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

GETTING A LITTLE R AND R

New York Times, Sunday, March 16, 2008

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
15-Down : Opening remarks at a coffee makers' convention?
TotalDebutLatest
2197/31/19952/23/2016
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
6716363439243
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
30221.541,51454%
Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 74 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 160 for Ms. Gorski. Sunday freshness: 26%
1
M
2
E
3
A
4
D
5
O
6
W
7
S
8
M
9
A
10
S
11
H
12
G
13
O
14
O
15
D
16
T
17
I
18
M
19
E
20
O
P
T
I
M
A
21
L
E
C
H
E
22
A
C
C
R
E
D
I
T
23
P
O
R
K
E
R
24
F
A
R
C
E
S
25
L
A
T
I
N
A
T
E
26
E
S
A
27
L
C
D
T
V
28
A
S
29
E
A
30
O
P
A
R
T
31
A
E
R
I
E
32
A
T
I
T
33
S
P
I
N
E
S
34
P
35
R
36
E
T
T
Y
C
R
37
A
S
H
A
C
38
C
O
U
N
T
39
L
E
W
I
S
40
L
I
E
N
41
C
O
S
T
42
S
43
A
44
S
45
O
N
E
L
46
O
47
G
48
L
E
S
49
A
S
T
E
R
50
O
I
D
S
51
T
O
R
T
52
E
B
R
A
G
53
C
54
O
B
55
S
O
F
T
O
N
56
N
O
A
H
57
B
A
A
B
58
A
59
A
60
N
A
P
S
61
I
62
G
63
A
V
E
I
T
64
M
Y
B
R
E
S
T
65
S
66
H
O
R
T
67
T
N
U
T
68
L
I
B
E
L
S
69
T
H
A
I
70
A
T
C
A
71
M
72
P
73
A
S
E
74
C
R
O
W
C
75
H
76
I
77
R
78
P
79
P
E
C
T
O
R
80
A
81
L
S
82
G
L
O
S
S
83
O
T
O
E
84
E
L
I
85
R
O
B
T
86
T
87
R
U
E
88
C
H
E
L
A
89
H
O
M
E
R
90
A
W
A
Y
F
91
R
92
O
93
M
H
O
M
E
R
94
A
95
L
A
N
I
S
96
T
E
N
S
97
A
L
O
E
S
98
R
O
M
P
S
99
S
E
L
F
100
O
N
A
I
R
101
C
102
U
103
T
104
M
O
T
L
I
E
105
S
T
106
F
R
107
I
S
T
F
R
I
108
G
H
T
S
109
E
S
T
E
E
M
E
D
110
T
E
R
S
E
111
E
S
P
A
N
A
112
T
E
A
T
R
E
E
S
113
H
E
R
O
D
114
S
H
A
P
E
R
© 2008, The New York Times3/16/8 ( No. 21,313 )
Across
1
Place for bluegrass : MEADOW
7
#1 on the charts : SMASH
12
Blast : GOODTIME
20
Kia sedan : OPTIMA
21
Café con ___ : LECHE
22
Certify : ACCREDIT
23
Broad comedies involving hogs? : PORKERFARCES
25
Like traditional Catholic Masses : LATINATE
26
N.H.L.'s Tikkanen : ESA
27
Entertainment center at many a sports bar : LCDTV
28
Where bluejackets go : ASEA
30
Movement that inspired '60s fashion : OPART
31
Good viewing spot for a canyon : AERIE
32
Bickering : ATIT
33
Bookcase lineup : SPINES
34
Beautifully illustrated report of a computer failure? : PRETTYCRASHACCOUNT
39
Clark's partner : LEWIS
40
It's put on some houses : LIEN
41
"It'll ___ you" : COST
42
Stockholm-bound carrier : SAS
45
First-year J.D. student : ONEL
46
Makes eyes at : OGLES
49
All-time top-selling Atari video game : ASTEROIDS
51
Cake maker's boast? : TORTEBRAG
53
Short-legged, thick-set horse : COB
55
Not badgering, say : SOFTON
56
Flood survivor : NOAH
57
Nursery rhyme call sung to an old French melody : BAABAA
60
Short breaks : NAPS
61
French director's comment about his submission to a film festival? : IGAVEITMYBRESTSHORT
67
Wide-headed fastener : TNUT
68
Smears : LIBELS
69
Ang Thong resident : THAI
70
How some kids spend the summer : ATCAMP
73
"Peer Gynt" mother : ASE
74
Bird call on a farm? : CROWCHIRP
79
They're developed by a muscleman : PECTORALS
82
Lip cover : GLOSS
83
Nebraska county with an Indian name : OTOE
84
Super Bowl XLII M.V.P. Manning : ELI
85
Gen. Lee, in brief : ROBT
86
Loyal : TRUE
88
Lobster claw : CHELA
89
A Simpson without access to his volume of the "Odyssey"? : HOMERAWAYFROMHOMER
94
Rocker Morissette : ALANIS
96
Till compartment : TENS
97
Succulents that soothe : ALOES
98
Easy wins : ROMPS
99
Starter starter? : SELF
100
Sign that's often lit : ONAIR
101
Film editor's job : CUT
104
Most heterogeneous : MOTLIEST
106
Former Tennessee senator's Halloween costumes? : FRISTFRIGHTS
109
Prestigious : ESTEEMED
110
Curt : TERSE
111
Name on some euros : ESPANA
112
Sources of a cosmetics oil : TEATREES
113
King in 1 B.C. : HEROD
114
Body-sculpting undergarment : SHAPER
Down
1
Be down : MOPE
2
Narrative writing : EPOS
3
Razor brand : ATRA
4
Cartoonist Browne : DIK
5
Breakfast menu heading : OMELETS
6
Brave words? : WARCRY
7
Mason of a sort : SLATER
8
Griffin who loved game shows : MERV
9
Virginia is in it: Abbr. : ACC
10
Cover : SHEATHE
11
Redcoat's ally : HESSIAN
12
Do for a V.I.P.? : GALA
13
South American tuber : OCA
14
Creatures with three hearts : OCTOPUSES
15
Opening remarks at a coffee makers' convention? : DRIPINTRO
16
Paying guest : TENANT
17
"Do ___?" : IDARE
18
Baseball catchers : MITTS
19
Time on la Côte d'Azur : ETE
24
Banking initialism : FDIC
29
"... to name just a few": Abbr. : ETC
31
Not straight : ATILT
32
Seller's terms : ASIS
33
Symbol of blackness : SOOT
34
Coup start : PLOT
35
Clinton's attorney general : RENO
36
Pitcher : EWER
37
Give ___ up : ALEG
38
Also addresses, as with an e-mail : CCS
42
Long-necked instrument : SITAR
43
Opposite of reject : ADOPT
44
Payroll dept. ID's : SSNS
46
Light wind? : OBOE
47
Sacred cup : GRAIL
48
Christine of "Running on Empty" : LAHTI
49
French cleric : ABBE
50
___ consequence : OFNO
52
Check holder: Abbr. : ENV
53
Monthly charge : CABLE
54
Couple in a rowboat : OARS
57
Tournament passes : BYES
58
___ Boy, classic figure in Japanese anime : ASTRO
59
One of Dumas's Musketeers : ATHOS
61
"___ Inside" (slogan) : INTEL
62
Louis Vuitton competitor : GUCCI
63
Rat-___ : ATAT
64
Some Wharton alums : MBAS
65
Tooth holders : SAWS
66
Hawaiian Punch rival : HIC
67
Sticky stuff : TAPE
71
Where a dope unloads a ship ? : MORONPIER
72
Words on a deathbed, maybe : PROMISEME
74
Bass ___ : CLEF
75
Popular snack cakes : HOHOS
76
Talked-about twosome : ITEM
77
Part : ROLE
78
Tree in bloom in a Van Gogh painting : PEAR
80
Five-dollar bills, slangily : ABES
81
Photocopier option: Abbr. : LTR
82
Fraternity members : GUYS
86
Highest grade : TWELFTH
87
Was not cooped up : RANFREE
88
Love : CHERISH
89
Whence the line "To sleep: perchance to dream" : HAMLET
90
Stopped fasting : ATE
91
Vented : RANTED
92
Minnesota's St. ___ College : OLAF
93
Fabrics that shimmer : MOIRES
94
Stood : AROSE
95
Led Zeppelin's "Whole ___ Love" : LOTTA
99
Norms: Abbr. : STDS
100
___ buco : OSSO
101
Bloke : CHAP
102
___ Reader : UTNE
103
Bygone autocrat : TSAR
104
Touched : MET
105
"Didn't I tell you?" : SEE
107
Clearance rack abbr. : IRR
108
Valedictorian's pride, for short : GPA

Answer summary:
11 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
75 ms