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

New York Times, Saturday, May 22, 1999

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Down : Shake, rattle and roll
TotalDebutLatest
2531/26/19565/22/2005
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
8561430423937
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
41.5234018556%
A. J. Santora

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 233 for Mr. Santora. Saturday freshness: 44%
1
V
2
A
3
S
4
T
5
F
6
E
7
A
8
T
9
S
10
P
11
E
12
E
13
D
14
E
W
E
R
15
O
L
L
A
16
C
L
A
R
E
17
R
A
C
E
18
O
V
E
R
19
C
H
A
R
G
E
20
B
R
O
M
21
I
D
E
S
22
O
E
I
L
S
23
S
E
N
O
R
A
S
24
H
U
R
T
25
D
R
E
D
26
T
E
R
Z
E
27
T
28
T
29
O
30
R
31
A
H
S
32
D
33
O
O
R
T
O
D
O
O
R
34
O
L
A
35
B
I
G
T
O
E
S
36
L
O
A
37
C
O
N
38
D
I
T
I
O
N
S
39
D
E
L
L
40
S
E
D
A
T
I
V
E
41
Y
42
A
R
D
43
N
E
V
E
44
S
C
R
O
O
45
G
46
E
47
C
48
O
K
I
E
49
S
H
A
M
P
O
O
S
50
W
O
M
E
N
S
51
W
E
A
R
52
O
H
O
S
53
A
R
E
S
T
54
V
E
N
D
55
F
I
D
E
56
C
E
N
T
O
57
A
R
K
S
58
F
O
Y
S
© 1999, The New York Times5/22/99 ( No. 18,092 )
Across
1
Kind of improvement : VAST
5
Masterstroke : FEAT
9
See 17-Across : SPEED
14
It has a big mouth : EWER
15
Guisado cooker : OLLA
16
"The Rural Muse" poet : CLARE
17
Event for which 9-Across is needed : RACE
18
Ask too much of : OVERCHARGE
20
Chestnuts : BROMIDES
22
___-de-boeuf (oval windows) : OEILS
23
They're not single in Seville : SENORAS
24
Offended : HURT
25
Stowe novel : DRED
26
Composition for three : TERZETTO
30
Game cries : RAHS
32
One way to sell : DOORTODOOR
34
Slangy intensifier : OLA
35
Places for large nails : BIGTOES
36
Long, on Lanai : LOA
37
Tones up : CONDITIONS
39
Compaq competitor : DELL
40
Hospital administration : SEDATIVE
41
Prison part : YARD
43
Julia's portrayer on "Party of Five" : NEVE
44
Miser : SCROOGE
47
Roberts of ABC : COKIE
49
They clean locks : SHAMPOOS
50
Hose and pumps : WOMENSWEAR
52
Cries of surprise : OHOS
53
"Give it ___!" : AREST
54
Dispose of : VEND
55
Worldwide chess org. : FIDE
56
Baghdad Pact predecessor: Abbr. : CENTO
57
Refuges : ARKS
58
Vaudevillian family of note : FOYS
Down
1
Shake, rattle and roll : VERBS
2
Apprised : AWARE
3
Tick producer : SECONDHAND
4
Earth movers? : TREMORS
5
Nutrition center no-nos : FOODADDITIVES
6
Little people : ELVES
7
Inn inventory : ALES
8
Road crew supply : TAR
9
Chopin wrote four : SCHERZOS
10
Like cornrows : PLAITED
11
Count, now : EARL
12
___ per second (luminosity unit) : ERGS
13
Balmoral Castle's river : DEE
19
Sources of some discounts : COURTESYCARDS
21
Source of heat : IRE
24
Great white ___ : HERON
26
Head-___ (thorough) : TOTOE
27
Great Lakes port of entry : TOLEDOOHIO
28
Plane, e.g. : TOOL
29
Kind of surgeon : ORAL
30
"Arabian Nights" creatures : ROCS
31
Shower gel ingredient : ALOE
33
Pointed arch : OGIVE
35
Start eating : BITEINTO
38
Most damp : DANKEST
39
Nod : DROPOFF
42
Doll snap-on : ARM
44
Butcher's offering : SHANK
45
Treat : GOODY
46
Parts of some driving tests : ESSES
47
Place for seeds : CORE
48
Preindication : OMEN
49
Merlin, e.g. : SEER
50
W.W. II server : WAC
51
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" subj. : WVA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 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
98 ms