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

New York Times, Friday, June 10, 1994

Author:
Wayne Robert Williams
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Acetylene starter
TotalDebutLatest
384/30/19943/5/1998
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
44312843
RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.5516243%
Wayne Robert Williams

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Williams. Friday freshness: 9%
1
S
2
H
3
E
4
J
5
O
6
V
7
I
8
A
9
L
10
T
11
O
12
P
13
E
14
P
O
L
15
E
X
A
C
T
A
16
E
V
E
R
17
Q
W
E
18
R
T
Y
U
I
O
P
19
L
I
S
A
20
R
E
V
E
L
21
N
E
22
M
E
S
E
S
23
E
A
24
T
25
S
A
L
I
V
A
T
E
26
A
27
S
28
D
F
G
H
29
J
K
L
30
M
I
C
A
S
31
D
I
E
32
A
A
A
33
W
E
S
34
Z
X
C
35
V
36
B
N
M
37
O
R
D
E
38
R
39
O
40
F
41
E
E
E
42
D
U
O
43
E
N
A
44
M
45
E
46
A
R
A
47
L
E
T
T
48
E
49
R
S
O
N
50
A
N
D
O
R
51
R
A
N
52
E
V
A
53
G
R
A
N
D
E
R
54
E
V
55
A
56
D
57
E
58
D
O
G
E
59
T
Y
60
P
61
E
62
W
R
I
T
E
R
63
A
L
I
S
64
I
N
C
E
P
T
65
O
L
D
66
S
L
O
E
67
E
X
T
R
A
S
68
Z
E
E
© 1994, The New York Times6/10/94 ( No. 16,285 )
Across
1
Helen Gahagan film role of 1935 : SHE
4
Mirthful : JOVIAL
10
Guzzle : TOPE
14
Electioneerer, for short : POL
15
One-two bet : EXACTA
16
Perpetually : EVER
17
Start of a letter arrangement : QWERTYUIOP
19
Broadway's Kirk : LISA
20
Blowout : REVEL
21
They can't be beat : NEMESES
23
Mother's charge : EAT
25
Show eagerness : SALIVATE
26
More of the arrangement : ASDFGHJKL
30
Laminated rocks : MICAS
31
Fade in the stretch : DIE
32
Motorists' org. : AAA
33
Film maker Craven : WES
34
End of the arrangement : ZXCVBNM
37
Start of the explanation of the arrangement : ORDEROF
41
Wide width : EEE
42
Laurel and Hardy : DUO
43
Alfonso XIII's queen : ENA
44
Actress Anne : MEARA
47
More of the explanation : LETTERSON
50
Pyrenees resident : ANDORRAN
52
Stowe girl : EVA
53
Wider in scope : GRANDER
54
Get out of the way : EVADE
58
Venetian honcho : DOGE
59
End of the explanation : TYPEWRITER
63
Men's names meaning "lion" : ALIS
64
Receive as a member : INCEPT
65
Former : OLD
66
___ gin : SLOE
67
Perks : EXTRAS
68
The end (appropriately) : ZEE
Down
1
Initials in ancient Rome : SPQR
2
Six-time N.H.L. M.V.P. : HOWE
3
Mountain road abbr. : ELEV
4
Flying woe : JETLAG
5
Acetylene starter : OXY
6
___ -de-Vire (historic French valley) : VAU
7
Here, in Tours : ICI
8
Lacking a key : ATONAL
9
Collar extension : LAPEL
10
Air : TELEVISE
11
Egg receptacle : OVISAC
12
100 centimes : PESETA
13
Gets the lead out : ERASES
18
Sailing hazard : REEF
22
Copied : MIMED
24
"Macbeth" title : THANE
25
Jamaican beat : SKA
26
Finishing tool : ADZ
27
Early evening hour : SIX
28
Winter mo. : DEC
29
Tight spot : JAM
33
Drafted : WROTE
35
Like Shakespeare's Valentine and Proteus : VERONESE
36
Goat feature : BEARD
37
At lunch, maybe : OUT
38
Scale notes : RES
39
Pioneer performance artist : ONO
40
Stir the air : FAN
42
___ mother : DEN
44
A Gabor et al. : MAGDAS
45
Join the party : ENROLL
46
Slowly : ADAGIO
47
Speech source : LARYNX
48
Turns outward : EVERTS
49
Mr. Shankar : RAVI
51
Get back to even : RETIE
55
The gamut : ATOZ
56
Excise : DELE
57
Mahler's "Das Lied von der ___" : ERDE
60
Statistical abbr. : PCT
61
Suffix with command : EER
62
New Deal prog. : WPA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 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
85 ms