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

New York Times, Tuesday, September 28, 2004

Author:
Nancy Kavanaugh
Editor:
Will Shortz
59-Down : Half of a batting average calculation
TotalDebutLatest
265/3/19996/25/2012
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
010103120
ScrabDebutFresh
1.588713%
Nancy Kavanaugh

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 44 Missing: {JQWXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 18 for Ms. Kavanaugh. Tuesday freshness: 0%
1
S
2
E
3
L
4
F
5
C
6
A
7
C
8
T
9
I
10
B
11
R
12
A
13
T
14
E
S
A
U
15
A
L
I
E
N
16
R
A
M
A
17
A
S
I
N
18
T
E
A
R
S
19
O
D
E
S
20
L
O
D
G
21
E
A
C
O
M
P
22
L
A
I
N
T
23
I
L
L
24
I
O
D
I
D
E
25
A
26
G
27
O
28
S
O
29
B
30
O
R
B
31
C
O
T
32
T
A
G
E
33
C
H
E
E
34
S
35
E
36
E
D
I
E
37
A
A
A
38
O
M
39
S
40
K
41
C
A
42
B
43
I
N
P
R
44
E
45
S
S
U
R
E
46
U
S
S
47
A
L
A
48
S
I
N
49
E
50
T
51
H
52
I
C
S
53
E
G
54
O
55
S
H
A
C
K
U
56
P
57
T
58
O
G
E
T
59
H
60
E
61
R
62
S
I
S
I
63
E
L
E
N
A
64
T
I
D
E
65
A
N
T
E
66
R
E
R
A
N
67
E
T
T
U
68
Y
E
A
R
69
S
A
I
N
T
70
R
S
V
P
© 2004, The New York Times9/28/4 ( No. 20,048 )
Across
1
___-serve : SELF
5
Desert flora : CACTI
10
Fresh kid : BRAT
14
Jacob's twin : ESAU
15
Venusian, e.g. : ALIEN
16
Suffix with Cine- : RAMA
17
T ___ tiger : ASIN
18
Muscle injuries : TEARS
19
Lyric poems : ODES
20
Protest formally : LODGEACOMPLAINT
23
Not well : ILL
24
Silver ___ (cloud seed) : IODIDE
25
Before now : AGO
28
Cry out loud : SOB
30
Moon or sun, poetically : ORB
31
Diet plate serving : COTTAGECHEESE
36
Falco of "The Sopranos" : EDIE
37
Battery type : AAA
38
Siberian city : OMSK
41
Cockpit gauge figure : CABINPRESSURE
46
___ Ronald Reagan : USS
47
In the style of : ALA
48
Go astray : SIN
49
Moral standards : ETHICS
53
A smartypants may have a big one : EGO
55
Cohabitate : SHACKUPTOGETHER
62
Juan's emphatic assent : SISI
63
Actress Verdugo : ELENA
64
Ocean motion : TIDE
65
Penny-___ (trivial) : ANTE
66
Aired again : RERAN
67
Caesarean rebuke : ETTU
68
Time to go once around the sun : YEAR
69
Peter, Paul or Mary : SAINT
70
Invitation letters : RSVP
Down
1
One seen playing with a beachball : SEAL
2
Logo along U.S. highways, once : ESSO
3
Placed : LAID
4
Mold and mildew, for two : FUNGI
5
Former Sears mailing : CATALOG
6
A Baldwin : ALEC
7
"See ya!" : CIAO
8
Semester, e.g. : TERM
9
Fill with confidence : INSPIRE
10
Like a sombrero's brim : BROAD
11
Pie chart lines : RADII
12
Make better : AMEND
13
"Take a sip" : TASTE
21
Lanchester of film : ELSA
22
Stud site : LOBE
25
Air force hero : ACE
26
1977 George Burns title role : GOD
27
Ear-related : OTIC
29
Trivial amount, slangily : BEANS
30
Tara name : OHARA
32
Mad Hatter's drink : TEA
33
Salary max : CAP
34
Message from a desert isle, perhaps : SOS
35
Cousins of an ostrich : EMUS
39
___ Lanka : SRI
40
Barbie's ex-beau : KEN
42
Simoleon : BUCK
43
Publishers : ISSUERS
44
Swanky : ELEGANT
45
Herb in stuffing : SAGE
49
Op-ed piece, e.g. : ESSAY
50
Quaker's "yours" : THINE
51
"___ la vista!" : HASTA
52
Not so cordial : ICIER
54
Riverbank romper : OTTER
56
Courtroom statement : PLEA
57
Actress Hatcher : TERI
58
___ even keel : ONAN
59
Half of a batting average calculation : HITS
60
1999 Ron Howard comedy : EDTV
61
Do another hitch : REUP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle.

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
74 ms