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

New York Times, Saturday, May 22, 2021

Author:
Sid Sivakumar and Matthew Stock
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
11-Down : Currency units in West Africa
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
186/22/202011/3/20245
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
5100318
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
121.6314279%
Sid Sivakumar
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
291/7/202110/23/202420
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
8126264
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
231.6219758%
Matthew Stock

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQWYZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Sivakumar. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Stock. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Saturday freshness: 56%
Constructor notes:
SID: This puzzle owes its existence to a grid design technique I associate most strongly with Robyn Weintraub. Robyn often places her ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I love the aesthetics of the unusual black square "canes" — reminds me of a CANDY CANES puzzle Mary Lou and I did years back. And from ... read more
1
A
2
S
3
F
4
O
5
R
6
R
7
E
8
P
9
O
10
A
11
L
12
S
13
O
14
S
E
I
K
O
15
A
X
O
N
16
R
E
E
D
17
I
L
L
G
O
18
M
A
K
E
19
A
M
O
V
E
20
A
L
L
O
T
21
I
C
E
P
L
A
N
E
T
22
M
O
B
23
S
T
R
A
I
N
E
R
S
24
L
25
I
E
G
E
26
P
R
A
I
S
E
27
E
V
I
L
E
28
M
29
P
30
I
R
E
31
G
E
N
E
R
A
T
I
O
N
32
A
33
L
34
P
35
H
36
A
37
H
E
I
S
T
F
I
L
M
S
38
A
39
P
40
O
41
L
A
R
42
I
M
A
M
S
43
I
M
O
N
A
R
O
44
L
45
L
46
L
A
T
47
B
O
O
B
O
I
S
I
E
48
I
P
O
49
D
50
S
51
E
N
P
A
S
S
A
N
T
52
S
E
N
O
R
53
A
R
E
S
54
H
U
G
O
55
T
R
I
N
I
56
M
A
D
E
57
I
R
O
N
58
S
U
C
K
S
© 2021, The New York Times5/22/21 ( No. 26,128 )
Across
1
Regarding : ASFOR
6
Take back, in a way : REPO
10
Start of an aside : ALSO
14
Omega competitor : SEIKO
15
Something hitting a nerve? : AXON
16
Papyrus, e.g. : REED
17
"Take me with you!" : ILLGO
18
Begin flirting with someone, so to speak : MAKEAMOVE
20
Assign : ALLOT
21
Hoth, in "Star Wars" : ICEPLANET
22
___ rule : MOB
23
They don't hold water : STRAINERS
24
Feudal figure : LIEGE
26
Panegyric, e.g. : PRAISE
27
Sci-fi enemy collective, perhaps : EVILEMPIRE
31
Ones born beginning in the early 2010s : GENERATIONALPHA
37
They might cut to the chase : HEISTFILMS
38
Electrically balanced, in chemistry : APOLAR
42
Leaders at the Kaaba : IMAMS
43
"Things are going great for me!" : IMONAROLL
46
Muscle worked in rowing exercises, for short : LAT
47
Portmanteau coinage for the uneducated and uncultured : BOOBOISIE
48
Touches, e.g. : IPODS
51
Special pawn move in chess : ENPASSANT
52
Many a Madrileño : SENOR
53
Enemy of Wonder Woman : ARES
54
Best Picture-nominated 2011 film based on a children's book : HUGO
55
Certain Caribbean, informally : TRINI
56
Self-___ : MADE
57
What might help you get out of a rough spot? : IRON
58
Is just awful : SUCKS
Down
1
Home to 41-Down : ASIA
2
Convince : SELL
3
"I wanna know all the details" : FILLMEIN
4
Start of a modern inquiry : OKGOOGLE
5
Drink similar to sarsaparilla : ROOTBEER
6
Co-star of 1984's "Ghostbusters" : RAMIS
7
Right on : EXACT
8
Aces with aces? : POKERPROS
9
Like some households : ONEPARENT
10
Designer with an eponymous hotel in the Burj Khalifa : ARMANI
11
Currency units in West Africa : LEONES
12
Grievous : SEVERE
13
"Golden Boy" playwright : ODETS
19
Actress Shawkat of "Arrested Development" : ALIA
24
Assignment for an anchor : LEG
25
"___ noticed ..." : IVE
28
Great Hindu sage : MAHARISHI
29
Late-Triassic flier : PTEROSAUR
30
It can be found right on a clock : III
32
"100 Years ... 100 Stars" and others, in brief : AFILISTS
33
The world's largest desert capital, after Cairo, Egypt : LIMAPERU
34
Like a relationship with an ex, maybe : PLATONIC
35
Utterance while chewing on a pencil : HMM
36
One often sent packing? : ASS
38
Deity that becomes a given name when its fifth letter is moved to the front : AMONRA
39
Beat : POOPED
40
Looking to steal, say : ONBASE
41
So-called "Land of a Million Elephants" : LAOS
43
Building support : IBEAM
44
Words not everyone understands : LINGO
45
Intimate : LETON
49
Hit on the head, in slang : DONK
50
Indian honorifics : SRIS

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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
134 ms