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

New York Times, Saturday, October 12, 1974

24-Across : Grand Canyon's river

Author:
Bert Beaman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Bert Beaman has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
C
2
A
3
P
4
T
5
B
6
A
7
L
8
M
9
S
10
T
11
A
12
B
13
O
L
E
O
14
E
L
I
A
15
S
16
I
R
M
A
17
M
I
R
O
18
A
T
T
R
A
19
C
T
I
O
N
20
B
A
C
K
21
G
R
O
U
N
D
M
U
S
I
C
22
O
T
O
S
23
P
E
D
I
24
C
25
O
L
O
R
A
26
D
O
27
L
I
28
B
29
R
30
A
31
E
32
O
R
A
T
E
33
I
N
34
R
E
35
R
I
L
L
36
N
O
T
A
S
37
T
E
38
E
S
39
C
A
P
E
E
40
E
N
O
S
41
A
T
42
L
E
43
H
I
R
A
M
44
Y
O
R
K
45
E
R
46
A
L
47
L
I
N
O
N
E
48
S
T
49
A
N
50
A
R
P
A
51
S
52
P
53
E
54
C
T
A
T
O
55
R
S
P
O
R
56
T
57
S
58
C
A
S
S
E
R
O
L
E
S
59
W
I
R
E
60
O
I
N
K
61
E
L
I
D
E
62
E
N
E
S
63
T
R
E
S
64
E
N
D
S
65
R
G
T
S
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,191
Across
1
Mil. officer : CAPT
5
___ of Gilead : BALM
9
Guess : STAB
13
Market purchase : OLEO
14
Howe : ELIAS
16
Early TV girl : IRMA
17
Spanish painter : MIRO
18
Magnetic quality : ATTRACTION
20
"Hearts and Flowers," often : BACKGROUNDMUSIC
22
Western Indians : OTOS
23
Foot: Prefix : PEDI
24
Grand Canyon's river : COLORADO
27
Ancient Roman weights : LIBRAE
32
Emulate Cicero : ORATE
33
Concerning : INRE
35
Small stream : RILL
36
Have ___ for (dislike) : NOTASTE
38
Prison sentry's quarry : ESCAPEE
40
Genesis name : ENOS
41
Asian salt tree : ATLE
43
King of Tyre : HIRAM
44
New ___ : YORKER
46
Corselet : ALLINONE
48
Laurel : STAN
50
La Scala instrument : ARPA
51
Baseball and hockey, e.g. : SPECTATORSPORTS
58
Dishes : CASSEROLES
59
Message : WIRE
60
Farm sound : OINK
61
Omit : ELIDE
62
Chemical suffixes : ENES
63
___ bien : TRES
64
Remnants : ENDS
65
Mil. groups : RGTS
Down
1
Fowl feature : COMB
2
Inter ___ : ALIA
3
Coffee-maker : PERCOLATOR
4
Reproved : TOOKTOTASK
5
___ grudge (resents) : BEARSA
6
Choir member : ALTO
7
Found : LITUPON
8
W. W. I battle site : MARNE
9
In ___ (placed) : SITU
10
Baseball's Speaker : TRIS
11
Mine, in France : AMOI
12
Judge's bench : BANC
15
Burdens : SADDLES
19
Tenth-century date : CMII
21
Garment insert : GORES
24
___ Island : CONEY
25
New England college town : ORONO
26
Perennial subject of articles : DIET
28
Intellectual capacity : BRAINPOWER
29
Hilarious : RIPROARING
30
"Yond Cassius has ___ ... " : ALEAN
31
Kind of fig : ELEME
34
Dance : REEL
37
Sauce ___ : TARTARE
39
Aviary sound : CHIRP
42
Wool product : LANOLIN
45
Punta del ___ : ESTE
47
Maids : LASSES
49
Cooked corn meal : ATOLE
51
Burns, for one : SCOT
52
Brace : PAIR
53
Serf : ESNE
54
Containers: Abbr. : CSKS
55
Mr. Foxx : REDD
56
Waste allowance : TRET
57
Meeting: Abbr. : SESS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.

Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

Previous puzzle | Next puzzle
XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2024, Jim Horne
55 ms