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

New York Times, Monday, June 21, 2010

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
6-Down : Taken ___ (surprised)
TotalDebutLatest
15411/22/19939/1/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1425262552948
RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.5550233%
Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 121 for Mr. Piscop. Monday freshness: 58%
1
S
2
C
3
R
4
A
5
P
6
A
7
L
8
B
9
E
10
E
11
C
12
A
13
T
14
A
L
A
M
O
15
B
O
O
M
S
16
H
U
E
17
S
I
M
P
L
18
E
A
S
A
B
C
19
I
R
E
20
H
O
P
21
L
A
C
E
22
R
A
23
G
L
A
N
24
D
U
C
K
25
R
A
P
I
D
L
Y
26
Z
27
E
28
N
I
T
H
29
R
E
C
E
S
S
30
A
L
O
N
E
31
V
E
X
E
D
32
P
33
E
34
A
35
N
I
P
S
36
S
E
L
E
S
37
F
L
A
X
38
E
A
R
39
A
C
R
E
S
40
S
L
A
V
E
41
O
42
P
P
O
S
E
43
S
T
A
Y
E
D
44
R
45
O
B
E
R
T
A
46
S
O
U
P
47
E
L
L
I
O
T
48
S
E
L
F
49
R
50
O
51
W
52
A
D
E
53
P
I
54
E
C
E
O
F
55
C
A
K
E
56
D
E
M
57
O
S
C
A
R
58
E
A
G
L
E
59
S
R
O
60
S
H
O
T
S
61
D
R
E
A
D
© 2010, The New York Times6/21/10 ( No. 22,140 )
Across
1
Leftover bit of cloth : SCRAP
6
"The Zoo Story" playwright Edward : ALBEE
11
Manx or Siamese : CAT
14
"Remember the ___!" (cry of 1836) : ALAMO
15
Sounds SSTs made : BOOMS
16
Color shade : HUE
17
"It ain't hard!" : SIMPLEASABC
19
Ill temper : IRE
20
Go like a bunny : HOP
21
Wedding dress material : LACE
22
Kind of sleeve named after a British baron : RAGLAN
24
With 46-Across, "It ain't hard!" : DUCK
25
Chop-chop : RAPIDLY
26
Nadir's opposite : ZENITH
29
School time when kids aren't studying : RECESS
30
Without an escort : ALONE
31
Irritated : VEXED
32
Potpie vegetable : PEA
35
Playful bites : NIPS
36
Tennis great Monica : SELES
37
Source of linen : FLAX
38
Big beagle feature : EAR
39
Farm tracts : ACRES
40
Work like a dog : SLAVE
41
Be against : OPPOSE
43
Hung around : STAYED
44
Singer Flack or Peters : ROBERTA
46
See 24-Across : SOUP
47
Mama Cass ___ : ELLIOT
48
Autobiographer's subject : SELF
49
Follow the coxswain's calls : ROW
52
Sidewalk stand quaff : ADE
53
"It ain't hard!" : PIECEOFCAKE
56
Not Rep. or Ind. : DEM
57
"The Odd Couple" slob : OSCAR
58
Bird on a U.S. quarter : EAGLE
59
B'way sellout sign : SRO
60
Attempts at baskets : SHOTS
61
Live in fear of : DREAD
Down
1
Pageant entrant's wear : SASH
2
Advertising award : CLIO
3
Multistory parking garage feature : RAMP
4
Guitarist's accessory, for short : AMP
5
Foul the water, e.g. : POLLUTE
6
Taken ___ (surprised) : ABACK
7
Get whipped : LOSE
8
Drag queen's wrap : BOA
9
Hugs tightly : EMBRACES
10
Made a getaway : ESCAPED
11
"It ain't hard!" : CHILDSPLAY
12
Hearing-related : AURAL
13
Pint-size : TEENY
18
To ___ his own : EACH
23
U.S.O. show audience members : GIS
24
Rackets : DINS
25
T. ___ (fearsome dinos) : REXES
26
Grey who wrote westerns : ZANE
27
Charles Lamb alias : ELIA
28
"It ain't hard!" : NOPROBLEMO
29
C.S.A. general : RELEE
31
Vice ___ : VERSA
33
Roof overhang : EAVE
34
Abruptly dismissed : AXED
36
Like many tartan wearers : SCOTTISH
37
Pajamas' rear opening : FLAP
39
Pertinent : APROPOS
40
Like a taxidermist's work : STUFFED
42
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame architect I. M. ___ : PEI
43
Without an escort : SOLO
44
Uses a Kindle, e.g. : READS
45
Like a big brother : OLDER
46
Tarot card readers, e.g. : SEERS
48
Ad-libbing vocal style : SCAT
49
Violent 19-Across : RAGE
50
State with a panhandle: Abbr. : OKLA
51
Whacked plant : WEED
54
___-friendly (green) : ECO
55
Indy 500 entry : CAR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 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
77 ms