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

New York Times, Wednesday, November 23, 1966

24-Across : Hothead's specialty.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 5.23, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
1
W
2
H
3
I
4
C
5
H
6
W
7
I
8
T
9
C
10
H
11
T
R
E
B
L
E
12
H
O
R
R
I
13
D
14
P
R
E
M
I
E
R
15
A
W
A
I
T
E
16
D
17
H
A
S
18
S
A
M
19
I
T
E
20
S
T
A
R
21
A
C
T
22
S
23
T
E
R
N
24
I
R
E
25
S
K
E
I
26
N
27
S
I
O
28
N
29
O
T
I
S
30
E
S
D
R
A
31
S
32
S
T
A
33
N
D
E
E
S
34
R
O
U
35
G
H
S
H
O
D
36
D
37
A
38
M
A
S
C
U
S
39
A
V
E
40
N
41
G
42
E
43
A
M
A
H
44
H
A
T
45
S
46
A
S
I
A
N
47
T
A
N
48
R
E
E
49
L
50
T
A
R
T
51
E
T
T
52
U
53
P
A
W
N
E
54
D
55
G
A
R
56
D
O
L
P
57
H
I
N
58
A
V
E
59
R
A
G
E
60
L
E
T
O
U
T
61
T
E
N
U
R
E
62
S
O
N
S
Y
63
E
L
E
N
A
© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,311
Across
1
No matter what. : WHICH
6
Oz character. : WITCH
11
High-pitched voice. : TREBLE
12
Very bad: Colloq. : HORRID
14
Important statesman. : PREMIER
15
Expected. : AWAITED
17
Owns. : HAS
18
Medieval fabric, shot with gold. : SAMITE
20
Pentacle. : STAR
21
Vaudeville turns. : ACTS
23
Sea bird. : TERN
24
Hothead's specialty. : IRE
25
Quantity of thread. : SKEIN
27
Noun-forming suffix. : SION
29
Air Force base on Cape Cod. : OTIS
30
Apocryphal name. : ESDRAS
32
Overflow crowd. : STANDEES
34
Ride ___ over. : ROUGHSHOD
36
Sword steel. : DAMASCUS
39
Exact satisfaction for. : AVENGE
43
Oriental servitor. : AMAH
44
Ten-gallon items. : HATS
46
Vietnamese. : ASIAN
47
Color. : TAN
48
Dance. : REEL
50
Turnover. : TART
51
And you (too): Lat. : ETTU
53
Pledged. : PAWNED
55
Marine fish. : GAR
56
Brainy mammal. : DOLPHIN
58
Typical. : AVERAGE
60
Alter a garment, in a way. : LETOUT
61
Teacher's goal. : TENURE
62
Good-natured, to a Gael. : SONSY
63
Helen, in Spain. : ELENA
Down
1
Took by force. : WRESTED
2
Border. : HEM
3
Wading bird. : IBIS
4
Part of a certain shoe. : CLEAT
5
Wearer of winged sandals. : HERMES
6
Pieces of furniture. : WHATNOTS
7
Part of IOU. : IOWE
8
Refrain syllable. : TRA
9
Malay dagger. : CRIS
10
Ancient inhabitant of Syria. : HITTITE
11
Saratoga and Monmouth. : TRACKS
13
Familiar greeting. : DEARIE
14
Transitory state. : PHASE
16
Straighten ranks. : DRESS
19
Hearty dish. : IRISHSTEW
22
Term of address, old style. : SIRRAH
26
Temple. : NAOS
28
Capital of Okinawa. : NAHA
29
Most peculiar. : ODDEST
31
Similar. : SUCH
33
Type of star. : NOVA
35
Pledge or agreement. : GUARANTY
36
Fixed in time. : DATED
37
Explosive. : AMATOL
38
Cloaks. : MANTLES
40
City in N. Y. : NIAGARA
41
Addendum to a country house. : GARAGE
42
___ nous. : ENTRE
45
State group. : SENATE
49
Carpenter's device. : LEVEL
52
___ the ears. : UPTO
53
Papal name. : PIUS
54
English term for a sandy place. : DENE
57
Relative of 13 Down. : HON
59
Seek office. : RUN

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 1 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
44 ms