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

SEASON'S GREETINGS

New York Times, Sunday, December 22, 1963

124-Across : Yarn for a shuttle.

Author:
Brice Metcalfe
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 67, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 545 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 110, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 23
Brice Metcalfe has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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.

1
S
2
T
3
A
4
R
5
G
6
L
7
I
8
D
9
E
10
C
11
A
12
W
13
S
14
I
15
N
16
C
17
H
18
A
R
N
E
19
I
O
W
A
N
20
T
O
N
I
O
21
S
E
R
A
22
W
I
N
T
23
E
R
W
O
N
D
24
E
R
L
A
N
D
25
T
W
I
N
26
A
B
S
A
L
O
M
27
C
O
N
S
U
L
T
28
S
I
M
S
29
P
A
S
A
30
D
E
N
A
31
M
O
E
32
R
33
A
34
N
E
E
35
L
36
I
37
N
E
N
38
N
E
H
39
S
40
O
N
G
R
E
C
41
I
T
A
L
42
A
T
O
D
D
43
S
44
M
A
45
K
46
C
A
U
S
E
R
I
E
47
R
A
W
48
S
T
49
H
E
L
E
50
N
A
51
E
O
S
52
I
R
53
M
54
A
55
C
L
I
56
P
57
R
O
S
L
Y
N
58
I
S
L
59
A
I
N
U
S
60
H
O
S
E
61
D
O
W
N
62
S
E
63
A
R
64
S
65
D
S
66
A
M
P
67
T
A
R
D
I
E
68
S
T
69
P
E
70
T
T
I
E
71
S
T
72
A
73
C
H
74
E
E
N
75
S
O
76
A
P
77
R
I
V
A
L
I
78
N
79
G
80
W
I
E
81
L
D
82
T
83
D
S
84
B
O
85
D
I
C
E
86
D
O
O
R
87
N
O
W
I
88
M
E
A
89
B
U
S
I
N
E
S
90
S
91
N
I
E
92
I
N
93
T
E
R
L
94
A
Y
95
E
S
K
96
T
A
97
T
A
R
Y
98
C
99
I
N
D
E
R
E
L
L
A
100
S
101
M
E
102
M
103
C
O
L
E
S
104
A
N
T
105
E
L
S
I
E
106
E
107
P
I
T
A
108
P
H
S
109
S
L
E
110
W
111
T
A
T
112
T
E
R
S
113
D
R
E
S
114
S
115
E
116
S
117
H
I
R
E
118
W
I
N
T
E
R
I
S
119
I
C
U
M
E
N
I
N
120
E
N
O
S
121
O
N
C
E
A
122
M
A
M
A
N
123
R
I
R
E
124
W
E
F
T
125
E
G
E
R
126
E
L
O
P
E
127
S
P
E
E
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,257
Across
1
Treetop symbol. : STAR
5
Dance step. : GLIDE
10
Avian sounds. : CAWS
14
Foot part. : INCH
18
Contemporary of Haydn. : ARNE
19
Hickenlooper. : IOWAN
20
Operatic clown. : TONIO
21
Evening, in Venice. : SERA
22
Timely tune. : WINTERWONDERLAND
25
Relative. : TWIN
26
Son of David. : ABSALOM
27
Refer to. : CONSULT
28
U.S. admiral. : SIMS
29
Busy place on January 1. : PASADENA
31
Greek goddess of fate. : MOERA
34
Genealogical term. : NEE
35
Cloth. : LINEN
38
O. T. book: Abbr. : NEH
39
Town Hall event. : SONGRECITAL
42
In disagreement. : ATODDS
44
Manufacture, in Scotland. : MAK
46
Chat. : CAUSERIE
47
Not tanned. : RAW
48
One home of Napoleon. : STHELENA
51
Greek goddess. : EOS
52
"La Douce." : IRMA
55
Cut. : CLIP
57
Home of William Cullen Bryant. : ROSLYN
58
Coney: Abbr. : ISL
59
Some Japanese. : AINUS
60
Wash, as a deck. : HOSEDOWN
62
Cookbook direction. : SEAR
64
Science degrees. : SDS
66
Electrical unit: Abbr. : AMP
67
Most dilatory. : TARDIEST
69
Least important. : PETTIEST
72
Exclamation. : ACH
74
Poetic time. : EEN
75
___ flakes. : SOAP
77
Competing with. : RIVALING
80
Exercise. : WIELD
82
Grid tallies. : TDS
84
Dress part. : BODICE
86
Oven part. : DOOR
87
Start of a prayer. : NOWI
88
"Oh give ___ home ... " : MEA
89
Trade. : BUSINESS
91
Never: Ger. : NIE
92
Place between. : INTERLAY
95
Midlothian river. : ESK
96
Former Eurasian area. : TATARY
98
Certain maidens. : CINDERELLAS
101
___-sahib. : MEM
103
Vegetables. : COLES
104
Formicid. : ANT
105
Longfellow heroine. : ELSIE
106
Words for posterity. : EPITAPHS
109
Lot: Colloq. : SLEW
111
Shreds. : TATTERS
113
Shifts or sheaths. : DRESSES
117
Charter. : HIRE
118
Start of Ezra Pound parody. : WINTERISICUMENIN
120
Adam's grandson. : ENOS
121
"Christmas comes but ___ year." : ONCEA
122
Garçon's parent. : MAMAN
123
Laugh: Fr. : RIRE
124
Yarn for a shuttle. : WEFT
125
Elbe tributary. : EGER
126
Go to Gretna Green. : ELOPE
127
German admiral. : SPEE
Down
1
___ vision. : SAWA
2
River: Abbr. : TRIB
3
Retirement funds: Abbr. : ANNS
4
Made a new recording of. : RETAPED
5
Aircraft. : GIROS
6
The winner, in golf. : LOWMAN
7
___ Jima. : IWO
8
Ballroom. : DANCEHALL
9
Opposite of broadside. : ENDON
10
Pillar: Lat. : COLUMNA
11
Parallels. : ANALOGUES
12
Fall's end. : WINTERSOLSTICE
13
The old ___. : SOD
14
Adherents of isms. : ISTS
15
Webster's unabridged. : NEWINTERNATIONAL
16
Where Kerch is. : CRIMEA
17
Opera role. : HANSEL
20
Colleagues of secys. : TRS
23
African game. : ELANDS
24
Spanish queen and others. : ENAS
30
Realm. : DEMESNE
32
Midwestern Indians. : REES
33
Summit: Prefix. : ACR
35
Pine. : LARCH
36
Of a country: Prefix. : ITALO
37
Beginning of "Richard III." : NOWISTHEWINTEROF
40
Wood sorrel. : OCA
41
Roman numeral. : IIII
43
Walked. : STRODE
45
"Seven ___ Baldpate." : KEYSTO
49
Conversational phrase. : HOWINTERESTING
50
Compass point. : NNE
53
The word, sometimes. : MUM
54
Snake. : ASP
56
Green shade. : PEA
58
Dander. : IRE
59
On the deep. : ASEA
61
Stowe novel. : DRED
63
Set against. : APPOSE
65
Strip. : DIVEST
68
Draft machinery: Abbr. : SSS
70
Bauble. : TRINKET
71
Shipping news: Abbr. : SLD
72
Barley beard. : AWN
73
Well known "congress." : CIO
76
Arabic name. : ABU
78
Bête ___. : NOIRE
79
Jane and Zane. : GREYS
81
Famous soprano. : LIND
83
Trifling. : DALLIANCE
85
Congé. : DISMISSAL
88
Blackbird. : MERL
89
___ nose. : BYA
90
Indian chief. : SACHEM
93
Letter. : TEE
94
Take ___. : ALETTER
97
Pitchers. : TOSSERS
98
Tropical tree. : CASHEW
99
Queued up. : INLINE
100
Merlin. : SEER
102
Reckless. : MADCAP
107
Chief. : PRIME
108
Trim. : PRUNE
110
Frémont's goal. : WEST
112
Drink. : TEA
114
Bit. : SNIP
115
Name on a green stamp. : EIRE
116
Snick and ___. : SNEE
118
Trouble. : WOE
119
Lowermost: It. : IMO

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 8 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
47 ms