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835 crosswords with pre-Shortz Notes

Notepads are published with the puzzles.

David Steinberg notes are from him and from other Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project litzers and proofreaders.

Pre-Shortz puzzles

Sunday, February 15, 1942 — HEADLINES AND FOOTNOTES by Charles Erlenkotter
Jim Horne Notes:

This is the first crossword published by the New York Times. (Charles Erlenkotter's biography.)

Sunday, February 22, 1942 — IN AND OUT OF THE NEWS by Louis Jenkins
David Steinberg Notes:

In 89-Across clue, added accent over "i" in "Nîmes."

Sunday, March 15, 1942 — LEADERS AND BATTLEGROUNDS by Marie C. French
David Steinberg Notes:

"Marie C. French" may be a pseudonym for Mabel C. Daggett, who constructed the previous puzzle ... and taught French!

Sunday, April 12, 1942 — WITH HEADLINES FROM THE PACIFIC by Charles Erlenkotter
David Steinberg Notes:

In 93-Across clue, removed period after end quotation mark.

Sunday, May 10, 1942 — HEADLINES FROM THE SEVEN SEAS by Louis Shields
David Steinberg Notes:

In 57-Across clue, added em dash before "Bryant."

Sunday, May 31, 1942 — WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS OF THE DAY by Jack Luzzatto
David Steinberg Notes:

In 98-Across clue, added accent over first "e" in "Liège."

Sunday, June 7, 1942 — WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES by John L. Mapes
David Steinberg Notes:

Thanks to Flip Koski for discovering that John L. Mapes is likely a pseudonym of Jack Luzzatto! Jack Luzzatto constructed the previous week's puzzle, and Margaret Farrar frequently used street names when crafting pseudonyms.

Sunday, June 14, 1942 — UNITED NATIONS by Charles Merz and Arthur Hays Sulzberger
David Steinberg Notes:

122-Across clue originally had "strategem"; changed to "stratagem."

Jim Horne Notes:

This is the first Times crossword with mirror symmetry.

Arthur Hays Sulzberger was the publisher of the New York Times, and Charles Merz was an editor. You can read more about this puzzle here.

Sunday, July 5, 1942 — WITH CLUES FROM THE RATIONING BOARD by Charles Kuhls
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 131-Across clue had "602?661" in the parentheses; added an en dash after the question mark.

Sunday, July 12, 1942 — WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES by Alvin Ashby
David Steinberg Notes:

100-Across clue was originally "Skin affection."; changed to "Skin affliction."

Sunday, July 26, 1942 — WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES by S. A. Kay
David Steinberg Notes:

51-Across clue originally had "1-12"; changed to "1/12." 107-Across clue originally had "1-10"; changed to "1/10."

Sunday, August 16, 1942 — WITH CLUES FROM THE WEEK'S NEWS by Jack Luzzato
David Steinberg Notes:

Byline was spelled "Luzzato" in original; left it that way. In 117-Down clue, added accents over final "e"s in "Liberté" and "Fraternité."

Sunday, August 23, 1942 — WITH HEADLINES FROM THE WAR MAPS by Louis Baron
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 9-Down clue had acute accent over first "a" in "à la "; changed it to grave accent.

Sunday, September 6, 1942 — WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES by J. L. Wordsworth
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 62-Down clue had em dash after colon; removed it.

Sunday, September 20, 1942 — WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES by Louis Shields
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 87-Across clue had two "at"s; removed one of them.

Sunday, September 27, 1942 — WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS by Charles Erlenkotter
David Steinberg Notes:

Try reading the first row of Across entries in sequence! Also, original 2-Down clue had "Historian"; changed to "historian." Original 84-Down clue had "war"; changed to "War."

Sunday, October 18, 1942 — WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES by Willard N. Jordan
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 104-Down clue had "down"; changed to "Down."

Sunday, November 8, 1942 — WITH CLUES FROM THE DAY'S NEWS by Louis Baron
David Steinberg Notes:

In 90-Across clue, added period after "inspired."

Sunday, November 22, 1942 — WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS by Isaac Kert
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 95-Across clue had comma before end quote; changed to period.

Sunday, December 6, 1942 — WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS by F. C. Jaschob
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 130-Across clue had "pecularities"; changed to "peculiarities."

Sunday, December 13, 1942 — WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS by Charles Erlenkotter
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 39-Across clue had period after "Highness"; removed it and put colon after end quotation mark.

Sunday, January 3, 1943 — WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS by Bert Storey
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 52-Across clue had period after "Ecuador"; replaced it with comma.

Sunday, January 10, 1943 — WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES by Louis Jenkins
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 57-Down clue had periods after "painter" and "1666"; deleted both and put period after parentheses.

Sunday, January 31, 1943 — WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES by Jack Luzzatto
David Steinberg Notes:

In 90-Across clue, added slash to indicate line break in quote.

Sunday, February 21, 1943 — WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES by I. Kert
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 134-Across clue had "Postoffice"; changed to "Post office."

Sunday, May 9, 1943 — WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS by P. Joseph Lamanna
David Steinberg Notes:

Grid mistake in original solution at 94-Down and 111-Across — A instead of E. On PDF. E was handwritten over the incorrect A. Corrected it to E.

Sunday, May 16, 1943 — WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS by Charles Erlenkotter
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 48-Down clue had no space between underscore and "Ferry"; added one.

Sunday, May 23, 1943 — WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS by George Buckler
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 86-Down clue had "Misapprenhensions"; changed to "Misapprehensions."

Sunday, June 20, 1943 — WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS by Thomas Meekin
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 87-Across clue had "chlorophyl"; changed to "chlorophyll."

Sunday, July 18, 1943 — WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES by Charles Erlenkotter
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 48-Across clue had period after "Natoma"; removed it.

Sunday, August 22, 1943 — WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS by Jack Luzzatto
David Steinberg Notes:

92-Down question mark in parentheses appears in the original.

Sunday, September 19, 1943 — WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS by Louis Jenkins
David Steinberg Notes:

Inserted slash in 15-Down clue to indicate line break in quote.

Sunday, October 3, 1943 — WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS by P. J. Lamanna
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 146-Down clue had "McArthur"; changed to "MacArthur."

Sunday, November 21, 1943 — WORLD WIDE WORDS by W. W. Webster
David Steinberg Notes:

In 70-Across clue, added umlaut over "u" in "Atatürk."

Sunday, January 16, 1944 — WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS by Thomas Meekin
David Steinberg Notes:

In 27-Across clue, added comma after underscore.

Sunday, January 23, 1944 — COMMUNIQUE by Jackson Cross
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 21-Down clue had "calender"; changed to "calendar." In 106-Down clue, added hyphen after year.

Sunday, February 6, 1944 — WORDS AROUND THE WORLD by L. K. Peters
David Steinberg Notes:

In 24-Across clue, deleted colon after "diplomatist."

Sunday, April 23, 1944 — HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES by Archie S. Kreiling
David Steinberg Notes:

The 74-Down clue appears to be inaccurate. Its answer means "a person who practices adoration of the host" ... or "a lover of bread."

Sunday, July 30, 1944 — WORDS FROM THE WAR FRONTS by Alvin Ashby
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 124-Across clue had "Name"; changed to "name."

Sunday, August 13, 1944 — WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS by Willard N. Jordan
David Steinberg Notes:

In 41-Across clue, added accent over "e" in "Radamés'."

Sunday, September 10, 1944 — GLOBAL GLEANINGS by Archie S. Kreiling
David Steinberg Notes:

In 73-Across clue, corrected N. E. to N. W. Also fixed numerous dates that seemed inaccurate.

Sunday, September 24, 1944 — WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES by I. Kert
David Steinberg Notes:

61-Down clue is "March days." as in the original, but IDES is a single day.

Sunday, October 15, 1944 — WITH NAMES IN THE NEWS by Bert Storey
David Steinberg Notes:

In 25-Across clue, added hyphen to "B29's."

Sunday, December 24, 1944 — PRESENT FOR PUZZLERS by C. E. Noel
David Steinberg Notes:

C. E. Noel may have been Charles Erlenkotter (given that the puzzle was published on Christmas Eve and that Erlenkotter was prolific around that time).

Sunday, January 28, 1945 — WITH CLEWS FROM THE NEWS by Harriot Cooke
David Steinberg Notes:

In 14-Down clue, added accent over first "e" in "Liège."

Sunday, February 4, 1945 — WITH WORDS THE WORLD OVER by Jack Luzzatto
David Steinberg Notes:

Quote in 99-Across clue was split into six lines in the original, probably to fit the column, but online source indicates there are only two lines, with break appearing where the slash mark (which was not in the original) appears.

Sunday, March 4, 1945 — COMMUNIQUE by Jack Luzzatto
David Steinberg Notes:

Read the first three across answers in order for a bonus message, which I assume was intentional!

Sunday, April 8, 1945 — WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS by Harriot T. Cooke
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 42-Across clue had acute accent over first "e" in "Liège"; corrected it to grave.

Sunday, April 22, 1945 — COMMUNIQUE by Jack Luzzatto
David Steinberg Notes:

In 4-Down clue, deleted hyphen after first "Tin."

Sunday, May 13, 1945 — WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS by L. K. Webster
David Steinberg Notes:

In the original PDF, this puzzle's 55-Across clue erroneously listed the year as 1923.

Sunday, June 17, 1945 — WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES by P. J. Lamanna
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 134-Down clue had acute accent over first "e" in "Liège"; corrected it to grave.

Sunday, July 1, 1945 — WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES by Clara Rushe
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 131-Down clue had acute accent over first "e" in "Liège"; corrected it to grave.

Sunday, July 15, 1945 — GLOBAL GLEANINGS by Elizabeth Patterson
David Steinberg Notes:

In original 96-Down clue, period was outside parentheses; moved it inside.

Sunday, July 22, 1945 — WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS by Alberta N. Burton
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 123-Across entry should have been SUZETTE, not SUSETTE; could not change this.

Sunday, July 29, 1945 — GLOBAL GLEANINGS by Jack Luzzatto
David Steinberg Notes:

In 99-Across clue, changed comma after underscore to period.

Sunday, August 5, 1945 — WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES by Lester Keene
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 40-Down clue had "Capitol"; changed to "Capital."

Sunday, August 12, 1945 — WORDS THE WORLD OVER by Thomas Meekin
David Steinberg Notes:

In 62-Down clue, added accent over "a" in "Vis-à-vis."

Sunday, August 26, 1945 — GLOBAL GLEANINGS by Elizabeth Patterson
David Steinberg Notes:

In 139-Down clue, added accent over first "e" in "Liège."

Sunday, September 16, 1945 — INFORMATION, THANK YOU by Harriot T. Cooke
David Steinberg Notes:

In 1-Across clue, added accent over "a" in "vis-à-vis."

Sunday, September 30, 1945 — GLOBAL REPORTER by Willard N. Jordan
David Steinberg Notes:

In 97-Down clue, removed colon after "Bonaparte."

Sunday, October 14, 1945 — WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS by Lester Keene
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 133-Across clue appears to be incomplete, with just "___ Arunca, Fifth Army." at bottom of column (including the period). But top of next column has "capture near Naples.", even with the period after "Army." Deleted period after "Army" and merged both parts into one clue.

Sunday, November 11, 1945 — OF PEOPLE AND PLACES by Louis Baron
David Steinberg Notes:

The 40-Down clue is erroneous: "The Sheik" was written by Edith Maud HULL, not Ethel May DELL.

Sunday, November 18, 1945 — GLOBAL GLEANINGS by W. W. Webster
David Steinberg Notes:

In clue for 43-Down, changed "slang" to "Slang."

Sunday, December 9, 1945 — WITH HINTS FROM THE HEADLINES by Willard N. Jordan
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 97-Across clue had "genius"; changed to "genus."

Sunday, December 16, 1945 — OF PEOPLE AND PLACES by Louis Jenkins
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 95-Across clue had "Postoffice"; changed to "Post office."

Sunday, December 23, 1945 — XMAS IN X-WORDS by L. K. Peters
David Steinberg Notes:

In 45-Down clue, added period after "Secy."

Sunday, December 30, 1945 — PEOPLE AND PLACES by Harriot Cooke
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 109-Across clue had "Coresponding"; changed to "Corresponding."

Sunday, January 6, 1946 — GLOBAL GLEANINGS by P. J. Lamanna
David Steinberg Notes:

In 26-Down clue, added period after "Secy."

Sunday, February 3, 1946 — QUESTIONNAIRE by Louis Jenkins
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 2-Down clue had " . . . City?"; changed to " . . . City"?

Sunday, March 10, 1946 — READER'S GUIDE by Thomas Meekin
David Steinberg Notes:

Number for 142-Across clue in original was typed as 112. In 73-Down clue, added hyphen after "Ben" and em dash before "Gen."

Sunday, April 7, 1946 — THE COURT CONVENES by Lester Keene
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 49-Down clue had "NE."; deleted period.

Sunday, April 28, 1946 — TIPS FROM THE TELETYPE by Alberta N. Burton
David Steinberg Notes:

In 120-Down clue, deleted comma after "Terry."

Sunday, May 26, 1946 — OF PEOPLE AND PLACES by Louis Baron
David Steinberg Notes:

In 97-Down clue, added em dash before "Oscar."

Sunday, July 7, 1946 — NAMES IN THE NEWS by Charles Cross
David Steinberg Notes:

In 50-Across clue, added umlaut over "e" in Brontë.

Sunday, July 21, 1946 — WITH CLUES FROM THE NEWS by Louis Shields
David Steinberg Notes:

In 50-Down clue, "Shephard's" could be a typo in the original (especially given 73-Down), but did not change it.

Sunday, August 4, 1946 — QUESTIONNAIRE by Lester Keene
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 84-Down clue had "commeration"; changed to "commemoration."

Sunday, August 25, 1946 — ABOUT THE GLOBE by L. K. Peters
David Steinberg Notes:

In 65-Down, 85-Down, and 107-Down clues, replaced commas after underscores with periods.

Sunday, September 22, 1946 — ABOUT THE GLOBE by Waldo Ranson
David Steinberg Notes:

55-Down's clue appears to be erroneous. It should read [Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle's victim.].

Sunday, September 29, 1946 — GLOBAL GLEANINGS by Lester Keene
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 20-Across clue had "affection"; changed to "affliction."

Sunday, October 6, 1946 — OF PEOPLE AND PLACES by Willard Jordan
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 21-Across had "Queen"; changed to "Queene." Original 122-Across had "Soliel"; changed to "Soleil."

Sunday, November 3, 1946 — READER'S GUIDE by Thomas Meekin
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 29-Across clue had "Dicken's"; changed to "Dickens'." Original 70-Down clue had "Promoter."; changed to "Promoters."

Sunday, November 10, 1946 — A NIGHT AT THE OPERA by Louis Jenkins
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 38-Across clue had "1860"; corrected to "1859." In 139-Down clue, SYR is clued as "Beirut is its capital: Abbr.," but Lebanon was a separate nation by 1946 (gaining its independence in 1943), so Beirut was no longer in Syria.

Sunday, November 24, 1946 — CURRENT EVENTS by P. J. Lamanna
David Steinberg Notes:

NYT misspelled the constructor name on this one. P. J. Lammana should be P. J. Lamanna.

In 22-Across, IGOROT is clued as "Indonesian of northern Luzon.," but Luzon (where the Igorot live) is in the Philippines. In original, number of clue for 62-Down was mistyped as 63.

Sunday, December 22, 1946 — HEROES AND HEROINES by Lester Keene
David Steinberg Notes:

Unfixable grid mistake at 6-Down—NANNETTE should be NANETTE. Also, in 10-Down clue, changed Patua to Patna.

Sunday, December 29, 1946 — GLOBAL GLEANINGS by Harriot Cooke
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 82-Down clue had two "in"s; deleted one of them.

Sunday, February 16, 1947 — QUESTIONNAIRE by L. K. Peters
David Steinberg Notes:

Corrected the surname's spelling in 23-Across; it originally read "Navarro."

Sunday, February 23, 1947 — GLOBAL GLEANINGS by Archie Kreiling
David Steinberg Notes:

In 16-Down clue, added umlaut over "e" in "Brontë."

Sunday, March 2, 1947 — OF BOOKS AND AUTHORS by Willard N. Jordan
David Steinberg Notes:

Corrected the author name in the 45-Across clue from Wescott to Westcott.

Sunday, April 6, 1947 — GLOBAL GLOSSARY by Willard N. Jordan
David Steinberg Notes:

Corrected the birth year in 58-Down from 1620 to 1622.

Sunday, April 13, 1947 — QUESTIONNAIRE by Isaac Kert
David Steinberg Notes:

The original 126-Down clue was [Hebrew month.], but this appears to be erroneous. Changed to [Hebrew letter.].

Sunday, May 18, 1947 — OF PEOPLE AND PLACES by Harold T. Bers
David Steinberg Notes:

Corrected "Chamberlain" to "Chamberlin" in 73-Across.

Sunday, June 1, 1947 — NAMES IN THE NEWS by Archie S. Kreiling
David Steinberg Notes:

In 33-Down clue, corrected "Israfil" to "Israfel."

Sunday, June 8, 1947 — QUESTIONNAIRE by Willard N. Jordan
David Steinberg Notes:

In 111-Across, corrected "Biambi" to "Bimbi."

Sunday, July 13, 1947 — WHAT DO YOU KNOW? by Harold T. Bers
David Steinberg Notes:

I corrected a number of errors, thanks to Jane Foley: In 9-Down, I changed "to" to "on"; in 40-Down, I changed "Posilipo" to "Posillipo"; and in 89-Down, I changed "Connor" to "Conner." Most notably, 110-Down should be [British planes.] rather than [German planes.], though I left this in for historical purposes.

Sunday, July 20, 1947 — FROM THE BOOK SHELF by Thomas Meekin
David Steinberg Notes:

90-Across is a New York Times error: The fourth letter of the answer should be "e."

Sunday, August 3, 1947 — OF PEOPLE AND PLACES by Charles Cross
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 75-Down clue was missing the first parenthesis; added it.

Sunday, August 17, 1947 — CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD by Waldo Ranson
David Steinberg Notes:

62-Across is a New York Times error: The answer should be spelled with two R's.

Sunday, September 21, 1947 — AROUND THE WORLD by Willard N. Jordan
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 63-Down clue had comma after "Navy"; removed it. Clue number for 130-Down was missing in the original—clue appeared without a number, just beneath clue for 129-Down, with "sponge" lowercased. Capitalized "sponge" and made it the clue for 130-Down.

Sunday, September 28, 1947 — OF PLACES AND PEOPLE by Archie S. Kreiling
David Steinberg Notes:

In 82-Down clue, corrected "The Red Rose" to "The Black Rose." Also fixed a seemingly erroneous date.

Sunday, October 12, 1947 — OF PEOPLE AND PLACES by Charles Cross
David Steinberg Notes:

In 46-Down clue, corrected "sicicate" to "silicate"; in 65-Down clue, corrected "alotted" to "allotted."

Sunday, October 19, 1947 — VOCABULARY ROUND-UP by Alice Cook
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 78-Across clue had comma after underscore; changed to period.

Sunday, November 9, 1947 — OPERA GUIDE by Louis Jenkins
David Steinberg Notes:

In 125-Across, corrected "O'Neill" to "O'Neil."

Sunday, November 30, 1947 — THE COMPOSERS' CIRCLE by Harold T. Bers
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 7-Down clue was missing open quotation mark; added it.

Sunday, December 14, 1947 — STUDY IN CRIME by Louise Rabb
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 53-Down clue was missing period; added it.

Sunday, December 28, 1947 — VISITING THE NEIGHBORS by Alice Cook
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 128-Across clue had "affection"; changed to "affliction." Also changed "Ursanus" to "Uranus" in the 39-Down clue.

Sunday, January 4, 1948 — WHAT DO YOU KNOW? by P. J. Lamanna
Jim Horne Notes:

Peter Zenger (see 87 Down) is a key figure in the historical fight for freedom of the press.

Sunday, January 11, 1948 — MYTHS AND MEN by Alberta N. Burton
David Steinberg Notes:

In order to match its clue, the fourth letter in 9-Down should be an "O" rather than an "A."

Sunday, January 25, 1948 — OF PEOPLE AND PLACES by Willard N. Jordan
David Steinberg Notes:

In the 84-Down clue, corrected the year range from 1926-35 to 1934-35, since this clue's subject didn't technically become queen until 1934.

Sunday, February 1, 1948 — WHAT DO YOU KNOW? by Harold T. Bers
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 63-Down clue had "Stripes"; changed to "Strips."

Sunday, May 2, 1948 — FAIR AND WARMER by P. J. Lamanna
David Steinberg Notes:

In 21-Across clue, the school should be the University of Chicago, not Chicago University; left as in original. Also, 99-Across clue appears to be erroneous: According to a 1949 obituary, Mr. Benjamin Parry worked in the Whitehall Building on Battery Place.

Sunday, June 6, 1948 — VOCABULARY TEST by Alberta N. Burton
David Steinberg Notes:

In 45-Across clue, added comma after underscore.

Sunday, August 8, 1948 — WHAT DO YOU KNOW? by Louis Jenkins
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 83-Down clue had no colon after quotation mark; added one.

Sunday, August 22, 1948 — VOCABULARY TEST by Archie Kreiling
David Steinberg Notes:

Solution grid had HAMELOT at 104-Across; corrected to CAMELOT.

Sunday, September 5, 1948 — BOOKMAN'S PLEASURE by Alice Cook
David Steinberg Notes:

Original grid at 90-Across had WEIN; corrected to WIEN.

Sunday, September 12, 1948 — A FEW WORDS by J. P. Worden
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 107-Down clue had period after "1601"; put it after parentheses.

Sunday, September 19, 1948 — THE BIGGER THEY COME by I. Kert
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 134-Down clue had "Pharoahs"; corrected to "Pharaohs."

Sunday, September 26, 1948 — VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE by Willard N. Jordan
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 59-Across clue had "Moves"; changed to "Move."

Sunday, October 3, 1948 — WHO'S WHO? by Henry A. Wolfe
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 44-Across clue had period after end quote; moved it inside. Original 93-Across clue had "coutourier"; changed to "couturier."

Sunday, October 10, 1948 — MEMORY BOOK by Louise Rabb
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 117-Down has hyphen before "tando," but "rallentando" is one word; left as in original.

Sunday, October 24, 1948 — WHAT DO YOU KNOW? by Alberta Burton
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 113-Down clue had no punctuation at end of quote; added colon.

Sunday, November 28, 1948 — OF PEOPLE AND PLACES by Thomas Meekin
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 52-Across clue had no period after underscore; added one.

Sunday, December 5, 1948 — LITERARY SPOTLIGHT by Elizabeth Patterson
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 90-Across clue had comma after "Evans"; removed it. Original 39-Down clue had comma after "that"; replaced it with period.

Sunday, December 12, 1948 — MYTH AND LEGEND by Harold P. Furth
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 155-Across clue had comma after underscore; removed it.

Sunday, January 2, 1949 — COMMENCEMENT by Henry A. Wolfe
David Steinberg Notes:

In order to match its clue, the fourth letter of 59-Down should be an "O" rather than an "A."

Sunday, March 20, 1949 — TIPS FROM THE TELETYPE by Alberta N. Burton
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 61-Down clue had "His"; changed to "his."

Sunday, March 27, 1949 — THE READER'S GUIDE by Thomas Meekin
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 13-Down clue had comma after underscore; replaced it with period.

Sunday, April 10, 1949 — SIDELIGHTS ON LITERATURE by Archie S. Kreiling
David Steinberg Notes:

The 141-Across clue appears to be erroneous. Carroll REECE was the chairman rather than the whip for the RNC in 1946.

Sunday, July 31, 1949 — WHO'S WHO by Max Geist
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 142-Across clue had "war"; changed to "War."

Sunday, September 11, 1949 — READERS' GUIDE by Thomas Meekin
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 63-Down clue had "Tono Bungay"; added hyphen.

Sunday, October 30, 1949 — QUESTIONNAIRE by Edward Buckler
David Steinberg Notes:

No number or clue for 11-Down in original; inserted number and clue.

Sunday, May 14, 1950 — ABOUT THE WORLD by Jack Luzzatto
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 81-Down clue had "Dodacanese"; changed to "Dodecanese."

Sunday, June 11, 1950 — WORD GAME by Elizabeth Patterson
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 75-Across clue had no hyphen after underscore; added one. Original 74-Down clue had "cardamon"; changed to "cardamom."

Sunday, June 25, 1950 — ABOUT THE WORLD by Leonard Goldberg
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 129-Down clue had "wine"; changed to "vine."

David Steinberg Notes:

Rumor has it that Margaret Farrar herself constructed this puzzle, which was the first daily-sized crossword to run in the New York Times.

Saturday, September 16, 1950 by Margaret P. Farrar
David Steinberg Notes:

In original 24-Down clue, "But" appears on a new line; inserted slash to indicate that.

Monday, October 2, 1950 by Eugene T. Maleska
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 6-Across clue has "Actor"; changed to "actor."

Saturday, October 7, 1950 by Eugene T. Maleska
David Steinberg Notes:

From Flip Koski: This puzzle's constructor is likely Eugene T. Maleska, based on the entry HARDSHELL CRAB. In her Introduction to Maleska's book "Across and Down," Margaret Farrar expressly referenced Maleska as having constructed a puzzle with the entry HARDSHELLED CRAB. The only Times puzzle with that entry is this crossword of October 7, 1950.

David Steinberg Notes:

In original, clues for 1- and 7-Across are bracketed, with "Welfare program" appearing at 1-Across and (uncapitalized) "recently enlarged" at 7-Across, as here.

David Steinberg Notes:

In original, clues for 1- and 7-Across are bracketed, with "Two members of" appearing at 1-Across and "Truman's Cabinet" at 7-Across, as here.

Sunday, December 3, 1950 — SCIENTIFIC REPORT by Harold T. Bers
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 10-Down clue had "O'Keefe's"; changed to "O'Keeffe's."

Friday, December 22, 1950 by Charles Cross
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 41-Across clue had "Cleremont"; changed to "Clermont."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 18-Across clue had "L'Infant"; changed to "L'Enfant."

David Steinberg Notes:

In original, clues for 1- and 8-Across were bracketed, with "Founders of the" at 1-Across and "American Mercury." at 8-Across, as here.

Sunday, March 4, 1951 — WORDS AND MUSIC by Harold T. Bers
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 87-Across clue had "Adia's"; changed to "Aida's."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 7-Across clue had "across"; changed to "Across."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original grid had ERASER/SALER at 25-Across/13-Down; changed to ERASES/SALES.

David Steinberg Notes:

In original, second line of 44-Across quote was on a second line; added slash to indicate that.

David Steinberg Notes:

In 33-Down clue, the question mark in parentheses is as in the original.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 2-Down clue had "Shakespearian"; changed to "Shakespearean."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 50-Across clue had "Leopoldsvill."; changed it to "Leopoldville."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 12-Down clue had comma after "violinist"; removed it.

Sunday, September 16, 1951 — VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE by Charles Cross
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 134-Across clue had "Dutchess"; changed to "Duchess."

David Steinberg Notes:

In clue for 36-Down, added umlaut over "e" in "A Brontë Jane."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 45-Across clue had no comma after "Sea"; added one.

Sunday, November 18, 1951 — WHO'S WHO? by Herbert Ettenson
David Steinberg Notes:

Last digit of original 52-Across clue (and ends of several other clues in the column) weren't visible, so used a "0" as an arbitrary placeholder. (Current elevation is 10,991.)

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 3-Down clue had "1 1-3"; changed to "1 1/3."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 10-Down clue had acute accent over "e" in "Liège"; changed to grave.

David Steinberg Notes:

In original, clues for 1- and 7-Across are bracketed, with "Science fiction" at 1-Across and (uncapitalized) "favorite" at 7-Across, as here.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 45-Across clue was missing the period after "Jan"; added it. Original 62-Across clue had "lost"; changed it to "Lost."

Sunday, January 6, 1952 — MUSICAL ALPHABET by Ethel LeStrange
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 92-Down clue had "in" printed twice; removed one.

Sunday, January 27, 1952 — FAMOUS NAMES by Alice Cook
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 7-Across clue had "Nato"; changed to "NATO."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 1-Down clue had asterisks instead of ellipsis points; corrected this.

David Steinberg Notes:

In original 51-Down clue, "Must" began on a new line; added slash here instead.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 26-Down clue had no "A" before "Bell"; added it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 47-Across clue had colon after quote (along with the em dash); removed it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 26-Across clue had period after "of"; replaced it with colon.

David Steinberg Notes:

1- and 6-Across clues were bracketed in the original, with "Naval station in the Orkneys" appearing at 1-Across and "Islands" at 6-Across.

Jim Horne Notes:

Scapa Flow in the Orkneys was the location of the naval base in 1- and 6- Across. The Orkneys are fascinating; full of history from Viking settlements to stone rings rivaling Stonehenge to WW II battleships still sunk in a harbor.

David Steinberg Notes:

Left 54-Down clue as in original, but the ship was "The Pequod."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 33-Down clue had "across"; changed to "Across."

David Steinberg Notes:

Added the accent over "e" in the 53-Down clue "___ Misérables."

Sunday, May 4, 1952 — TOWN AND COUNTRY TOPICS by Willard N. Jordan
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 139-Across had "billions"; changed to "billion."

Sunday, May 11, 1952 — VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE by Hilda E. Allen
David Steinberg Notes:

Added accent in "Les Misérables" in 90-Down clue.

Sunday, June 15, 1952 — HOW'S YOUR VOCABULARY? by Edward Buckler
David Steinberg Notes:

Original grid had VENTURE at 113-Across and EAVE at 130-Across; changed VENTURE to VENTURA and EAVE to PAVE.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 27-Across clue had "annisary"; changed to "anniversary."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 17-Across clue had no comma after underscore; added one. In 22-Across, title should have been "The Arabian Nights"; didn't change it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 28-Down clue had two "at"s; removed one.

Sunday, July 20, 1952 — COMMUNICATIONS by Ralph Anderson
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 72-Down clue had no comma after underscore; added one.

Sunday, July 27, 1952 — VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE by Jules Arensberg
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 41-Across clue had "across"; changed to "Across."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 24-Across clue had "Abled-bodied"; change it to "Able-bodied." Original 31-Across clue had "Mcgillicuddy"; changed it to "McGillicuddy." In 25-Down clue, added umlaut over "e" in "Brontë ."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 23-Across clue had comma after "non"; removed it. Original 1-Down clue had "1-6"; changed it to "1/6."

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 38-Down used the number "1" instead of the usual "I"; left it as in the original.

Sunday, August 17, 1952 — A FEW WORDS by Israel Gitter
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 21-Across clue had two "the"s; removed one.

David Steinberg Notes:

Added the cedilla in "Alençon" in the 29-Down clue.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 45-Down clue had two "etc."s; removed one.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 50-Down clue had "cresendo"; changed to "crescendo."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 51-Across clue had "across"; changed to "Across."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original grid had EPL at 56-Across; changed it to EPI.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 62-Down clue had "granery"; changed to "granary."

Sunday, December 21, 1952 — HOLIDAY by Harold T. Bers
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 105-Down clue had "Ce"; changed to "Ça" (with cedilla too).

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 7-Down clue had extra "for instance" at end; deleted it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 42-Across clue had acute accent over first e in siècle; corrected it to grave accent.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 60-Across clue had "Ukranian"; corrected it to "Ukrainian."

Sunday, January 11, 1953 — A CASE BOOK by Albert Carroll
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 14-Down clue didn't have a comma after the blank; added one.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 34-Across clue had "Brillancy"; changed it to "Brilliancy."

Thursday, April 9, 1953 by Eugene T. Maleska
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 60-Down clue had asterisks instead of ellipsis points; corrected this.

David Steinberg Notes:

The 14-Across clue was erroneously printed as "Lavendar, for instance."

Sunday, April 19, 1953 — GLOBAL GLEANINGS by Louis Baron
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 135-Across and 71-Down clues had "across"; changed it to "Across."

Saturday, May 9, 1953 by Eugene T. Maleska
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 30-Down clue had "Barrymores'"; changed it to "Barrymore's."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 59-Across clue had asterisks instead of ellipsis points; corrected this. In same clue, original seemed to have a period after "Pat," though it could have been a comma. The comma makes more sense, so put that in.

Saturday, May 16, 1953 by Thomas Meekin
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 57-Across clue had accent over "la"; moved it to over "a."

Wednesday, May 20, 1953 by Bernice Gordon
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 6-Down clue had accent over "la"; moved it over "a."

Tuesday, June 2, 1953 by Harold T. Bers
David Steinberg Notes:

From Philip Koski: This puzzle's subject is the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. It was published on the date of the coronation, June 2, 1953.

Wednesday, June 3, 1953 by William F. Bulow
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 7-Across clue had no period after "Sen"; added one.

Sunday, June 14, 1953 — THINK PIECE by Eugene T. Maleska
David Steinberg Notes:

"Put in Bay" in original 17-Down clue; changed this to "Put-in-Bay."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 39-Down clue had "Housewive's"; corrected this to "Housewives'."

Friday, June 26, 1953 by Maxwell D. Gunther
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 6-Down clue had "Breath"; changed this to "Breathe."

Sunday, July 5, 1953 — WORD GAME by Evelyn E. Smith
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 88-Down appears to be incorrect — BARE seems to be the 22nd word, not the 14th.

Tuesday, July 7, 1953 by Edward Buckler
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 5-Down clue had acute accent over first e in "scène"; corrected it to grave.

Wednesday, July 22, 1953 by Bernice Gordon
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 9-Down had acute accent over second e in "Première"; corrected it to grave.

Saturday, August 8, 1953 by Eugene T. Maleska
David Steinberg Notes:

No tilde over n in "senorita" in original; added one.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 56-Across clue had comma after "song"; removed it.

Monday, September 14, 1953 by Ralph Anderson
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 32-Down clue had comma after "singer"; removed it.

Sunday, September 20, 1953 — MUSICALE by Ethel LeStrange
David Steinberg Notes:

NYT grid mistake — answer to 86-Across clue should be LEVIN, not LEVINE.

Tuesday, September 22, 1953 by Bernice Gordon
David Steinberg Notes:

No accent over a in "vis-à-vis" at 8-Down; added it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 15-Across clue had comma after "singer"; removed it.

Sunday, September 27, 1953 — WORD ALMANAC by Eugene Maleska
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 86-Across clue had "Underpriviledged"; corrected it to "Underprivileged."

Sunday, October 4, 1953 — FOOD FOR THOUGHT by Herbert Ettenson
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 4-Down clue had "example"; corrected it to "exemple."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 31-Across clue had comma after "lecturer"; removed it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 14-Down clue had "Fledgings"; although that is a word, probably "Fledglings" was meant, so made that change.

Sunday, November 29, 1953 — CATCHWORDS by Eugene T. Maleska
David Steinberg Notes:

Several grid mistakes in original: 115-Across/102-Down crossing was VAG/NOGERS (now changed to VAT/NOTERS); 68-Across was RIMA (now changed to RILE); 73-Across was SENS (now changed to SELF); 54-Down was MEMNON (now changed to MELLON); and 62-Down was RASED (now changed to REFED).

Thursday, December 10, 1953 by Willard Jordan
Jim Horne Notes:

This is the first pangram published in the NYT.

Tuesday, December 15, 1953 by Eugene T. Maleska
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 19-Down clue had comma after "composer"; removed it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original had no period after "etc"; added one.

Saturday, December 19, 1953 by Eugene Maleska
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 62-Across had no tilde over n in "Madrileño"; added one.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original has uncorrectable grid mistake at 2-Down — answer should be ELIOT, not ELOIT, but crossing letters support the erroneous answer.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 32-Across clue had period outside final quotation mark; put it inside.

Sunday, January 10, 1954 — CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE by Harold T. Bers
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 10-Down clue had AQ and QJ; corrected this to AQ and KJ.

Sunday, January 17, 1954 — MIXED DOUBLES by Jack Luzzatto
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 101-Down clue had "Altdorfis"; corrected this to "Altdorf is."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 47-Down clue had no colon before "Lat."; added one.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 8-Down clue had "bacterioligist"; corrected it to "bacteriologist."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 7-Down clue had no umlaut over e in Brontës; added one.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 46-Across clue had comma after "Morgan"; deleted it.

Thursday, March 4, 1954 by Bernice Gordon
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 51-Down clue had AQ or QJ; corrected this to AQ or KJ.

Sunday, April 4, 1954 — FISH STORY by Herbert Ettenson
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 86-Down clue had "for for"; deleted one of them.

Thursday, April 8, 1954 by Eugene Maleska
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 38-Across clue had "world series"; changed this to "World Series."

Wednesday, April 21, 1954 by Jack Luzzatto
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 48-Across clue had "Ante-freezer"; changed this to "Anti-freezer."

Thursday, May 13, 1954 by George Henderson
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 39-Across clue had no tilde over n in "Señor"; added one.

Monday, May 17, 1954 by William S. Woods
David Steinberg Notes:

The area of a baseball diamond (66-Across) is 8,100 sq. ft., yet the 180 sq. ft. measure appears in several AREA clues from this time. It's a bit of a mystery.

Wednesday, June 2, 1954 by Ellsworth Smith
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 61-Across clue had "caffein"; changed it to "caffeine." Original 4-Down clue had "hering"; changed it to "herring."

Thursday, June 3, 1954 by Jack Luzzatto
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 27-Down is how it appeared in the original, though it seems wrong.

Sunday, June 20, 1954 — MENAGERIE by Sidney Lambert
David Steinberg Notes:

Grid mistake in original—76-Across was BEAR (now corrected to PEAR), and 69-Down was ABES (now corrected to APES).

Friday, June 25, 1954 by W. E. Jones
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 2-Down clue had "etc"; corrected it to "etc."

Monday, June 28, 1954 by Thomas Meekin
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 56-Across clue had "unforseen"; corrected it to "unforeseen."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 23-Across clue was indented.

David Steinberg Notes:

Note that the 20-Across clue is true to what was published! One solver suggested [Pepsins.] as a more accurate alternative.

Sunday, July 25, 1954 — BIRD IN THE HAND by Jules Arensberg
David Steinberg Notes:

Early litzer noted the following: Taken from NYT Magazine (2/16/1992) 50 Years of Crossword Puzzles. Described as an "inner clue" puzzle created by a postal worker and inveterate puzzle maker from the Bronx.

Sunday, August 8, 1954 — CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE by Diana Sessions
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 37-Down clue had no umlaut over the e in "Brontë"; added one.

Monday, August 9, 1954 by Ellsworth Smith
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 46-Across clue had "artifically"; corrected this to "artificially."

Sunday, August 22, 1954 — ECHO ANSWERS by Herbert Ettenson
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 29-Across clue had no accent over the a in "Pâté" (though it did over the e); added it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 12-Across is as it appeared in the original, though it probably should have been "Lights, camera, ___!"

Sunday, September 5, 1954 — SPORTING CHANCE by H. L. Risteen
David Steinberg Notes:

The 50-Across clue in the New York Times erroneously read [Exclamation of delight.] as opposed to [Exclamations of delight.]

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 52-Across clue had comma after blank; replaced it with period.

Sunday, September 19, 1954 — GLOBAL GLEANINGS by Arthur Schulman
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 24-Across clue had "Shakesperean"; corrected it to "Shakespearean."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 33-Across had no umlaut over e in "Brontës"; added it.

Saturday, October 16, 1954 by Thomas J. Varner
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 24-Down is as it appeared in original but probably should have been: There are some in "The Teahouse."

Monday, November 22, 1954 by Thomas Meekin
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 48-Across clue had "Pretentions"; corrected this to "Pretensions."

Friday, December 17, 1954 by Maura B. Jacobson
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 44-Down clue had "Châtau"; corrected this to "Château." (Original had correct accent over the first a.)

Château

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 38-Across clue had "vacation"; corrected this to "vocation."

Saturday, January 8, 1955 by Jules Arensberg
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 25-Across clue had "social group" twice; removed one of them.

Sunday, January 9, 1955 — A FEW WORDS by Israel Gitter
David Steinberg Notes:

Original grid entry for 130-Across was SALA; corrected this to SAGA.

Friday, January 14, 1955 by Jack Luzzatto
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 18-Across clue had "Butterfield"; corrected this to "BUtterfield."

Sunday, January 16, 1955 — ZIGS AND ZAGS by H. L. Risteen
David Steinberg Notes:

The NYT incorrectly printed the letter at the 93-Across/88-Down crossing as an N in the answer key. Changed to an L.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 20-Across clue had "duo"; corrected this to "due."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 47-Down clue had comma after "tardes"; removed it.

Sunday, February 13, 1955 — POTPOURRI by W. E. Jones
David Steinberg Notes:

Replaced "Forbus" with the correctly spelled "Faubus" in 14-Down.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 2-Down clue missing umlaut over "e" in "Brontë"; added it.

Friday, February 18, 1955 by Helen Bernard
David Steinberg Notes:

Changed the 55-Down clue from [Word of agreement.] to [Words of agreement.]

Sunday, February 27, 1955 — PEOPLE AND PLACES by William A. Lewis Jr.
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 25-Across clue missing a period after "Secy"; added it. Also, original 6-Down clue had "Terpischore"; corrected it to "Terpsichore."

Thursday, May 26, 1955 by Samuel K. Fliegner
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 36-Down clue had no accent over "a" in "Pâté"; added it.

Friday, June 10, 1955 by Henry A. Wolfe
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 42-Down entry (PELOTA) is incorrect; the pelota is the ball, and the cesta is the wicker basket used in jai alai.

Sunday, June 19, 1955 — COMMENCEMENT by Helen Bernard
David Steinberg Notes:

Original grid had an "S" at crossing of 18-Down and 34-Across; corrected this to an "E."

Thursday, June 30, 1955 by Harold T. Bers
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 1-Down had "Lagend"; corrected this to "Legend."

Sunday, July 10, 1955 — VERY IMPORTANT PERSONS by Jules Arensberg
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 113-Across clue had "Manchausen"; changed to "Munchausen."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 32-Across clue had no period after "Cen"; added it.

Friday, August 19, 1955 by Thomas Meekin
David Steinberg Notes:

Original solution grid had empty white square instead of black square after 47-Across entry; corrected this.

Sunday, August 21, 1955 — PROPER NAMES by Sidney Lambert
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 66-Down clue had "Ttitles"; corrected this.

Monday, August 29, 1955 by Philip G. Rosemond
David Steinberg Notes:

The area of a baseball diamond (35-Across) is 8,100 sq. ft., yet the 180 sq. ft. measure appears in several AREA clues from this time. It's a bit of a mystery.

David Steinberg Notes:

Uncorrectable grid mistake at 33-Down—entry should be ERST.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 26-Across clue had a comma after "artist"; removed it.

Sunday, September 25, 1955 — WORD GAME by Jack Luzzatto
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 93-Across clue had a colon after "pope"; changed it to a semicolon.

David Steinberg Notes:

In 5-Down clue, original accent over the second "e" in "Mendès" was acute instead of grave; corrected it.

Sunday, October 16, 1955 — CHOICE OF WORDS by Charles Baron
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 20-Down clue had "statues"; changed it to "statutes."

Sunday, October 23, 1955 — MUSICALE by George Arguimbau
David Steinberg Notes:

The 94-Across clue may be erroneous: "Il Trovatore" is the opera known for its anvil chorus.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 51-Across clue had "auto biography"; changed it to "autobiography."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 57-Across clue did not have an accent over the "o" in "Asunción"; added it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 32-Across clue had "anthing"; corrected it to "anything."

Sunday, December 4, 1955 — WORD HUNT by Diana Sessions
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 74-Across clue had "Leader"; changed it to "leader."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 16-Across clue had "Lollabridgida"; corrected it to "Lollabrigida."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 38-Across had "Shakespearian"; corrected it to "Shakespearean." Original 8-Down clue had "snobishly"; corrected it to "snobbishly."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 31-Across clue had "Product of cre-"; "ative work" appeared after the clue for 30-Across. Fixed this.

Sunday, January 1, 1956 — SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW by W. S. Lewis Jr.
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 20-Across clue had "Bitter Root range"; changed this to "Bitterroot Range."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 35-Down clue had "state"; corrected it to "State."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 63-Across clue had no accent over the first "e" in "Misérables"; added the accent.

Saturday, February 4, 1956 by Herbert Ettenson
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 30-Down clue had "diplimacy"; corrected it to "diplomacy."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 40-Down clue had "joi"; corrected it to "joie."

Sunday, April 15, 1956 — WORDSMANSHIP by Jack Luzzatto
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 3-Down clue had "Frition"; corrected it to "Friction."

Friday, April 20, 1956 by Sidney Lambert
David Steinberg Notes:

Original solution PDF incorrect—the letter at the 21-Across/15-Down crossing is supposed to be an I, not an L. Corrected this.

Friday, May 4, 1956 by Thomas Meekin
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 7-Across clue had "Coffehouses"; corrected it to "Coffeehouses."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 45-Down clue had "Songhit"; corrected it to "Song hit."

Tuesday, June 5, 1956 by Walt Clark
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 52-Across clue had "Amassador"; corrected it to "Ambassador."

Tuesday, June 12, 1956 by Jack Luzzatto
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 7-Across clue had no comma; added it.

Friday, June 15, 1956 by Jules Arensberg
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 1- through 39-Across clues missing from PDF; clues here are from a reprint of the puzzle in Series 29 Daily Puzzles Crosswords from The Times (Simon and Schuster), puzzle 71.

Monday, July 2, 1956 by Helen Fasulo
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 13-Down clue was "German city. trial city." Changed this to "German trial city."

Tuesday, July 3, 1956 by Walt Clark
David Steinberg Notes:

No underscore in original 9-Down clue after "Cyrano de"; added one.

Sunday, July 8, 1956 — LEXICOGRAPHY by Thomas Meekin
David Steinberg Notes:

Original clues for 86- through 102-Down missing from PDF; clues are from reprint of the puzzle.

Sunday, July 15, 1956 — WORD GAME by Charles Cross
David Steinberg Notes:

Error in original solution PDF: 105-Across was supposed to be NEMO instead of NAME, making 97- and 99-Down MENAGE and ROWED, respectively. Fixed this.

Sunday, July 29, 1956 — VERY IMPORTANT PERSONS by William S. Lewis Jr.
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 18-Across clue had comma after "Essays"; removed it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 17-Across clue had "Lil"; corrected it to "Li'l."

Monday, August 6, 1956 by Helen Fasulo
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 39-Across clue had "Fishook"; corrected it to "Fishhook."

Sunday, August 19, 1956 — HORSE OPERA by Harold T. Bers
David Steinberg Notes:

Original PDF missing clues after 83-Down; clues are from reprint of puzzle in a book. Original 117-Across clue had "B. A."; changed this to "S. A." Original 122-Across clue had "Identation"; corrected this to "Indentation."

Tuesday, August 21, 1956 by A. B. Overholt
David Steinberg Notes:

The actual lyric in 5-Across clue, from "The Ballad of Davy Crockett," should end with "when he was only three," not "when he was three." Did not correct this.

Thursday, September 6, 1956 by Sidney Lambert
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 46-Across clue had "Quandry"; corrected this to "Quandary."

Sunday, September 16, 1956 — POTPOURRI by Grace Hoster
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 91-Down clue was missing in PDF; found clue in a reprint of the puzzle in a book.

Sunday, September 30, 1956 — DO-IT-YOURSELF by Charles E. Gersch
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 91-Down clue had "Boblink"; corrected this to "Bobolink."

David Steinberg Notes:

In original PDF, the "player." portion of 13-Down clue ("Georgetown player.") was printed on a line following the 11-Down clue. Fixed this.

David Steinberg Notes:

Note that 26-Down is misspelled: Edgar Bergen's character is Klinker, not Clinker.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 16-Across clue had acute accents over the first "e"s in "Scènes" and "Bohème"; replaced these with grave accents.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 58-Across clue had "Namessakes"; corrected it to "Namesakes."

Wednesday, December 12, 1956 by Arthur Schulman
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 32-Down clue had "Beglian"; corrected it to "Belgian."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 33-Down clue had "Twas"; corrected it to "'Twas."

Sunday, December 16, 1956 — RHYME TIME by Eugene T. Maleska
David Steinberg Notes:

The NYT incorrectly printed the letter at the 103-Across/98-Down crossing as an L in the answer key. Changed to an H.

Saturday, December 22, 1956 by Madeline Corse
David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 20-Across was for the 22-Across entry and vice versa. Switched the clues to correct this mistake.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 43-Across had "Premiered" with an acute accent over the second "e"; should be a grave accent, but Webster has it with no accent, so removed the accent altogether.

David Steinberg Notes:

In 69-Across, ANNE was clued as "Gusti Huber's role." Huber's role in The Diary of Anne Frank wasn't Anne but Anne's mother, Edith.

Saturday, May 11, 1957 by W. E. Jones
David Steinberg Notes:

In 35-Across, PEARLET is clued as "Small fruit." According to Merriam-Webster, a pearlet is a small pearl, not pear.

Wednesday, May 15, 1957 by Herbert Ettenson
David Steinberg Notes:

In 43-Down, SMILES is clued as "Popular song by Vincent Youmans." "Smiles" appears to have been the name of a Broadway show Youmans worked on, not any specific song from it.

Sunday, May 26, 1957 — SOLVER'S CHOICE by Eugene T. Maleska
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 22-Across had "Caananite"; corrected it to "Canaanite."

Monday, May 27, 1957 by Helen Fasulo
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 50-Down clue had "Blonds"; corrected it to "Blondes."

David Steinberg Notes:

The NYT incorrectly printed the letter at the 65-Across/52-Down crossing as an M in the answer key. Changed to an N.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 17-Across had "bear like"; corrected it to "bearlike."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 59-Across had "portal." twice; deleted one.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 27-Across had "of" twice in succession; deleted one.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 39-Down had "it"; corrected it to "It."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 20-Across had "or"; corrected it to "of."

Monday, January 13, 1958 by Helen Delpar
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 9-Down clue had "Entrepeneur"; corrected it to "Entrepreneur."

Tuesday, January 14, 1958 by A. H. Drummond, Jr.
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 35-Across had no hyphen before "Magnon"; added it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 27-Down had no exclamation point after the underscore; added it.

Wednesday, March 26, 1958 by Walter H. Blum
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 7-Across clue had "100b"; corrected it to "1006."

Friday, March 28, 1958 by A. H. Drummond, Jr.
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 25-Down had "Callender"; corrected it to "Callander."

Monday, April 21, 1958 by Leonard Sussman
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 54-Across had "Put In Bay"; corrected it to "Put-in-Bay."

Sunday, April 27, 1958 — TAKE IT EASY by Grace Hoster
David Steinberg Notes:

Original had two 135-Across clues, one before 134-Across and one after it. The one before 134-Across (Common verb.) fits the 135-Across entry (BEEN); the one after 134-Across (Colored silk sash: Scot.) suggests BENN. No clue in original PDF for 133-Across (ROMANS); clue used came from book.

David Steinberg Notes:

There's an unfixable error at 24-Across/3-Down: The answer key lists an M, and 24-Across makes sense as HEMLOCK, but 3-Down should clearly be HE-MAN rather than HEMAM.

Wednesday, May 7, 1958 by Helen Fasulo
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 25-Down had "substance"; changed it to "Substance."

Thursday, June 5, 1958 by Peter Allen
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 11-Down had "Massachuetts"; corrected it to "Massachusetts."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 52-Across had "mikado"; changed it to "Mikado."

Wednesday, June 11, 1958 by Jan and Mike Dubin
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 54-Across had "popular"; changed it to "Popular."

Monday, June 16, 1958 by Helen Fasulo
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 34-Down had "Coloq."; corrected it to "Colloq."

Saturday, June 28, 1958 by A. H. Drummond, Jr.
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 63-Across had two clues: "Warrant officer: Contr." and "Petty officer:" Used first.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 57-Down had "Trojan's"; corrected it to "Trajan's."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 58-Across had comma outside end quote; put it inside. Original 29-Down was missing underscore; added it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 50-Down had "stertoriously"; corrected it to "stertorously."

Saturday, August 2, 1958 by Jan and Mike Dubin
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 25-Across had "pumpkin," but the line in the poem by James Whitcomb Riley is "The frost is on the punkin . . . "; corrected this.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 66-Across clue had no beginning quotation mark; added it.

Monday, September 1, 1958 by Charles Allen
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 46-Across was missing underscore; added it.

Thursday, September 11, 1958 by Herbert Ettenson
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 20-Down had "strategems"; corrected it to "stratagems."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 59-Across had two underscores ("Give a ___ ___ horse he can ride . . . "; removed one. Same with 48-Down; removed one here, too.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 29-Down had "strategem"; corrected it to "stratagem." Original 40-Down had two underscores; removed one.

Friday, September 26, 1958 by Harold T. Bers
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 14-Across had two underscores; removed one.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 36-Down had "Uncle: Span." for TIA; corrected this to "Aunt: Span."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 51-Across had "strategem"; corrected it to "stratagem." Original 21-Down had "sympton"; corrected it to "symptom."

David Steinberg Notes:

In 21-Across, STAR is clued as "Venus or Vega." Venus is a planet, not a star.

Sunday, November 23, 1958 — FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING by Herbert Ettenson
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 19-Across had "tintinabulation"; corrected this to "tintinnabulation." Original 19-Across also had "tells"; corrected this to "wells."

Also, 138-Across clue reads "A rose is a rose is a rose." Stein herself, however, left off the initial word "A."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 49-Down had "Playright"; corrected it to "Playwright."

Sunday, November 30, 1958 — LITERARY SPOTLIGHT by Roberta Morse
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 43-Down had "milieu"; corrected this to "milieux," since the actual entry is plural.

Sunday, January 18, 1959 — CALLING THE TUNE by W. E. Jones
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 102-Across clue had "Improvizes"; corrected this to "Improvises."

Tuesday, February 24, 1959 by Jules Arensberg
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 3-Down clue had "Predicter"; changed it to "Predictor."

Sunday, April 5, 1959 — ECLECTIC by Harold T. Bers
David Steinberg Notes:

Original solution PDF had incorrect letter (T) at intersection of 71-Across and 51-Down; corrected it to N.

David Steinberg Notes:

31-Down originally had "Ukranian"; corrected it to "Ukrainian."

Sunday, April 19, 1959 — WORDSMANSHIP by Thomas Meekin
David Steinberg Notes:

24-Across originally had "Carrousels"; corrected it to "Carousals."

Friday, April 24, 1959 by A. H. Drummond, Jr.
David Steinberg Notes:

49-Across original had "Anthropologists's"; corrected it to "Anthropologist's."

Sunday, April 26, 1959 — SOLVER'S CHOICE by Sam Lake
David Steinberg Notes:

Grid entry for 127-Across is "OH SAY" but should be "O SAY"; couldn't fix this.

Thursday, May 7, 1959 by Sidney Lambert
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 32-Down clue had two long underscores, one for each word in the entry; removed one.

Sunday, May 31, 1959 — FULL OF FLAVOR by Harold T. Bers
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 77-Across had "physisian"; corrected this to "physician."

Thursday, June 4, 1959 by Jack Luzzatto
David Steinberg Notes:

The same clue, [Smooth-talking.], was erroneously printed for both 6-Across (GLIB) and 6-Down (GRATE). Changed the GRATE clue to [Fireplace.], which was a common GRATE clue in the Farrar era.

Sunday, June 28, 1959 — WORDSMANSHIP by Thomas Meekin
David Steinberg Notes:

Changed the 74-Across clue from [Does a blacksmith's job.] to [Did a blacksmith's job.] for consistency with the answer, UNSHOED.

David Steinberg Notes:

First four clues in original PDF were illegible, but found the same puzzle in a book, and the clues for 1-, 6-, 10-, and 14-Across are from that. Clues (and entries) in books weren't always the same as in the original, and in this case the clue for 1-Across in the original did seem to have "Colloq." at the end of it. But the book clue was simply "Magnate."

Saturday, August 8, 1959 by A. H. Drummond
David Steinberg Notes:

The original 39-Down clue was ["When you ___ a tulip ... "]. Removed the "a" for consistency with the answer, WORE A.

David Steinberg Notes:

"Colloq." was lowercased in original 1-Across clue; capitalized it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 5-Down clue didn't have a hyphen before "frutti"; added it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 19-Across clue had "rythms"; corrected it to "rhythms."

Sunday, November 8, 1959 — PHRASEMAKING by Sidney Lambert
David Steinberg Notes:

Original was faint in parts, so added the following: a comma after "Figuratively" in 1-Across; long underscore after "Grand" in 18-Across.

Sunday, November 15, 1959 — WORDMANSHIP by Jack Luzzatto
David Steinberg Notes:

In original, 65-Across clue was listed as the 56-Across clue, and 67-Across clue was listed as the 65-Across clue; fixed these.

Sunday, November 22, 1959 — A FEW WORDS by William A. Lewis Jr.
David Steinberg Notes:

Original was faint in parts, and clues for 2-, 7-, 8-, and 32-Down seemed like they needed underscores in them, so added these.

David Steinberg Notes:

62-Across clue originally had "across"; capitalized it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 21-Down clue read [Is lacking.]. Changed to [Be lacking.].

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 4-Down clue did not have a hyphen before "Korsakov"; added it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 54-Across clue had "S.M.U.s"; corrected it to "S.M.U.'s."

Sunday, February 14, 1960 — SHALL WE DANCE? by H. L. Risteen
David Steinberg Notes:

Original number of ounces in 66-Across clue was unclear; should be 1/16, so made it that.

Sunday, March 6, 1960 — THE NINE MUSES by Spiro K. Kostof
David Steinberg Notes:

80-Down clue originally had "Kit-cat"; corrected it to "Kit-Cat."

David Steinberg Notes:

45-Down clue, "Tip on a finial," had additional smudged print on original after "finial." Unable to decipher this, so left clue as "Tip on a finial."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 27-Down clue had an umlaut over the "o" in "Brontës"; corrected this by putting it over the "e."

David Steinberg Notes:

18-Across clue had "Earthern"; left it that way, because that could have been what was meant.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 17-Across had "chemists'"; corrected this to "chemist's."

David Steinberg Notes:

The New York Times printed a different solution to the middle section of this puzzle: 34-Across MEETS, 37-Across MIRES, and 39-Across CAN IT. My theory is that Margaret Farrar edited out CAN IT at the last minute, perhaps because she thought it was too rude. CAN IT didn't debut in The Times for another 20 years.

Sunday, July 3, 1960 — CALL TO THE COLORS by Jack Luzzatto
David Steinberg Notes:

Original grid had a T at the 96-Across/79-Down crossing; changed this to an S.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 31-Across clue had "Unmelodius"; corrected this to "Unmelodious."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 1-Across clue had "Pharoah"; corrected this to "Pharaoh."

Sunday, July 24, 1960 — HORTICULTURAL by James Byrne
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 2-Down clue had "Colisonnés"; corrected this to "Cloisonnés."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 37-Across had two "on"s; deleted one of them.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 19-Across had "humming bird"; corrected this to "hummingbird."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 33-Across had "continent" twice; deleted one of them.

Sunday, September 18, 1960 — FITTING AND PROPER by Harold T. Bers
David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 83-Down had "Madison Ave's. customers." Corrected this to "Madison Ave.'s customers."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 30-Across had "Rimsky Korsakov"; corrected this to "Rimsky-Korsakov."

David Steinberg Notes:

The area of a baseball diamond (57-Down) is 8,100 sq. ft., yet the 180 sq. ft. measure appears in several AREA clues from this time. It's a bit of a mystery.

David Steinberg Notes:

Note that the "p" in "Nobel prize" (17-Across) was lowercase in the actual puzzle.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original had clues for 53- and 55-Down in reverse order; corrected this.

David Steinberg Notes:

Number and part of 29-Across clue came between 1- and 5-Across clues; moved the number and part down to where the 29-Across clue was supposed to be. All that was there in the original was the remainder of the 29-Across clue, with no number. Fixed everything.

Sunday, November 27, 1960 — MACARONIC by Herbert Ettenson
David Steinberg Notes:

The NYT incorrectly printed the letter at the 45-Across/45-Down crossing as an E in the answer key. Changed to an F. Also, clue for 47-Across, "Vanity case." for ENTOUTCAS (which is French for "in any case") seems odd; did not change it.

Sunday, December 11, 1960 — MEMORY PIECE by Tom Mixon
David Steinberg Notes:

No author or title on original, but found the same puzzle in a book with this author and title, so added them. Also, the NYT incorrectly printed the letter at the 71-Across/57-Down crossing as an E in the answer key. Changed to an A.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 52-Across had "Mazzel"; corrected it to "Mazel."

David Steinberg Notes:

No end quote in original clue for 46-Down; added it.

David Steinberg Notes:

In the original 6-Down clue, "Stratagem" was spelled "Strategem"; corrected spelling.

David Steinberg Notes:

In the original 13-Across clue, "medieval" was spelled "medevial"; corrected spelling.

David Steinberg Notes:

In the original 57-Down clue, "Caribbean" was spelled "Carribbean"; corrected spelling.

Sunday, February 19, 1961 — ALL THINGS CONSIDERED by Lavengro
David Steinberg Notes:

In the original 27-Across clue, "Kit-Cat Club" was spelled "Kit-cat Club"; corrected spelling.

David Steinberg Notes:

In the original 14-Across clue, "Bathsheba's" was spelled "Bath-sheba's"; corrected spelling.

Friday, March 3, 1961 by Louise Earnest
David Steinberg Notes:

In the original 23-Across clue, "Fauntleroy's" was spelled "Fauntelroy's"; corrected spelling.

David Steinberg Notes:

The original clues for 18-Down and 55-Down were unclear. 18-Down looked like it could have been "Company for a Donut"; made it that. 55-Down seemed to have "&" as the first word, plus one letter after that. Made it "&c."—a clue for "Etc." in the 1/1/61 puzzle.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 66-Across had A with a superscript 1. Could not do this in Across Lite, so made it A'.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 47-Down had "Indian"; changed it to "India."

Sunday, April 9, 1961 — CENTENNIAL by Diana Sessions
David Steinberg Notes:

Solution to this puzzle had ILED for 24-Across but should have had ILES (and OVIS for 3-Down instead of OVID). Corrected this grid mistake.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 24-Across had "Gettsyburg"; corrected it to "Gettysburg."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 29-Across had "Haddocks's"; changed it to "Haddock's."

David Steinberg Notes:

In the original, the last Across clue should have been numbered 59 but was 69; fixed this.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 5-Down had "Soliders"; corrected this to "Soldiers."

Sunday, May 7, 1961 — COLLATION by Sandy Graf
David Steinberg Notes:

In the original, the number and clue for 14-Down was listed below the number and clue for 15-Down; switched them to correct this.

David Steinberg Notes:

Entry for 38-Across—NOVAS—was clued as "New stars." Although the name "nova" means "new," novas aren't new—they occur after a star becomes a neutron star, which happens rather late in a star's life.

David Steinberg Notes:

The NYT incorrectly printed KENESAWMOUNTAIN in the answer key; the correct answer should have been KENNESAWMOUNTAIN. Unable to fix.

David Steinberg Notes:

Entry for 36-Down—ENS—was clued as "Half picas, in printing." Picas are absolute sizes, whereas ens are relative sizes and depend on the type size used.

Sunday, June 11, 1961 — OLD AND NEW by Threba Johnson
David Steinberg Notes:

Original number and clue for 51-Down were buried in the middle of the 73-Down clue.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 4-Down had "Diminuitive"; corrected it to "Diminutive."

David Steinberg Notes:

The original clue for 35-Across was [Stable fare.], which suggests the answer OATS. OATS would conflict with the down answer SORRY, though, so I changed the clue to one that suggests the actual answer (RATS).

Sunday, October 22, 1961 — HOUSE PARTY by Diana R. Sessions
David Steinberg Notes:

The NYT incorrectly printed the letter at the 49-Across/35-Down crossing as an M in the answer key. Changed to an N.

Sunday, December 3, 1961 — WORD GAME by A. H. Drummond Jr.
David Steinberg Notes:

In the original clue for 39-Across, "Liège" had an acute accent over the first e; corrected this to make it grave.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 11-Down had "Mischevous"; corrected this to "Mischievous."

Sunday, December 24, 1961 — FOR YULETIDE by Jules Arensberg
David Steinberg Notes:

The NYT incorrectly printed the letter at the 130-Across/123-Down crossing as an S in the answer key. Changed to an E and changed the original 123-Down clue, "Bug Spray," to one that was common at the time for DDE, "Presidential monogram."

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 45-Across in PDF was "Philas Fogg, for one." Changed "Philas" to "Phileas."

Sunday, February 4, 1962 — TIMELY TOPICS by Hume R. Craft
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 47-Across was "Marksman." Changed it to "Marksmen."

Thursday, February 22, 1962 by Brice Metcalfe
David Steinberg Notes:

In clue for 2-Down, "buoyancy" was spelled "bouyancy" in the PDF. Corrected it.

Monday, April 16, 1962 by Thomas Meekin
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 9-Down was "Illiadic herald." Changed it to "Iliadic herald."

Friday, May 4, 1962 by Louis Sabin
David Steinberg Notes:

The NYT incorrectly printed the letter at the 5-Across/5-Down crossing as an E in the answer key. Changed to a P.

Sunday, May 20, 1962 — FOOD FOR THOUGHT by A. J. Santora
David Steinberg Notes:

Possible NYT factual error. A solver notes that Cabot was part of a "Company of Merchant Adventurers," but it wasn't that one. Cabot was born in 1474 and died in 1557. There was a "Company of Merchant Adventurers of London," which was founded in 1407. Starting in 1689, that company was informally referred to as the "Hamburg Company." Unclear how Cabot could have had any connection to that organization. Left clue as in the original, however.

Thursday, June 14, 1962 by Louise Earnest
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 20-Across was "Cogito, Ergo ___." Changed it to "Cogito, ergo ___."

Saturday, June 23, 1962 by Jack Luzzatto
David Steinberg Notes:

Second word of 3-Down clue for AMBERGRIS was illegible but had a straight vertical line and "base" fit, so made it "Perfume base." Also, clues 58-Down and 60-Down were not in correct order in PDF; changed them to make correct.

David Steinberg Notes:

This puzzle was titled "Full of Facts" when reprinted in a book, which is ironic because Anna Gram is a pseudonym!

Sunday, July 29, 1962 — FOR BOOKKEEPERS by Eugene T. Maleska
David Steinberg Notes:

Entries for 55-Across and 55-Down were incorrect (WASTES/WARD); corrected them to BASTES/BARD. Also, entries for 80-Across and 69-Down were incorrect (ACHE/GLUE); corrected them to ACHT/GLUT.

Saturday, August 18, 1962 by Eugene T. Maleska
David Steinberg Notes:

When this puzzle ran, Hawaii had been a state for nearly 3 years, so the 64-Across clue is erroneous.

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 63-Across was "___ Shah Pahl-lavi." Corrected it to "___ Shah Pahlavi."

David Steinberg Notes:

Entry for 22-Across ("Robert E. Lee's horse.") was TRAVELER but should have been TRAVELLER.

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 58-Down (ALE) looked like "Brown October" and was clearly unfinished. Inserted a blank at the end, since quote is likely referring to the song "Brown October Ale."

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 33-Down had two "with"s. Eliminated one of them.

David Steinberg Notes:

56-Across clue had "Certain" capitalized in original; assumed this was an error and changed it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Entry for 8-Down (OPRY) was clued as "Grand Old ___." Corrected it to "Grand Ole ___."

David Steinberg Notes:

A solver questioned the NYT's original 57-Across clue, "Expression of assent.," for UHUH, noting that this was the only appearance of the answer UHUH in a pre-Shortz puzzle, though it has appeared 39 times in Shortz-era puzzles, always clued as "Nope," "No way," or some variant. UHHUH, however, has appeared 27 times (4 times pre-Shortz) and has always been clued as an affirmative. Assumed the 57-Across clue was a NYT mistake and changed "assent" to "dissent."

David Steinberg Notes:

Solution to this puzzle was missing from paper and was solution for 12/7/62 puzzle instead.

Sunday, December 9, 1962 — BACKGROUND MUSIC by Barbara L. Golub
David Steinberg Notes:

Solution to this puzzle was not in the paper.

Sunday, December 16, 1962 — AROUND THE WORLD by Mary Grow
David Steinberg Notes:

This puzzle actually appeared on Saturday, December 15, 1962, but originally may have been intended for Sunday and run early because of the strike. Assumed this was the case and dated it December 16, 1962. No puzzle or solution was in the 12/16/62 paper because of the strike.

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 1-Across had "Sign" instead of "sign"; corrected this. Also, unlike most puzzles of this time, the puzzle did not have periods after the clues. Left them out.

Tuesday, December 18, 1962 by Sidney Lambert
David Steinberg Notes:

For 37-Across, the number and part of the clue were missing—all that was there was: weary?" Added: "___ thou (to make it "___ thou weary?").

David Steinberg Notes:

Puzzle had no periods after clues, so left them out.

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 32-Across was missing close quote and had two blanks instead of one. Added close quote and deleted one blank. Also, clue for 27-Down was listed between 31-Down and 33-Down and included part of clue for 31-Down. Fixed all of this. Finally, some clues in this puzzle had periods, but others didn't. Added periods to clues without them for uniformity.

Friday, December 21, 1962 by William F. Bulow
David Steinberg Notes:

Clues for 40-Across and 52-Across were missing close quotes. Added them. Also, there was no clue for 32-Down (WORSE), so put one in ("Not as good.").

Saturday, December 22, 1962 by Kathryn Righter
David Steinberg Notes:

Number and clue for 23-Down were missing. 21-Down had two clues stuck together ("Singular traveled in a certain vehicle")—should have been "Singer" (not "Singular" plus the rest) for 21-Down and "Traveled in a certain vehicle" for 23-Down. The latter was the missing clue for 23-Down. 39-Down was misnumbered 38-Down. Number and clue for 38-Down were missing. Added "Irritating." as the clue for 38-Down. Also, added periods to all the clues that were missing them.

Tuesday, December 25, 1962 by Brice Metcalfe
David Steinberg Notes:

Puzzle and solution were from a book. No paper appears to have been published on 12/25/62.

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 11-Down had "pribilof"; changed it to "Pribilof."

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 22-Down, ERNS, was missing. Added clue: "Sea birds."

Tuesday, January 8, 1963 by Anthony Morse
David Steinberg Notes:

Added umlaut to "Brontës" in 61-Down clue.

Wednesday, January 9, 1963 by Louise Earnest
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 40-Across clue was "___ seqitur." Changed it to "___ sequitur." Original 47-Across clue for MATES was "Certain seaman." Changed it to "Certain seamen." Original 59-Down clue for GCD was truncated to "Abbreviation in." Changed it to "Abbreviation in arithmetic."

David Steinberg Notes:

28-Across clue "Theatrical streak" clue for HAM seems odd. One litzer suggested that "steak" might have been meant instead. Unlike most other puzzles of this era, this one did not include periods after the clues, so they were left out.

Friday, January 11, 1963 by Joseph LaFauci
David Steinberg Notes:

Unlike most other puzzles of this era, this puzzle did not include periods after the clues, so they were left out.

Saturday, January 12, 1963 by Leonard Sussman
David Steinberg Notes:

Solution PDF had TOME instead of GONE, which fit the clues. Changed TOME to GONE. Perhaps the editor was trying to eliminate the duplication of GO in ONGO and GONE.

Monday, January 14, 1963 by Helen Fasulo
David Steinberg Notes:

Solution PDF had ODAS, ALPS, and DEAN instead of ONIT, MINT, and ETON, as the clues suggest. Changed the grid. 14-Across clue was "Military Acronym." Changed it to "Military acronym." 65-Across clue was "Vicuna's habitat." Added the tilde above the "n."

Tuesday, January 15, 1963 by James E. Hinish, Jr.
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 32-Across, DELE, was "Printer's sing." Changed it to "Printer's sign."

Wednesday, January 16, 1963 by Christine Valence
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 43-Down, WHIGS, was "Zachary Taylor." Changed it to "Zachary Taylor's party."

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 42-Down was "Red cloth used by fullfighters." Changed it to "Red cloth used by bullfighters."

Monday, January 21, 1963 by Norma Schier
David Steinberg Notes:

The clue for 30-Across was listed twice in the print version.

David Steinberg Notes:

The clue for 8-Down was "Most famous of the Gorgon's." Changed it to "Most famous of the Gorgons."

Tuesday, January 29, 1963 by H. L. Risteen
David Steinberg Notes:

There was no clue or number for 28-Down, DERIDES, in the print version. Added clue: "Mocks."

Thursday, January 31, 1963 by Jan and Mike Dubin
David Steinberg Notes:

The clue for 48-Down was "Skiiers's playgrounds." Changed it to "Skiers' playgrounds."

David Steinberg Notes:

The clue for 26-Down was "Po tributary. tary." Removed the extra "tary." The clue for 40-Down was "Everglades Indian. aide." Removed the "aide" and added it to the end of the clue for 43-Down, which was "Bookmaking" and is now "Bookmaking aide."

Monday, February 18, 1963 by Joseph LaFauci
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 21-Across was "___ francaise." Added the cedilla to the "c." Clue for 30-Down was "Where maitres teach." Added the circumflex to the "i."

Thursday, February 21, 1963 by Jan and Mike Dubin
David Steinberg Notes:

PDF solution to this puzzle was incorrect — it was actually the solution to the 2/7/63 puzzle. The solution to this puzzle was incorrectly listed as the solution to the 2/22/63 puzzle.

Friday, February 22, 1963 by Charles E. Gersch
David Steinberg Notes:

Puzzle and solution in paper completely wrong. Solution was to 2/21/63 puzzle, and puzzle was the 2/8/63 puzzle.

The book from which this puzzle came presented the puzzles in mostly sequential order, and this one was sandwiched in between the ones that actually ran in the paper on days preceding and following 2/22/63. There was no record of this puzzle anywhere in the PDFs or the PSPP records, so this puzzle by Charles E. Gersch was almost certainly published on that date.

Saturday, March 2, 1963 by Diana Sessions
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 13-Across, HONEYBEE, was "What 'desert' means." This was probably supposed to be "What 'Deseret' means." Made that change. Clue for 43-Down was "Makes eye (at)." Changed to "Makes eyes (at)."

Tuesday, March 12, 1963 by Jan and Mike Dubin
David Steinberg Notes:

The clue for 46-Across was the same as its answer! Replaced the 46-Across clue with a common clue from the pre-Shortz era.

David Steinberg Notes:

No solution in paper; solution from a book and matches grid and first few clues.

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 32-Across was "Lady in the 'Faerie Queene.'" This should be "Lady in 'The Faerie Queene'" but was not changed.

David Steinberg Notes:

Error in the solution PDF—the crossing of 27-Across and 14-Down was supposed to be an E rather than an A. Made this change.

Sunday, May 5, 1963 — READIN' AND WRITIN' by Paula Bauersmith
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 49-Down was missing. Added clue: "Tres ___." In keeping with the style of most puzzles then, did not put the accent over the "e."

Sunday, June 9, 1963 — HOUSEHOLD WORDS by Sidney Lambert
David Steinberg Notes:

Original grid had an H at the 14-Across/17-Down crossing; changed it to a T.

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 27-Down was "Lewis Carrol creature." Changed it to "Lewis Carroll creature." Clue for 34-Down is correct per the PDF, though it seems like it ought to have been "Mars prefix." Clue for 49-Down was "Perserving solution." Changed it to "Preserving solution."

David Steinberg Notes:

In the solution grid, 55-Down and 68-Across had a "D" that should have been an "M." Made the correction.

Sunday, June 16, 1963 — WORDCRAFT by Jan and Mike Dubin
David Steinberg Notes:

Some of the rightmost Across clues and the Down clues beneath them in the PDF were cut off but were inferable.

David Steinberg Notes:

A solver notes that the 61-Across answer, VOA, should not have been clued as a "Well-known radio station," pointing out that VOA is not a station but rather an agency, organization, outfit, or group. Left clue as in the original.

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 15-Across, IN LAW, was "Mother: ___." Changed this to "Mother-___."

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 31-Down was "Brainstorms, for for example." Removed the extra "for."

David Steinberg Notes:

Last word of clue for 33-Across, RAH, was illegible — "Exclamation of [?]" Changed it to "Exclamation of approval."

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 11-Down was listed out of order, between clues for 13-Down and 18-Down. Clue for 59-Down, TOV, was "Mazzel ___." Changed it to "Mazel ___."

Saturday, November 30, 1963 by Samuel K. Fliegner
David Steinberg Notes:

Solution grid had error at 63-Across. Clue was "Utopian." and solution had PARASITIC. Affected crossings, 52-Down and 64-Down, were clued for PARADISIC to be the correct word there. Made this change.

Sunday, December 22, 1963 — SEASON'S GREETINGS by Brice Metcalfe
David Steinberg Notes:

PDF had a grid error — the letter in the 12-Down/64-Across crossing should have been an S instead of a D. Made this correction.

Sunday, January 12, 1964 — ANYBODY CAN PLAY by John Byrne
David Steinberg Notes:

The NYT incorrectly had a singular clue ("Senior member.") for DOYENS at 107-Across. Changed to "Senior members." Also, the NYT incorrectly had a plural clue ("Family members.") for MOM at 110-Across. Changed to "Family member."

Thursday, January 23, 1964 by Joseph S. Crowell
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 43-Down was "Chile con ___." Changed it to "Chili con ___."

Tuesday, January 28, 1964 by Helen H. Kamerling
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 3-Down was "Novice skiier." Changed it to "Novice skier."

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 4-Down, I MY, was "'Am ___ my brother's keeper?'" Changed it to "'Am ___ brother's keeper?'"

Sunday, March 8, 1964 — JUDGE FOR YOURSELF by Barbara L. Golub
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 69-Across was "How jurors get payed." Changed it to "How jurors get paid."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original entry for 9-Down was incorrect: LIGTH UP. It couldn't be corrected, though, because the two crosses are correct with the error in place.

Sunday, March 15, 1964 — CONNECTING LINKS by Ruth W. Smith
David Steinberg Notes:

Unclear whether clue for 15-Across — "First principals." — is an intentional pun or the common principle/principal mistake. The 23-Across clue has an intentional pun, so that seems possible.

Sunday, March 29, 1964 — BESTIARY by Leonard Sussman
David Steinberg Notes:

Original solution had an error at 85-Across/66-Down (GOO instead of MOO); fixed it.

Sunday, July 5, 1964 — 'STEPQUOTE' SPECIALTY by Eugene T. Maleska
Jim Horne Notes:

The stepquote reads, "Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers."

This is Mr. Maleska's first stepquote puzzle for the Times.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 1-Down clue was "Demonination: Abbr."; seemed like it should be "Denomination" (as in Christian denomination for Methodist), so changed it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 47-Down is likely a mistake and probably should read "Tin Pan Alley group."

David Steinberg Notes:

42-Down entry is BEDLOE, but it should have been BEDLOES, since the correct name was Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island).

David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 54-Down was missing, so added one (a one-word clue, like many in this puzzle).

Sunday, August 30, 1964 — GENERALLY SPEAKING by Anne Fox
David Steinberg Notes:

Original solution had 3 grid mistakes: ONION (instead of ADIOS) at 27-Across, DTD (instead of DND) at 33-Across, and LIFERS (instead of LIVERS) at 57-Across. Fixed all these.

(Note that the clues for the entries were correct in the original—just not the entries themselves.)

David Steinberg Notes:

Solution PDF had a mistake in 49-Across — the second letter was supposed to be an E but wasn't; fixed it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 15-Across should have read "Put-in-Bay."

David Steinberg Notes:

In 31-Across, "Sylvia" is usually spelled "Silvia."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 30-Down clue had incorrect accent over "Molière"; fixed it.

Sunday, May 2, 1965 — "STEPQUOTE" SPECIALTY by Eugene T. Maleska
Jim Horne Notes:

The stepquote reads, "Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted as wise."

Sunday, May 30, 1965 — WORDS AND WORDS by Bernice Gordon
Jim Horne Notes:

Bernice Gorden is often credited with inventing the crossword rebus (this is her first) but there were predecessors in the 1950s.

Sunday, July 4, 1965 — "STEPQUOTE" SPECIALTY by Eugene T. Maleska
Jim Horne Notes:

The stepquote reads, "I'm not a politician, and my other habits are good."

David Steinberg Notes:

The 55-Across clue is erroneous: Columbus's last journey was in 1502, which would be MDII in Roman numerals as opposed to MLII

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 35-Down clue had "letter"; someone wrote in the "s" by hand. Changed clue to have "letters."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 18-Across clue had "ponoun"; corrected it to "pronoun." Original 6-Down clue had "Gardenn"; corrected it to "Garden."

David Steinberg Notes:

Some clues were jumbled in the original; fixed them.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original had jumbled clue lines at 55- to 58-Across and duplication of clue fragment from 4-Down; fixed this.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 48-Across clue had "Musical's"; changed it to "Musial's."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original had no clue for 11-Down, so added one.

Sunday, December 5, 1965 — "STEPQUOTE" SPECIALTY by Eugene T. Maleska
Jim Horne Notes:

The stepquote reads, "Great things are done when men and mountains meet."

David Steinberg Notes:

In original, "colony" from 68-Across clue was on the line before; fixed this.

Sunday, February 6, 1966 — SUFFICIENT UNTO THE DAY by Will Weng
David Steinberg Notes:

The NYT incorrectly printed the letter at the 101-Across/81-Down crossing as an B in the answer key. Changed to an S.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 26-Across clue had "Talf"; corrected it to "Talk."

David Steinberg Notes:

The solution PDF incorrectly listed the letter at the intersection of 19-Across/10-Down as a T; corrected it to a J.

Sunday, May 15, 1966 — READY TO WEAR by William Lutwiniak
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 13-Down had "Frankfort's"; changed it to "Frankfurt's."

David Steinberg Notes:

In 63-Across, Entebbe is clued as the capital of UGANDA, but by the time Uganda became an independent nation in 1962 (4 years before this puzzle was published), the capital had already moved to Kampala.

Sunday, June 5, 1966 — A NUMBER OF THINGS by Hume R. Craft
David Steinberg Notes:

Original had a grid mistake: E instead of U in 79-Across answer (NESSES instead of NESSUS). Fixed this.

David Steinberg Notes:

There were two 65-Across clues listed one right after the other in the original. One had "Torn," and the other had "Let"; either can elicit the answer RENT. Chose "Torn."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original was missing the clue for 10-Across. Looked like there could have been an underscore, so went with "___-yourself." (a clue Margaret had used).

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 43-Down clue had "Ukranian"; corrected it to "Ukrainian."

Sunday, September 4, 1966 — FOR STAY-AT-HOMES by William Lutwiniak
David Steinberg Notes:

Original solution for 103-Across had ODE instead of CODE. There was an extra block where the C should be. Fixed this.

Sunday, September 25, 1966 — "STEPQUOTE," PUNNY STYLE by Eugene Maleska
Jim Horne Notes:

The stepquote reads, "Is it harder to toot or to tutor two tooters to toot?"

Sunday, November 13, 1966 — GOOD SPORT by Anthony Morse
David Steinberg Notes:

The NYT incorrectly printed 127-Across as MOORS in the answer key. Changed to COOTS. Perhaps Margaret Farrar changed MOORS to COOTS at the last minute.

Sunday, November 20, 1966 — WORD GAME by William A. Lewis Jr.
David Steinberg Notes:

The solution PDF contained an error at 105-Across/88-Down: The letter at that square is supposed to be an I, not a T.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 15-Across clue had "Apochryphal"; corrected it to "Apocryphal."

Sunday, January 22, 1967 — DIDDLE DIDDLE DUMPLING by Barbara Golub
David Steinberg Notes:

Original had printing problems with the clue for 86-Across — part of the clue was cut off ("Namesakes o . . . Italian queen . . ."); this was the best guess as to what it was. The same was true of the clue for 88-Across ("John O'Neele . . . a potherb.").

David Steinberg Notes:

Error in original PDF solution at 65-Across — said "PLAY" but should have been "PRAY." Corrected this.

Sunday, June 11, 1967 — DOWN THE GARDEN PATH by Paula Bauersmith
David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 113-Across had two "in"s ("in in a way"); deleted one of them.

Saturday, June 17, 1967 by Sara V. Tuckerman
David Steinberg Notes:

Errors in original PDF solution — 1-Down had COOF instead of COOT, and 19-Across had FALL instead of TALL. Corrected these.

Sunday, July 2, 1967 — "STEPQUOTE" by Eugene T. Maleska
Jim Horne Notes:

The stepquote reads, "Better three hours too soon than a minute too late."

Tuesday, August 15, 1967 by William Lutwiniak
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 7-Down has factual mistake — an axon is a nerve-cell part, not a nerve-cell process. Did not change this.

Sunday, August 20, 1967 — MOMENT MUSICAL by Sidney Lambert
David Steinberg Notes:

The title in the original is "Moment Musical," so title here is not a mistake.

Sunday, September 3, 1967 — "SLIDE-QUOTE" by Eugene T. Maleska
David Steinberg Notes:

The following note originally appeared under the byline:

(Featuring a quotation reading diagonally, top-left to bottom-right, from Longfellow's "A Psalm of Life.")

Jim Horne Notes:

The slide-quote reads, "Learn to labor and to wait."

Sunday, September 10, 1967 — WORDPLAY by William A. Lewis, Jr.
David Steinberg Notes:

The solution PDF contained an error: The letter at 114-Across/98-Down is supposed to be an O, not an E. Fixed this.

Sunday, November 5, 1967 — FOR PHRASEMAKERS by Bert Beaman
David Steinberg Notes:

Error in the original PDF solution grid, which was asymmetric at 35-Across, though the actual puzzle was symmetrical. Fixed this.

Sunday, November 26, 1967 — AFTER THE FEAST IS OVER by Will Weng
David Steinberg Notes:

Many missing periods at ends of clues in original; added them. Missing ellipsis in original clue for 97-Across; added it. Replaced period with colon in original clues for 112- and 140-Across; added colons in 9- and 37-Down; left clue for 98-Across as it was rather than change it to "Tsk-tsk!" — seemed to be onomatopoeic spelling of actual clucking noise and was also clearly the clue; changed punctuation of 101-Across; changed 64-Down "Regions Abb" to "Regions: Abbr."; added umlaut over "o" in "Köln"; added period to "Atl" in 70-Down.

David Steinberg Notes:

In 17-Across, changed "Home" to "home."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original solution grid had JANE/JUGER at 32-Across/32-Down; corrected this to LANE/LUGER.

David Steinberg Notes:

9-Down is misspelled.

Sunday, December 24, 1967 — FEAST OF WORDS by Frances Hansen
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 77-Across clue had "at five." at end for the entry "RISE AT"; removed the "at" in the clue.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 33-Across clue, "Diva Lucretia.", is incorrect — it should be "Diva Lucrezia." Left it as was.

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue was 18-Across is incorrect — the Braves were in Atlanta by 1968. Left clue as it was.

Sunday, February 18, 1968 — AS YOU LIKE IT by Pamela V-W Wood
David Steinberg Notes:

50-Across clue may be incorrect — LARS appears to be just a name that happened to be used by some kings.

Jim Horne Notes:

This is the first double pangram published in the NYT.

Sunday, June 30, 1968 — "STEPQUOTE" by Eugene T. Maleska
Jim Horne Notes:

The stepquote reads, "The achievement of justice is an endless process."

Sunday, September 29, 1968 — WHAT'S YOUR LINE? by Arnold Moss
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 39-Down entry, "TOO DARK," is "Overexposed." This probably should have been "Underexposed." Left it as it was.

Sunday, November 17, 1968 — ANAGRAMUSICANA by Barbara Golub
David Steinberg Notes:

Original solution grid had mistake at 87-Across: ADEPT instead of A DEBT; changed it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original solution grid had DANGLES at 61-Across instead of DANGLED; changed it.

Sunday, December 15, 1968 — CENTER OF ATTRACTION by Diana Sessions
David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 89-Across had "narwahl"; corrected it to "narwhal."

Sunday, January 19, 1969 — "STEPQUOTE" by Eugene T. Maleska
Jim Horne Notes:

The stepquote reads, "Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 30-Down clue had "Shakespearian"; changed it to "Shakespearean."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 7-Down clue had "Shakespearian"; changed it to "Shakespearean."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 49-Across clue had "Shakespearian"; changed it to "Shakespearean."

Sunday, May 25, 1969 — "STEPQUOTE" by Eugene T. Maleska
Jim Horne Notes:

The stepquote reads, "The man who can make hard things easy is the educator."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 13-Down had "Field's"; changed it to "Fields's."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 19-Down had "Crys"; corrected it to "Cries." Original clues for 21- and 25-Down were in reverse order; corrected this.

Sunday, August 3, 1969 — RIDDLES by Frances Hansen
David Steinberg Notes:

Original clues for 130- and 134-Across, and for 41-, 62-, 90-, and 107-Down, did not have question marks at the ends of them; added question marks.

Sunday, November 2, 1969 — WORD ASSORTMENT by William A. Lewis Jr.
David Steinberg Notes:

Original solution grid had TWIG at 98-Across instead of SWIG; corrected this.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original solution grid had BOOKNORMS at 35-Down instead of BOOKWORMS and BARTON at 55-Across instead of BARTOW; made corrections.

Sunday, January 4, 1970 — ANOTHER YEAR by Frances Hansen
David Steinberg Notes:

Original solution grid had AZA at 40-Across; corrected this to ANA. Original clue for 120-Across had "Aint"; changed this to "Ain't."

David Steinberg Notes:

The original clue for 21-Across TOTE was ["___ that bale!"]. I corrected it to ["___ that barge!"]. Thanks for catching this, Barbara Cherington!

Saturday, January 24, 1970 by Arthur Schulman
David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 48-Down had "philosophy" added to it instead of to the end of 49-Down; corrected this.

Sunday, February 1, 1970 — COUNTDOWN by Herbert Ettenson
David Steinberg Notes:

Note that the I in 24-Across is actually a 1 in both directions, unlike several other one-directional 1s.

Sunday, February 8, 1970 — CITY LANDMARKS by Marjorie K. Collins
David Steinberg Notes:

Original solution grid had DDT at 37-Across instead of DDE; corrected this.

Sunday, April 5, 1970 — TWO-WAY MIDDLES by Joan DeRosso
David Steinberg Notes:

Original solution grid had SANDE at 55-Across instead of SANDS and AREE at 43-Down instead of ARES; corrected this.

Sunday, May 3, 1970 — MERRY MONTH by Barbara H. Lewis
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 72-Down clue had "chair" instead of "cheer"; fixed this.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 9-Down clue had "Field's"; changed this to "Fields's."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 41-Across had "Washington on gallery"; corrected this to "Washington gallery." Original clue for 9-Down had "Roulete"; corrected this to "Roulette." Original clue for 11-Down had "Shakespearian"; changed this to "Shakespearean."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 41-Across clue had "Advantage"; changed to "advantage." Original 6-Down clue had "Bomb"; changed to "bomb." Original 21-Down clue had "The"; changed to "the." Original 45-Down clue had "Cake"; changed to "-cake."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 41-Down clue had "The"; changed it to "the." Original 62-Down had "Sat."; changed it to "Lat."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 32-Down clue had "Daskboard"; corrected this to "Dashboard." Also, original 10-Down clue had "rule"; corrected this to "mule."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 44-Down clue had "flavor ring"; changed to "flavoring."

Sunday, June 14, 1970 — WORDS IN PLACE by William Lutwiniak
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 71-Across clue had "is"; changed to "Is."

Sunday, June 21, 1970 — STEPQUOTE by Eugene T. Maleska
Jim Horne Notes:

The stepquote reads, "Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament."

Sunday, July 12, 1970 — WISE WORDS by Jennie Lemmo
David Steinberg Notes:

See Joseph LaFauci's biography for details on the Jennie Lemmo connection.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 49-Down clue had "lunn"; changed to "Lunn."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 11-Down clue had "Alleghany"; corrected to "Allegheny."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 21-Across clue had "Soh"; changed to "Soho."

David Steinberg Notes:

Entry for 42-Across is ERL, but "erlkonig" is one word; left as it was.

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 32-Across has "Orfant," but this should be "Orphant." Left as it was.

Sunday, January 17, 1971 — CHOOSE YOUR WEAPONS by H. L. Risteen
David Steinberg Notes:

Original solution grid for 122-Across/98-Down crossing had the last letter as a black square instead of an S; corrected this.

Sunday, February 21, 1971 — STEPQUOTE by Eugene T. Maleska
Jim Horne Notes:

The stepquote reads, "Imagination is more important than knowledge."

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 6-Down is as it appeared in the original but probably should have been "Mexican crabs" instead, since ARANAS means spiders in Spanish and can also refer to spider crabs. Clue probably should have ended with a question mark too, but left it as it was.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original solution grid had DIB and BATES at 1-Down/16-Across; corrected this to DID and DATES.

Sunday, April 25, 1971 — FIRST READER by Nancy W. Atkinson
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 65-Down is as it appeared in the original, though the "to" shouldn't be there, since the answer is YEARS TO.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original solution grid had ELONGATED at 29-Across and DAY SO at 32-Down; corrected these to ELONGATES and SAY SO, respectively.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 26-Down clue was "Hiding place" (probably because LIAR was confused with LAIR); replaced this clue with "Perjurer" (to go along with the LIAR entry).

David Steinberg Notes:

Entry for 27-Down, FANNY, is incorrect and can't be changed to what it should be (FANNIE, since 1938).

Tuesday, November 9, 1971 by Joli Quentin Kansil
David Steinberg Notes:

The 29-Down clue is mentioned in Will Weng's obituary: On one occasion, a puzzle he edited described Nick Etten, a competent but rather obscure first baseman, as a "Yankee Great." To call such a person a "Yankee Great" in New York is a dangerous business and there were letters to Mr. Weng asking how dare he put Mr. Etten in the same dugout with Joe DiMaggio. "Some unsympathetic solvers suggested I was the type of person who could be expected to define Marv Throneberry as a Met Great," he wrote. "Or Marion Davies as a memorable star."

Sunday, December 5, 1971 — BRIGHTWORK by Hume R. Craft
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 111-Down is as it appeared in original, but the actual quote from the movie "Casablanca" is "Play it, Sam."

Sunday, January 2, 1972 — OFF AND REELING by Frances Hansen
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 134-Down clue had "Castle"; changed to "Caste."

David Steinberg Notes:

Original 15-Across clue had "Roger's"; corrected this to "Rogers's."

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 52-Down is as it appeared, but "'What's My Line'" should be "'What's My Line?'"

Sunday, April 23, 1972 — STEPQUOTE by Eugene T. Maleska
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 9-Down is as it appeared, but "millenium" should have been spelled "millennium."

Jim Horne Notes:

The stepquote reads, "There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved."

David Steinberg Notes:

Entry for 64-Across, ESER, may have been a mistake — constructor may have meant ESUS.

Sunday, September 24, 1972 — ANIMAL WORLD by George Rose Smith
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 5-Down is as it appeared, with "Zeider," but this should have been "Zuider."

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 39-Across is as it appeared, with "Triste," but this should have been "Trieste."

Sunday, January 28, 1973 — NAMING NAMES by Tanaquil Le Clercq
David Steinberg Notes:

The published byline is a misprint. The correct constructor name is Tanaquil Le Clercq as shown here.

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 70-Across is as it appeared, with "untouchable," but this should have been "Untouchable."

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 9-Down is as it appeared, but "language" should have been "languages" — Kiowa-Tanoan is a family of languages.

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 31-Down is as it appeared, but "Fail" should have had an acute accent over the a.

Sunday, February 25, 1973 — DAFFY EDIBLES by Arnold Moss
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 139-Across is as it appeared, but "marbles" should be "Marbles." Clue for 5-Down is as it appeared, but "'woes'" should be "'woe.'"

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 30-Down is as it appeared, though it should be "Estonian county"; the (big) island is Saaremaa.

Sunday, March 4, 1973 — IMPROPER NAMES by Eugene T. Maleska
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 11-Down is as it appeared, but "1969-68" should be "1969, 68."

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 7-Down is as it appeared, but "mice" should be "mouse," and "on the clock" would have been more accurate than "to the clock."

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 49-Across is as it appeared, but "tardi" means "late" in Italian; "afternoon" is "pomeriggio."

Sunday, March 11, 1973 — ANSWERING SERVICE by J. A. Felker
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 64-Across is as it appeared, but more correctly, Esau was the pottage client, and Jacob was the dealer.

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 17-Across is as it appeared, but the word is spelled with an extra l: "tonsillitis." Clue for 8-Down is as it appeared, but "headware" is usually spelled "headwear."

Sunday, May 13, 1973 — ON THE MAIN LINE by Robert Roop
David Steinberg Notes:

Original solution had MIMIMUM at 69-Across; corrected this to MINIMUM.

Sunday, May 27, 1973 — DOING THE SCALES by Nancy W. Atkinson
David Steinberg Notes:

Uncorrectable grid mistake at 7-Across—MURASKI should be MURASAKI.

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 30-Down is as it appeared, but "Glueck" is incorrect and should have been "Gluck."

Sunday, August 12, 1973 — NOT AS ADVERTISED by Bert Kruse
David Steinberg Notes:

Original had mistakes in grid numbers; corrected this.

Sunday, October 7, 1973 — LUNCHEON LIMERICK by Frances Hansen
David Steinberg Notes:

Original had ALIVE and TEVTH at 26-Across and 13-Down, respectively; corrected these to ALINE and TENTH.

Friday, January 4, 1974 by Jordan S. Lasher
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 50-Down clue had "Offtimes"; corrected it to "Ofttimes."

Saturday, January 12, 1974 by Joseph LaFauci
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 51-Across clue had "Ullman"; corrected this to "Ullmann."

Sunday, January 13, 1974 — MIXED DOUBLES by Edward J. O'Brien
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 90-Across is as it appeared but may be a mistake — seems to be referring to Priscilla Mullins (not Mullens) of Longfellow's "The Courtship of Miles Standish."

Sunday, February 17, 1974 — FINISH LINES by Elaine D. Schorr
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 35-Across clue had "Tinkers"; corrected this to "Tinker."

Sunday, March 10, 1974 — MILESTONES by A. J. Santora
David Steinberg Notes:

Original had first line of 45-Down "Asian flower" clue duplicated after 73-Down; corrected this so the clues correctly match the grid.

David Steinberg Notes:

Constructor's name was difficult to read; this is the best guess.

David Steinberg Notes:

Constructor's name uncertain, but this is the best guess.

Thursday, June 27, 1974 by George Raventos
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 65-Down clue had "Ullman"; corrected this to "Ullmann."

Sunday, July 7, 1974 — STEPQUOTE by Eugene T. Maleska
Jim Horne Notes:

The stepquote reads, "All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream."

Saturday, July 27, 1974 by Thomas Sheehan
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 7-Down clue had "Pryne"; corrected this to "Prynne."

Sunday, July 28, 1974 — TEAM PLAY by Tanaquil Le Clercq
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 7-Down clue had no accent over the first e in "Adorée"; added one.

Thursday, August 1, 1974 by Sara V. Tuckerman
David Steinberg Notes:

Answer for 38-Across clue, AROO, seems to be a shortened form of "aroon," meaning "my darling" or the like.

Saturday, August 3, 1974 by Manny Miller
David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 66-Down had "Childrens'"; corrected this to "Children's."

Sunday, September 29, 1974 — ZEROING IN by Elaine D. Schorr
David Steinberg Notes:

Some of the O's in the puzzle are to be read as rebuses of NOTHING.

Thursday, October 24, 1974 by Beverly J. Seward
David Steinberg Notes:

The published clue for 46-Down was "Binh ___, Vietnam." Since the answer is BINH, that was clearly wrong. It's been fixed up here.

Sunday, January 12, 1975 — FANCY FOODS by John Willig
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 117-Down is as it appeared but may be a mistake — constructor likely intended it to be "Mrs. McKinley."

Sunday, January 26, 1975 — SIMPLE ARITHMETIC by A. J. Santora
David Steinberg Notes:

The grid position 97 is labeled 970, making the answer to 970 Down MISNUMBER.

Sunday, February 16, 1975 — POWER PLOYS by Stanley Glass
David Steinberg Notes:

In the clue for 19-Down, "UHF" may have been meant instead of "UFO."

David Steinberg Notes:

Entry at 39-Across should perhaps have been SAGA, not AGA.

Sunday, April 13, 1975 — CAPITAL PUNISHMENT by Bob Lubbers
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 118-Down as in original but should have been "Call ___ day."

Sunday, May 4, 1975 — IMPORTANT PEOPLE by Marjorie Pedersen
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 100-Down as in original but should have had an acute accent over the e in "Torme."

Wednesday, May 14, 1975 by Jean J. Davison
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 43-Across is as in original, but SECT is the root word, and "inter" and "bi" are prefixes.

David Steinberg Notes:

Constructor's name was hard to read; this is the best guess.

Tuesday, July 22, 1975 by Jackie Aidieur
David Steinberg Notes:

The constructor name was difficult to read — this is the best guess.

David Steinberg Notes:

Constructor's name was hard to read; this is the best guess.

Sunday, September 21, 1975 — LITERAL APPROACH by Bill Hartman
David Steinberg Notes:

Original solution grid had ULM and ASARMM at 126-Across and 103-Down, respectively; corrected to ULU and ASARUM.

Sunday, September 28, 1975 — CLASSIC DOINGS by Elaine D. Schorr
David Steinberg Notes:

Original solution grid had LEADS and HERCULESNTASKS at 79-Across and 48-Down, respectively; corrected to LEAD A and HERCULEAN TASKS.

David Steinberg Notes:

Constructor's name uncertain but best guess.

Thursday, November 13, 1975 by Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 12-Across is as in the original, with the letter O, not the number 0.

Tuesday, November 25, 1975 by Sidney L. Robbins
David Steinberg Notes:

Entry for 58-Down, BLE, should perhaps have been ABLE or IBLE (suffixes).

Wednesday, November 26, 1975 by William Lutwiniak
David Steinberg Notes:

Entry for 14-Across, CLE, may not be accurate. The diminutive ending is -culus (or -cule, -cula); the -cle is an English translation. "Carbuncle," for example, is derived from "carbunculus," with the whole word being converted to English.

Also, entry for 58-Down seems not quite accurate — should be £sd (with £ for pound, s being shillings, and d being pence).

Friday, December 5, 1975 by Maura B. Jacobson
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 26-Down is as in original, but although Soho and Piccadilly are near each other, Soho isn't part of Piccadilly.

Monday, December 29, 1975 by Sidney L. Robbins
David Steinberg Notes:

In original, clue for 45-Across appeared between two lines in the clue for 46-Across — "Salary," and "dividends, etc."

David Steinberg Notes:

Constructor's name was hard to read; this is the best guess.

Friday, January 16, 1976 by Elaine D. Schorr
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 55-Down was originally printed with a typo as "Ragwood senus"; this was corrected to "Ragwood genus"

Saturday, February 7, 1976 by Marjorie Pedersen
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 33-Down was originally "Les ___ Units"; this was corrected to "Les ___ Unis"

Sunday, March 7, 1976 — IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS by Maura B. Jacobson
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 14-Down (MAYO) has an error in the original, which was left as it was: "Actress Virginia Mayo"

Wednesday, March 17, 1976 by William Lutwiniak
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 13-Down was originally "Commedia del'___"; this was changed to "Commedia dell'___"

Sunday, April 25, 1976 — ENCIRCLED WISDOM by Eugene T. Maleska
Jim Horne Notes:

The circled letters spell out: "Have more than thou showest. Speak less than thou knowest."

This is the first NYT crossword with circles.

Monday, May 24, 1976 by Elizabeth M. Quackenbush
David Steinberg Notes:

Name in 54-Across should have been "Swee'Pea" instead of "SweePea"; error was left in.

Sunday, May 30, 1976 — GETTING ACROSS by Maria G. Rice
David Steinberg Notes:

Original puzzle had several errors, which were corrected: 51-Across was SOC (instead of SOO), 15-Down was OUR MAYCR (instead of OUR MAYOR), 151-Across was ELL (instead of EEL), and 103-Down was RIDE ON ICL (instead of RIDE ON ICE)

Sunday, July 4, 1976 — FREE THINKING by Anne Fox
David Steinberg Notes:

This bicentennial puzzle had the following quote above the puzzle: "Games lubricate the body and the mind." - Benjamin Franklin

Jim Horne Notes:

This is the largest crossword in our database. See the other big ones here.

David Steinberg Notes:

This constructor could be Thomas J. Higgins, who had a Simon & Schuster crossword published in the mid-1980s.

Thursday, August 26, 1976 by Jean J. Davison
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 69-Down was originally "Superbowl scores: Abbr." but should have been "Super Bowl scores: Abbr."; it was left as it was

Sunday, November 14, 1976 — THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE by Barbara Gillis
David Steinberg Notes:

Number for 86-Across clue was originally mislabeled as 85-Across; this was corrected

Monday, December 6, 1976 by Michael W. Miller
Jim Horne Notes:

This puzzle was originally published under the name Mike Miller. To avoid confusion with another Mike Miller, we have changed the byline to read Michael W. Miller.

David Steinberg Notes:

The constructor's name was difficult to read; this is the best guess.

Thursday, December 23, 1976 by Reginald L. Johnson
David Steinberg Notes:

The theme of this puzzle involves representing the word "first" with the letter "i" followed by "st"

David Steinberg Notes:

46-Across: A morne is a ring attached to the lance, not the lance itself

Saturday, January 15, 1977 by Anthony B. Canning
David Steinberg Notes:

In original, last word of clue for 40-Across was illegible; could be "cat" (as here).

Sunday, January 30, 1977 — EVERY WHICH WAY by Dorothea E. Shipp
David Steinberg Notes:

This PDF shows how the puzzle looked in print.

Tuesday, March 1, 1977 by Chet Currier
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 64-Down is as in original, but U.S.A. is actually a trilogy of novels.

Thursday, March 3, 1977 by Michael W. Miller
Jim Horne Notes:

This puzzle was originally published under the name Mike Miller. To avoid confusion with another Mike Miller, we have changed the byline to read Michael W. Miller.

Sunday, March 27, 1977 — BULLET-BITING TIME by Jay Spry
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 53-Down is as in original, but bracts are leaves, not petals.

Tuesday, March 29, 1977 by Harriet Gilson Rosenberg
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 40-Across is as in original, but the Orbiting Geophysical Observatory is a set of six satellites, named OGO 1 through OGO 6.

Tuesday, May 3, 1977 by Alice H. Kaufman
David Steinberg Notes:

Two flawed theme entries — should be "elephant grass" and "hens and chicks," not "elephants' grass" and "hens and chickens."

David Steinberg Notes:

Grid mistake at 38-Across—should be BRET, not BRETT.

Thursday, May 12, 1977 by Bert Beaman
David Steinberg Notes:

Error in 29-Down clue — Erra-Pater was the almanac's writer; left as in original.

Sunday, May 22, 1977 — NOT SO SYMBOL AS π by Maura B. Jacobson
David Steinberg Notes:

This PDF shows how the puzzle looked in print.

Sunday, May 29, 1977 — WORDS, INC. by Joseph J. La Fauci
David Steinberg Notes:

Error in 83-Down clue — champleve isn't a kind of enamel, it's a method of working with enamel; left as in original.

Wednesday, August 10, 1977 by Herb L. Risteen
David Steinberg Notes:

Error in 58-Across clue — contralto is actually the lowest female voice; left as in original.

Monday, August 15, 1977 by Evelyn Benshoof
David Steinberg Notes:

Error in 57-Across clue—a buckeye is a tree/shrub or butterfly, not a type of canoe; left as in original.

David Steinberg Notes:

Error in 41-Down clue—the movie is actually "The Cocoanuts" (with an "a"); left as in original.

Friday, August 19, 1977 by Virginia Butler
David Steinberg Notes:

Error in 45-Down grid entry—the correct title is "To Autumn."

David Steinberg Notes:

Error in 27-Down clue — should be "eighths"; left as in original.

Tuesday, September 13, 1977 by Martha J. DeWitt
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 41-Down may be an error — looms are used to weave cloth, not spin yarn.

David Steinberg Notes:

Error in 41-Down clue — cheddar cheese was originally British; left as in original.

Friday, September 30, 1977 by Kathryn Righter
David Steinberg Notes:

Original missing an entire column of clues (14-Down through 38-Down); inserted clues are likely from a reprint of the puzzle in a book.

Sunday, October 9, 1977 — A. & Q. by Elaine D. Schorr
David Steinberg Notes:

Error in 63-Across clue—liens aren't deals, they're legal claims on property. Maleska may have been thinking of "loans," not "liens," especially since this clue has been used for the former before. Left as in original.

Tuesday, October 11, 1977 by Stephanie Spadaccini
David Steinberg Notes:

In grid at 26-Down, DRIER should really be DRYER.

David Steinberg Notes:

Error in 41-Across—quote is actually "ain't a fit night . . . "; left as in original.

Friday, October 14, 1977 by Herb L. Risteen
David Steinberg Notes:

Error in 22-Down clue — acute accent over "a" should be over the second "n" instead; left as in original.

Sunday, October 16, 1977 — POSSESSIVE PERSONALITIES by Louis Baron
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 61-Down may be missing a word or two at the end — should be something like "Buddhist structures"; left as in original.

David Steinberg Notes:

This constructor could be Ruth Brown, Mary Brown or Lucia T. Brown.

Error in 53-Across clue — "Bachrach" should be "Bacharach"; left as in original.

Sunday, December 4, 1977 — LOCUS-POCUS by A. J. Santora
David Steinberg Notes:

In 81-Down clue, reference is likely to Kiri Te Kanawa, not another soprano Natalia Kawana — this is probably an error; left as in original.

David Steinberg Notes:

Error in 23-Across clue — should be "Rosewall"; left as in the original.

Thursday, January 26, 1978 by Jordan S. Lasher
David Steinberg Notes:

In 53-Across clue, "Former bird" would be more accurate, since the bird became extinct in 1907; left as in the original.

Sunday, January 29, 1978 — HELLENIC by James & Phyllis Barrick
David Steinberg Notes:

Possible error in 52-Across clue — Atalante does not seem to be an arm of the Aegean Sea, though the Atalante basin may be a "very salty 'lake' at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea," according to Wikipedia.

Friday, February 3, 1978 by William Lutwiniak
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 3-Down may have an error — should be "Caliban," not "Calydon"

Tuesday, March 7, 1978 by Herb L. Risteen
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 1-Across has an error — estimates of the total number of people who have ever lived are closer to 108 billion, even 37 years after this puzzle was published; left as in the original.

Friday, March 10, 1978 by Maura B. Jacobson
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 14-Across missing hyphen after underscore; left as in the original.

Wednesday, March 29, 1978 by Herb L. Risteen
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 34-Across has an error: Snoopy himself wasn't the Red Baron — he fought the Red Baron; left as in the original.

Monday, April 3, 1978 by Samuel K. Fliegner
David Steinberg Notes:

Errors in 31-Down clue, which is an inaccurate popular legend, and 60-Down clue, where "Silvia" should be "Sylvia"; left both as in the original.

Sunday, April 16, 1978 — CIRCLES IN THE SQUARE by Jeanette K. Brill
Notepad: The circled squares from left to right, starting at the top, contain a quotation.
David Steinberg Notes:

The quote is, "A jackass can kick a barn down but it takes a carpenter to build one." Clue for 36-Across should be "Topgallant" (one word); left as in the original.

Friday, April 28, 1978 by Vincent L. Osborne
David Steinberg Notes:

Regarding the 23-Across clue, the 1960 Nobelist in Literature was Saint-John Perse, which was actually a nom de plume for Alexis Leger, who also used the name Saint-Leger as a kind of pseudonym; left as in the original.

Monday, May 29, 1978 by Sidney L. Robbins
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 30-Down should have "points," not "point"; left as in original.

Monday, July 10, 1978 by Sidney L. Robbins
David Steinberg Notes:

Original was missing clue for 41-Down; added one, but it's not whatever the constructor originally wrote.

Sunday, July 16, 1978 — PRINTER'S DEVILTRY by Maura B. Jacobson
David Steinberg Notes:

Many clues cannot be represented accurately in Crossword Compiler or Across Lite. This PDF shows how the puzzle looked in print. Note that the clue for 34 Across has no number in the PDF.

Sunday, August 6, 1978 — PAROLE INCROCIATE by Joseph La Fauci
David Steinberg Notes:

Original solution to puzzle was missing, so puzzle was solved by litzer.

David Steinberg Notes:

Tense of clue for 8-Down doesn't correspond to tense of entry (should be "Made," not "Make"), but left as in original.

David Steinberg Notes:

This constructor could be D.K. Russell, whose byline appeared in a Maleska-edited crossword book from 1981.

Monday, January 8, 1979 by Evelyn Benshoof
David Steinberg Notes:

44-Down clue is inaccurate — Steely Dan wasn't a singer but a group with two founding members and half a dozen revolving members; left as in original.

Friday, January 12, 1979 by Dorothea E. Shipp
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 17-Across is inaccurate — it's Eros's twin brother, Anteros, who's depicted; left as in original.

Monday, January 22, 1979 by Samuel K. Fliegner
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 17-Across clue had "Lane"; changed to "Laine."

Tuesday, January 23, 1979 by Herb L. Risteen
David Steinberg Notes:

Regarding the 19-Down clue, the full title of Sterne's work is "A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy."

Wednesday, January 24, 1979 by Jean J. Davison
David Steinberg Notes:

In 60-Across clue, "Domesticated" may have been meant instead of "Domestic"; the Rouen duck, as its name suggests, originated in France.

Clue for 57-Down is correct but tricky — Nero didn't play the violin, which hadn't been invented yet, but was a fiddler in the sense of being a swindler and was fairly famous for it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 34-Down, assuming New Zealand is what was meant, is incorrect—it's not an island but composed of two large islands and many smaller ones, Stewart Island being the largest in area, and Waiheke having the largest population. Clue for 50-Down seems incorrect—Alaska's area is 663,268 sq. mi. and probably hasn't changed since 1979.

David Steinberg Notes:

Clues for 24-Across, 4-Down, and 30-Down were illegible in the original; substituted in other clues, which probably aren't what the constructor originally wrote.

In 52-Down clue, although the Tennessee Valley may be (largely) in Tennessee, Sen. George W. Norris, who created the TVA, was a senator from Nebraska.

Wednesday, January 31, 1979 by Maura B. Jacobson
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 26-Down isn't quite accurate—a scute is a bony plate found on some reptiles and thus covers only a fairly small part of a reptile.

David Steinberg Notes:

"Pusilanimous" in 37-Down clue is misspelled—should be "Pusillanimous"; left as in the original.

David Steinberg Notes:

In 10-Down, the film's title should actually be "The Driver"; left as in the original.

Wednesday, August 15, 1979 by Charles Engler
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 50-Down should actually have "'There is'" instead of "'There's'"; left as in the original.

Sunday, September 2, 1979 — STEPQUOTE by E.T.M.
Jim Horne Notes:

The stepquote reads, "For labor, a short day is better than a short dollar."

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 19-Down was missing in the original, so put one in; it's probably not what the constructor originally wrote.

Wednesday, January 2, 1980 by Mary Virginia Orna
David Steinberg Notes:

Regarding 43-Across clue, mandrills are generally classified as monkeys, not apes; left as in the original.

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 46-Across is inaccurate — when Patty Duke was married to John Astin, she went by "Patty Duke Astin"; left as in the original.

Saturday, March 1, 1980 by William Lutwiniak
David Steinberg Notes:

In 54-Across clue, "Gun Smoke" should be "Gunsmoke"; left as in the original.

Wednesday, June 18, 1980 by Bernice Gordon
David Steinberg Notes:

In Maleska's logbook, Jack L. Steinhardt is listed as the constructor, but Bernice Gordon listed this puzzle as hers in her record.

Wednesday, July 2, 1980 by Norton Rhoades
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 1-Across isn't quite accurate—duals are multiple solutions to a problem, not multiple problems.

David Steinberg Notes:

In original solution, the "R" in 48-Across entry was backwards, like a Cyrillic "Я."

Sunday, September 7, 1980 — FIELD LARK by Caroline G. Fitzgerald
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 18-Down clue had "Lets"; changed to "Let's."

Tuesday, September 9, 1980 by Bernice Gordon
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 34-Down clue had an apostrophe before the end quote; removed it.

David Steinberg Notes:

Part of clues for 57- and 62-Down appear to have been cut off in the original—the former had "pon" instead of "pony," and the latter had "Proofreade" instead of "Proofreader's"; made the corrections.

Wednesday, October 1, 1980 by Raymond F. Eisner
David Steinberg Notes:

Original 52-Down clue had acute accent over second n in "Poznan"; this could not be done in Crossword Compiler.

Sunday, November 16, 1980 — VERBAL HI-JINKS by Alfio Micci
David Steinberg Notes:

You need to view this PDF file to make sense of some of the theme clues.

David Steinberg Notes:

Last word of original 35-Down clue was cut off on PDF, with the tops of the letters barely visible. Word appeared to be 4 or 5 letters ending in "it," so it was likely "merit"; used that.

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 36-Across should have begun with "Slip Slidin'," not "Sliding"; left as in the original.

Monday, March 16, 1981 by Evelyn Benshoof
David Steinberg Notes:

Entry for 44-Down is incorrect—plural should be CITTA, not CITTE; left as in the original.

Tuesday, March 17, 1981 by A. J. Santora
David Steinberg Notes:

In 33-Down clue, "O'Keeffe" should have been "O'Keefe"; left as in the original.

David Steinberg Notes:

47-Across clue is inaccurate: Elmer Fudd didn't lisp—he substituted "w" for "r" or "l"; left as in the original.

Sunday, March 29, 1981 — LITERALLY SPEAKING by Jim Page
David Steinberg Notes:

In 57-Down clue, "Feeling" should be "Feelings"; left as in the original.

Friday, May 29, 1981 by Dorothea E. Shipp
David Steinberg Notes:

In 69-Across clue, "Qumram" should probably be "Qumran"; left as in the original.

Sunday, June 7, 1981 — STEPQUOTE by E.T.M.
Jim Horne Notes:

The stepquote reads, "The fashion wears out more apparel than the man."

Friday, July 10, 1981 by Jim Modney
David Steinberg Notes:

In 49-Down clue, "Jeanie" should be "Jeannie"; left as in the original.

Sunday, July 19, 1981 — UNITED THEY STAND by Jim Page
David Steinberg Notes:

In 72-Down clue, "Moranville" should probably be "Maranville" (as in baseball Hall of Famer Rabbit Maranville); left as in the original.

Sunday, July 26, 1981 — TYPOGRAPHICS by Maura B. Jacobson
David Steinberg Notes:

Original litzer note: "Taken from NYT Magazine (2/16/1992) 50 Years of Crossword Puzzles. A puzzle that shows how far the Times crossword has traveled from its staid beginnings. Described as a nightmare for typesetters because of the unorthodox clues."

Saturday, October 31, 1981 by William E. Heinemann
David Steinberg Notes:

In 17-Across clue, "Willow" should be "Willows"; left as in the original.

David Steinberg Notes:

Regarding the 30-Down clue, Gambrinus may or may not have been a real monarch. If actual, he definitely didn't invent brewing (which may date to ancient Egypt). In legend, it's said that he learned the craft of brewing from Isis.

Sunday, January 3, 1982 — STEPQUOTE FOR '82 by E.T.M.
Jim Horne Notes:

The stepquote reads, "Lord, make me wiser every year and better every day."

Sunday, January 10, 1982 — EMPLOYEESE by Jim Page
David Steinberg Notes:

In 28-Across, the word should be "kattanker," with no hyphen; left as in the original.

Friday, January 29, 1982 by Ernst Theimer
David Steinberg Notes:

NYT grid mistake in 34-Across—entry should be LAMARR, not LAMAR; could not fix.

Tuesday, March 2, 1982 by Nancy McCarthy
David Steinberg Notes:

In 10-Across clue, "Bradshaw" may have been meant instead of "Bradford"; left as in the original.

Saturday, April 3, 1982 by Bert Rosenfield
David Steinberg Notes:

Regarding the 46-Across clue, the actual name is "Scafell Pike," though apparently there is a nearby peak named "Sca Fell."

Sunday, April 4, 1982 — PLAYING THE ANGLES by Charles M. Deber
David Steinberg Notes:

Ten theme answers turn corners. See, for example, 1 Down.

Thursday, May 6, 1982 by Louise Earnest
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 44-Across may be incorrect—Esh Sham seems to refer to Damascus, not to Syria as a whole.

David Steinberg Notes:

In 15-Across clue, "Charlie" should be "Charley"; left as in the original.

Sunday, May 16, 1982 — METROPOLITAN TOUR by A. J. Santora
David Steinberg Notes:

In 101-Across clue, "dr." is the way it appeared in the original.

Tuesday, June 15, 1982 by Bette Sue Cohen
David Steinberg Notes:

NYT mistake in 65-Across entry, which should be ERIK (not ERIC); could not fix.

David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 43-Down isn't quite accurate, since pikas are actually lagomorphs (related to hares and rabbits), not rodents; left as in the original.

Sunday, July 18, 1982 — SPACE TRIP by Ruth N. Schultz
David Steinberg Notes:

Regarding the 112-Across entry, ELEMI, the much more common spelling is ELEME; left as in the original.

Monday, September 27, 1982 by Nancy McCarthy
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 40-Down has "Caesar's," but there shouldn't be an apostrophe; left as in the original.

Saturday, October 2, 1982 by Bert H. Kruse
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 29-Across has "Marrayat," which should be "Marryat"; left as in the original.

Jim Horne Notes:

The split stepquote reads, "Cheers to good health, happiness and wealth."

Sunday, July 17, 1983 — ALPHABETIC CLANS by Tap Osborn
David Steinberg Notes:

Puzzle title in original is "AlphaBetiC Clans," providing a case-sensitive clue to the puzzle's theme; changed to all caps for XWord Info, though.

Monday, November 14, 1983 by Nancy McCarthy
David Steinberg Notes:

Regarding the 38-Across clue, supers maintain buildings—they don't just clean them.

David Steinberg Notes:

In 6-Down clue, there should probably be an "at" after "gander"; left as in the original.

Sunday, April 1, 1984 — !PU SMOTTOB by Frances Hansen
David Steinberg Notes:

This is apparently how the puzzle ran in print but the title and theme only make sense if the long answers run Down rather than Across.

David Steinberg Notes:

The constructor could be Robert H. Anderson, who appeared in a Simon & Schuster crossword collection in 1989.

Friday, January 18, 1985 by Kathryn Righter
David Steinberg Notes:

Regarding 32-Across clue, also Syria, located in Asia.

David Steinberg Notes:

In 12-Across clue, "Sophie Faninal" should be "Sophie von Faninal"; left as in the original. In 34-Across, "The" should be "A"; left as in the original.

Monday, February 25, 1985 by Barbara J. Weakley
David Steinberg Notes:

Regarding the 53-Across clue, the draft was abolished more than a decade before this puzzle was published.

Wednesday, February 27, 1985 by Eugene T. Maleska
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 49-Across appears to have an acute accent over the "e" in "Re"; left it as in the original.

Monday, March 11, 1985 by Joy L. Wouk
David Steinberg Notes:

In 34-Down clue, "parisienne" was not capitalized; left it as in the original.

Tuesday, May 7, 1985 by Albert J. Klaus
David Steinberg Notes:

In 44-Across, PAGET is actually a parish on the island of Bermuda; left as in the original. In 62-Across, DHONI is actually of the Maldives; left as in the original.

Thursday, May 9, 1985 by Harold B. Counts
David Steinberg Notes:

Regarding the 43-Across clue, although a two-step can be done in polka time (2/4), nearly all are done in 4/4 time. Regarding the 28-Down clue, a lulu is something or someone remarkable or wonderful, which might make this clue puzzling—but The Andrews Sisters had a song called "Don't Bring Lulu," which is doubtless what the clue was referring to.

Saturday, May 11, 1985 by John M. Samson
David Steinberg Notes:

Regarding 49-Down clue, the actual title is "There's No Business Like Show Business"—may have been shortened here to save column space; left as in the original. This puzzle was a tribute to Irving Berlin, who was born May 11, 1888, and was still alive in 1985.

Sunday, May 12, 1985 — MAYHEM by Mary Virginia Orna
David Steinberg Notes:

Regarding 69-Across clue, "des Prés" is far more commonly written as "des Prez," including by the composer himself; left as in the original.

David Steinberg Notes:

The constructor could be Patricia Bitonti, who appears in a Simon & Schuster crossword book from the '80s.

Saturday, July 13, 1985 by Ernst Theimer
Notepad: DIAGONALS
1. How this runs
11. How this runs
Sunday, August 4, 1985 — IN OTHER WORDS by William J. Yskamp
David Steinberg Notes:

The title and constructor for this puzzle were incorrect in the original and listed as "Age 35: Aaugh!" and "Bert Rosenfield," respectively—these were actually the title and constructor of the 9/29/85 puzzle, which was about the comic strip "Peanuts" in honor of its 35th anniversary; corrected the 8/4/85 title and constructor.

Sunday, October 6, 1985 — KID STUFF by A. J. Santora
David Steinberg Notes:

Regarding the 36-Down clue, the comic strip was always called "Little Orphan Annie," except during its last decades, after the 1983 movie came lout, when the daily strip was often titled simply "Annie." The Sunday strip continued to be titled "Little Orphan Annie," with "Little Orphan" in much smaller text than "Annie." There was never a strip titled "Orphan Annie," but left this clue as in the original.

Tuesday, October 8, 1985 by Shirley Soloway
David Steinberg Notes:

Regarding the 7-Down clue, Henry Thomas Rainey was Speaker of the House from March 9, 1933, until his death on August 19, 1934. Maleska may have had a reference book that listed the dates when each new Speaker took office. Since the next Speaker, Joseph W. Byrns, was sworn in on January 3, 1935, Maleska may have (incorrectly) assumed that Rainey was the Speaker up until that date. Left the incorrect clue as in the original, however.

David Steinberg Notes:

In 14-Across clue, "Lyna" should be "Łyna"; left as in the original. Regarding the 30-Down clue, this was really just in crosswords.

Sunday, March 30, 1986 — PLANTED ANTONYMS by Ernst Theimer
David Steinberg Notes:

*This puzzle was described in the New York Times Magazine's 50 Years of Crossword Puzzles article (published on February 16, 1992) as "What an origami swan is to a folded paper airplane, this puzzle is to the average crossword."

*The 116-Down clue in the PDF did indeed read "___-go-brath." "___-go-bragh" is much more common, though the brath spelling does appear online.

*Theme explanation: A word within each theme answer has been replaced with its opposite. For example, the answer to the 34-Across clue is (GO)T, but "go" gets replaced with "come," making the final answer (COME)T.

Saturday, May 17, 1986 by Jesse Roarke
David Steinberg Notes:

Regarding the 65-Across clue, Valentina Tereshkova was actually the first spacewoman; left as in the original, though.

Tuesday, September 23, 1986 by Jeanette K. Brill
David Steinberg Notes:

Regarding the 3-Down clue, "Anna Lucasta" was actually written by Philip Yordon, and O'Neill wrote "Anna Christie"; left as in the original, though.

David Steinberg Notes:

Regarding the 41-Across clue, baronets aren't peers (nor are knights), but barons are; left as in the original, though.

David Steinberg Notes:

Regarding the 56-Down clue, ratios are "3 to 2" and such—analogies are "A is to B as C is to D"; left as in the original.

David Steinberg Notes:

Regarding the 7-Down clue, technically magnetos produce AC, and dynamos produce DC; left as in the original. Regarding the 27-Down clue, the actual title is "Nobody Else But Me"; left as in the original.

Monday, September 29, 1986 by Albert J. Klaus
David Steinberg Notes:

Regarding the 55-Across clue, the actual title is "Old Folks at Home"—the song mangles the words, with the "Suwannee River" as "Swanee Ribber"; left as in the original.

Saturday, November 1, 1986 by Eugene T. Maleska
David Steinberg Notes:

From Flip Koski:

The November 1, 1986 crossword by Maleska is a tribute puzzle, referring to the November 1, 1986 wedding of Maleska's daughter, Merryl, to Nathan Wilbur. The puzzle's references to the wedding include NATHAN, WILBUR, AMHERST (where the wedding took place), LOVE AND MARRIAGE, and NOVEMBER I. WILBUR is clued as "Pulitzer Prize writer: 1957," a reference to the groom's father, Richard Wilbur.

Friday, February 20, 1987 by Eugene T. Maleska
David Steinberg Notes:

The PDF listed a single clue for 1- and 8-Across, which read: 1-8 Most popular TV game show, with "The"

Sunday, March 22, 1987 — NUMBERS GAME by Ernst Theimer
David Steinberg Notes:

Theme Explanation: Any number in a capitalized clue must be replaced by its corresponding answer in the grid. For example, the clue for 24-Across ASSOCIATES reads [99 LEAGUES]; the answer to 99-Down is COL, and replacing "99" with "COL" yields the intended clue, [COLLEAGUES].

Friday, December 11, 1987 by William S. McIlrath
David Steinberg Notes:

The clue for 33-Down was cut off from the PDF, so a clue used in other pre-Shortzian puzzles was inserted.

Sunday, February 7, 1988 — SPACE SAVER by Ralph G. Beaman
Jim Horne Notes:

This is the only Schrödinger puzzle from the pre-Shortz era. See the modern Schrödingers here.

David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 51-Down has "Leslie"; this is likely a mistake and should be "Lesley."

Friday, August 12, 1988 by William Canine
David Steinberg Notes:

HEIFITZ is misspelled--it should be HEIFETZ

David Steinberg Notes:

Original clue for 40-Down had "Midwest"; corrected this.

Sunday, September 18, 1988 — BOOK COUNTRY by John M. Samson
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 14-Across—BASEL—is "Swiss Canton," but Basel has been divided into two cantons since 1833. Clue for 67-Down—NOOSE—is "Springe," but the noose is only part of a springe.

David Steinberg Notes:

In clue for 18-Across, pitcher's name should be "Warneke," not "Warnecke."

Sunday, October 2, 1988 — DROPOUTS by Judson G. Trent
David Steinberg Notes:

Clue for 17-Down (DSS) is "Sociologist's deg.", but couldn't find any examples of that; clue for 74-Down (TAKEORDER) is "Fast-food specialty," but perhaps editor was thinking of TAKEOUT

Sunday, May 14, 1989 — STEP QUOTES by Charles M. Deber
Jim Horne Notes:

The original grid had some missing grid numbers. Here's a PDF of how it looked.

Sunday, May 28, 1989 — TURNING PHRASES by Jeanne Wilson
David Steinberg Notes:

The 61 Down clue contains an error—it should have been written as "60 minutes, in Siena."

Sunday, July 2, 1989 — FRACTURED POLYSYLLABLES by Ernst Theimer
Notepad: FURTHER CLUES
25 A = 37 A
52 A = 116 A
65 A = 118 A
27 A = 40 D
48 D = 93 D
73 D = 91 A
David Steinberg Notes:

73-Down: A tchast is a Russian unit of dry capacity. A loof, also known as a lof, is equivalent to 592 tchasts.

Sunday, January 21, 1990 — INTRUSIONS by Ralph G. Beaman
Jim Horne Notes:

The highlighted squares are presumably intended to represent the Æ and Œ ligatures as shown in the grid here. The published NYT answer grid showed them as normal AE and OE rebus entries.

Sunday, April 1, 1990 — PLEASE THINK TWICE! by Bert H. Kruse
Jim Horne Notes:

You have to think twice to solve the theme answers. First, find a word that answers the clue. Second, find a meta clue that points to that answer. For example, at 97 Across, "Memorable humorous poet" could be NASH but for the answer, think twice, and enter ANTIQUE CAR.

Here's another. 36 Down, "Edward or Norman" points to LEAR so that would make the meta-answer REGAN'S FATHER.

Sunday, August 19, 1990 — HOW TO ACHIEVE HAPPINESS by Eugene T. Maleska
Jim Horne Notes:

The stepquote reads, "Have either a clear conscience or none at all."

Saturday, November 3, 1990 by Joel D. Lafargue
David Steinberg Notes:

In original solution, answer to 31-Across has the "O"s as "0"s, even though the down crossings call for "O"s. (The capital "I" and number "1" looked the same in the font they used.)

Saturday, January 5, 1991 by Daniel Girardi
David Steinberg Notes:

The original answer grid had pictures of pans rather than the word "pan" spelled out in each rebus square.

Monday, April 1, 1991 by William S. McIlrath
Jim Horne Notes:

Four theme answers must be read backwards. April Fools!

Sunday, July 28, 1991 — FINAL CHANGES by Richard Silvestri
David Steinberg Notes:

PDF lists Caroline G. Fitzgerald as the constructor, but Barry Haldiman says the constructor was actually Richard Silvestri; change made

Sunday, September 22, 1991 — OOH, THAT BANANA PEEL! by Lawrence M. Rheingold
Jim Horne Notes:

The stepquote reads, "The step is short from the sublime to the ridiculous."

Sunday, October 13, 1991 — IMPLANTED NUMBERS by Ernst Theimer
Jim Horne Notes:

The "0" rebus at 40 Down and 52 Across means AUGHT.

Wednesday, April 1, 1992 by Lawrence M. Rheingold
Jim Horne Notes:

Four theme answers need to be read backwards.

Sunday, May 3, 1992 — HEAVIES by Rosalind Pavane
David Steinberg Notes:

Regarding the 42-Down clue, Marie Lafarge was an actual person found guilty of murdering her husband; Madame Defarge was a fictional character—and knitter—in Charles Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities."

Perhaps Dickens named the fictitious Madame Defarge after the actual Madame Lafarge, but in any case, this clue seems to be a mistake; left it as in the original, though.

Sunday, May 31, 1992 — CRYPTOCROSSWORD by Eugene T. Maleska
Notepad: Directions:

This crossword puzzle above has no tricks but is designed as a vocabulary builder. Some of the boxes are divided in half and contain a letter inside the bottom half. Disregard these letters as you go along. The letter in the top half is part of the crossword answer.

After finishing the crossword, turn to the cryptogram below. The letters are the same as the ones in the lower halves of the boxes above. But you have placed another letter in each upper half. That letter helps to solve the cryptogram. For example, Q/X: in the cryptogram all X's would become Q's.

TECS EAYTLEZSH JRHT CRZS YOWT LKSR: "LAY BETS WHYE YOS ORKK EJ JRCS, JEB LSYS'T TRZS!"

Some people may wish to solve the cryptogram with the aid of the crossword. Others may choose to solve the crossword and the cryptogram without reference to each other.
Jim Horne Notes:

This PDF shows the puzzle as published.

The cryptogram answer is — Some outspoken fans make this plea: "Put Rose into the Hall of Fame, for Pete's sake!"

Tuesday, June 2, 1992 by Wilson McBeath
David Steinberg Notes:

The 63-Across answer is erroneous, as the "Sudden Impact" actress's name is Audrie Neenan.

Sunday, August 16, 1992 — DOS-À-DOS by Irene Smullyan
Jim Horne Notes:

The following correction was published:

In [this puzzle], part of an answer was misspelled. The "complicated collaboration" (114A, third line from the bottom) included Richard Rodgers (not Rogers).

Sunday, December 20, 1992 — WHITE CHRISTMAS by John M. Samson
Jim Horne Notes:

The blank squares are intended to mean "White CHRISTMAS."

David Steinberg Notes:

In order to match its clue, the fourth letter of 8-Down should be an "O" rather than an "A."

Jim Horne Notes:

The clues are labeled Across and Up.

David Steinberg Notes:

This constructor could be Gretchen Harris, who had a Simon & Schuster crossword published in the mid-1980s.

Sunday, August 29, 1993 — PEOPLE OF 58 ACROSS by Tap Osborn
David Steinberg Notes:

Mel Taub, not Eugene T. Maleska, edited this puzzle. It was a last-minute replacement for a Maleska-edited puzzle that had to be scrapped because of an uncorrectable spelling mistake (OTTOWA instead of OTTAWA) where two long theme entries intersected.

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