE
9
Ouster : DISMISSAL
10
Secure : OBTAIN
11
Thick-trunked African tree : BAOBAB
12
German pronoun : IHN
13
Public embarrassment : TRIP
14
Soil : SMEAR
15
Invader of 218 B.C. : HANNIBAL
16
You can see through it : IRIS
17
Donizetti's "La ___ du Régiment" : FILLE
18
Digital : TOED
24
Dark blue : NAVY
26
Wrecks : TRASHES
29
Sash for Cio-Cio-San : OBI
32
Air : TUNE
33
Was imminent : LOOMED
35
Big guns, for short : VIPS
36
"The Country Girl" playwright : ODETS
37
Adventurer with Robin : WINNIETHEPOOH
38
Stately dance : PAVANE
39
It's hard to believe : TALE
41
Fusses : FIDDLEFADDLES
42
With force : AMAIN
43
Shone : RAYED
45
Indian water pot : LOTAH
49
Japanese yes : HAI
50
Volume units : SONES
51
Lock : TRESS
54
Grumble : GROAN
55
Biggest stars, briefly : MVPS
56
"One for My Baby" singer : HORNE
57
1993 Holly Hunter film, with "The" : PIANO
59
Abaci : ADDERS
60
Lou Gehrig's number : FOUR
63
"Three men in ___" : ATUB
64
Dodges : ELUDES
65
Less frantic : SANER
67
Like clock chimes : HORAL
68
Saint Theresa's birthplace : AVILA
71
Box: Abbr. : CTN
72
Activist Bobby : SEALE
74
Train : EDUCATE
75
Grp. behind Magellan : NASA
76
Chaperon : DUENNA
78
Historian Russell and others : NYES
81
"Crimes and Misdemeanors" star : ALANALDA
82
Moon valley : RILLE
85
Ward : PROTEGE
88
Anguish : TRAVAIL
91
"Mysterious" place : ORIENT
92
Comedian Russell : NIPSEY
93
First degrees : BAS
94
Tennessee players : VOLS
95
Ukases : EDICTS
97
Local screens : NABES
99
Ship in a 1951 best-seller : CAINE
100
Emulsifying agent : AGAR
101
Former Philly mayor Wilson ___ : GOODE
102
British exclamation : ISAY
103
Missed the mark : ERRED
105
Houlihan portrayer : SWIT
106
Pianist Claudio : ARRAU
107
Made tracks : TORE
108
Greece, to modern Greeks : ELLAS
110
Terre Haute sch. : ISU
112
Many lifetimes : EON

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 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
123 ms