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

WORDS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE

New York Times, Sunday, February 21, 2010

Author:
Eric Berlin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
2-Down : Forward, in 7-Down
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
436/23/200211/29/20203
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1413521521
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
361.5223969%
Eric Berlin

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 136, Blocks: 70 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 34 for Mr. Berlin. Sunday freshness: 23%
1
P
2
A
3
L
4
S
5
P
6
L
7
I
8
T
9
U
10
B
11
O
12
A
13
T
14
S
15
S
16
A
17
R
18
A
19
O
V
A
20
H
A
I
T
I
21
N
O
S
P
I
N
22
A
S
I
S
23
S
A
C
24
A
I
R
E
A
T
25
A
I
L
L
O
R
E
26
U
T
A
H
27
E
N
I
G
M
A
28
L
O
T
T
29
O
L
E
A
30
N
N
A
31
A
T
N
O
32
B
33
O
Y
34
L
E
35
E
36
O
D
D
I
T
I
37
E
38
S
39
S
I
G
N
40
S
O
N
41
B
A
D
D
42
O
G
43
C
E
R
E
S
44
Y
U
L
E
45
H
I
S
S
S
A
Y
46
A
47
S
K
R
E
N
T
48
A
49
S
50
L
51
P
A
L
E
O
52
T
E
T
53
T
A
E
54
P
E
A
55
C
E
56
S
A
N
57
D
A
L
58
W
E
D
L
59
O
60
C
61
K
62
U
N
C
O
R
63
K
64
R
I
O
T
65
C
H
A
I
66
U
A
E
67
D
U
M
B
E
68
S
T
C
H
E
69
F
H
E
R
S
70
S
I
N
N
71
U
N
E
72
N
A
E
S
73
S
L
A
T
74
T
E
J
A
N
75
O
76
P
A
T
77
D
O
W
N
78
S
P
A
R
T
79
A
80
S
A
L
E
S
81
O
B
I
82
U
K
R
83
A
E
T
84
N
A
85
S
L
O
86
J
87
U
88
N
89
K
W
I
N
90
S
S
E
E
91
A
D
D
H
U
M
92
S
93
U
S
E
A
S
94
E
N
I
S
L
E
95
O
M
E
L
96
E
97
T
98
S
99
L
A
W
R
E
100
N
101
C
E
102
N
I
E
103
A
L
E
104
A
S
H
E
105
L
A
S
O
R
D
106
A
107
D
R
108
A
B
109
R
110
U
S
H
E
E
111
O
112
L
E
O
113
H
A
I
R
114
I
E
S
T
R
115
O
O
M
H
A
W
N
116
W
E
A
K
117
O
N
E
T
O
N
118
R
A
N
U
P
119
R
E
A
120
L
I
F
E
121
W
E
R
E
N
T
122
A
M
A
S
S
123
P
B
S
© 2010, The New York Times2/21/10 ( No. 22,020 )
Across
1
Trusted one : PAL
4
Dairy Queen order : SPLIT
9
W.W. II threats : UBOATS
15
F.D.R.'s mother : SARA
19
Eggs : OVA
20
Its national anthem is "La Dessalinienne" : HAITI
21
Unbiased : NOSPIN
22
Untouched : ASIS
23
Anatomical pouch / Run on TV / Consume / Feel sick / Oral history : SACAIREATAILLORE
26
"Big Love" setting : UTAH
27
Appropriately named monthly of the National Puzzlers' League, with "The" : ENIGMA
28
Former Mississippi senator : LOTT
29
Mamet play revived on Broadway in 2009 : OLEANNA
31
Periodic table fig. : ATNO
32
"Whew!" : BOY
34
Washington and ___ University : LEE
36
Robert Ripley's specialty : ODDITIES
39
Joins the team : SIGNSON
41
Cry after discovering the furniture's been chewed, maybe : BADDOG
43
Roman goddess of agriculture : CERES
44
Christmas season / Greet a villain / Speak aloud / Query / Monthly payment : YULEHISSSAYASKRENT
48
A fist might represent A or S in it: Abbr. : ASL
51
Early: Prefix : PALEO
52
Asian observance : TET
53
___ kwon do : TAE
54
"___ and Prosperity" (Eisenhower slogan) : PEACE
56
Forum wear : SANDAL
58
Union, of a sort : WEDLOCK
62
Open : UNCORK
64
Barrel of laughs : RIOT
65
Indian tea : CHAI
66
Mideast inits. : UAE
67
Least smart / Kitchen worker / Towel word / ___ Fein : DUMBESTCHEFHERSSINN
71
French article : UNE
72
Scottish refusals : NAES
73
Crate part : SLAT
74
Music genre that often includes an accordion : TEJANO
76
Frisk : PATDOWN
78
Peloponnesian power : SPARTA
80
Corporate department : SALES
81
Japanese tie : OBI
82
U.S.S.R. member: Abbr. : UKR
83
Blue Cross competitor : AETNA
85
Traffic warning : SLO
86
Trash / Victories / "Get it?" / Do some math / Runs smoothly : JUNKWINSSEEADDHUMS
93
"___ directed" : USEAS
94
Strand : ENISLE
95
Egg foo yung and others : OMELETS
99
Obama economic adviser Summers : LAWRENCE
102
Never, in Berlin : NIE
103
McSorley's Old ___ House, New York landmark since 1854 : ALE
104
North Carolina county : ASHE
105
World Series manager of 1981 and '88 : LASORDA
107
Grayish : DRAB
109
Fraternity hopeful : RUSHEE
111
Blue Bonnet, e.g. : OLEO
113
Most shaggy / Hotel offering / Actress Goldie : HAIRIESTROOMHAWN
116
Watered down : WEAK
117
Pickup capacity, sometimes : ONETON
118
Accumulated, as debts : RANUP
119
Mens ___ (guilty mind) : REA
120
"My ___" (Clinton autobiography) : LIFE
121
"You ___ kidding!" : WERENT
122
Accumulate : AMASS
123
"Washington Week" airer : PBS
Down
1
Pretend to be : POSEAS
2
Forward, in 7-Down : AVANTI
3
Ice skate part : LACING
4
Thin wedge : SHIM
5
What's represented by x2 = 4py : PARABOLA
6
"I cannot tell a ___" : LIE
7
See 2-Down : ITALY
8
A Jackson : TITO
9
What you'll get if you read aloud 23-, 44-, 67-, 86- or 113-Across : UNITEDSTATESPRESIDENT
10
Neighbor of Braz. : BOL
11
___ Accords of 1993 : OSLO
12
"My bad," for one : APOLOGY
13
Ready for bed : TIRED
14
Three-time Masters champ : SNEAD
15
Amble : SAUNTER
16
"Shall We Dance" dancer : ASTAIRE
17
Inlet : RIA
18
Memento of an old flame? : ASH
24
"There is no greater ___ than bearing an untold story inside you": Maya Angelou : AGONY
25
Brother of Prometheus : ATLAS
30
Where 67-Across's face appears : NICKEL
33
Law school newcomers : ONELS
35
Son - or father - of Henry : EDSEL
37
Contraction before "now" : EEN
38
Former part of the British Airways fleet, for short : SST
40
Topnotch : SUPERB
41
Science of duplicating nature : BIONICS
42
It may be made into a meal : OAT
45
Buck up : HEARTEN
46
Rampaging, after "on" : ATEAR
47
Hannibal Lecter, e.g. : SADIST
48
Satyajit Ray's "The ___ Trilogy" : APU
49
Satirize : SENDUP
50
Blank space : LACUNA
55
Cupid's teammate : COMET
57
Cry accompanying a head slap : DOH
58
Sharpened : WHETTED
59
Holder of the alphabet : OUIJA
60
Shortcuts for ships : CANALS
61
Setter sitter? : KENNEL
63
Skywalker's friend : KENOBI
65
1963 Audrey Hepburn thriller : CHARADE
68
Admitted to the foyer : SAWIN
69
Ga. neighbor : FLA
70
Cracker seed : SESAME
75
Bear, in Baja : OSO
77
Emulates a rhabdomantist : DOWSES
78
Entanglement : SKEIN
79
Playwright Fugard : ATHOL
82
Org. for Jimmy Carter, once : USN
84
Many : NUMEROUS
86
Birth mo. for Coolidge, Ford and G. W. Bush : JUL
87
Cable channel : USA
88
Fresh start, metaphorically : NEWLEAF
89
Bar activity : KARAOKE
90
More run-down : SEEDIER
91
Yanks and others : ALERS
92
Playable character in Guitar Hero III : SLASH
96
Equivalent to F : ESHARP
97
Surfer's place : THEWEB
98
Regarded to be : SEENAS
100
Not in any way : NOHOW
101
Stretch, in a way : CRANE
103
The "A" of James A. Garfield : ABRAM
106
Prado displays : ARTE
108
Grooming brand : ATRA
110
Ones near bases : UMPS
111
Friend of Pooh : OWL
112
Kona keepsake : LEI
114
Charged bit : ION
115
___ high : ONA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle.

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