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

T FOR TWO

New York Times, Sunday, February 11, 1990

26-Across : DOUBLES

Author:
Arnold Moss
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 96, Avg Word Len: 5.15, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 643 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 137, Cheaters: 18, FITB: 15, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
Arnold Moss has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
S
2
A
3
L
4
E
5
M
6
L
7
E
8
N
9
A
10
M
11
A
12
R
13
C
14
S
15
A
16
H
17
L
18
M
E
D
I
C
I
19
E
X
A
L
20
T
21
S
22
E
L
I
A
23
A
L
O
E
24
T
W
E
E
K
S
25
W
I
T
H
P
A
Y
26
T
B
A
S
27
E
H
I
T
S
28
N
E
L
S
29
S
I
D
R
A
30
T
R
31
E
S
A
32
T
R
A
C
E
S
33
S
R
A
34
M
I
L
E
A
35
B
O
U
T
36
L
A
U
R
E
L
37
G
A
L
E
N
38
T
A
U
P
E
39
F
I
N
C
A
40
C
41
A
42
T
E
R
E
D
43
T
W
A
Y
S
44
T
R
E
E
T
45
T
46
R
47
I
48
A
D
O
N
I
S
49
M
50
O
O
D
Y
51
A
U
N
T
52
S
T
E
N
53
P
I
N
E
S
54
C
O
R
N
Y
55
P
L
I
S
56
B
E
H
A
N
57
R
O
T
S
58
C
O
R
A
59
E
60
L
E
C
T
61
C
A
V
I
L
S
62
A
S
H
63
T
H
A
N
D
64
E
65
D
S
A
W
66
H
I
K
E
R
S
67
E
68
G
R
E
S
S
69
S
A
T
I
E
70
L
E
G
E
N
D
71
B
A
R
E
S
T
72
T
F
A
C
E
73
D
L
I
A
R
74
S
75
T
76
A
77
O
R
I
E
N
T
78
P
79
O
E
T
S
80
L
I
R
R
81
A
V
I
V
82
N
O
S
E
D
83
O
A
T
S
84
S
85
P
I
N
S
86
A
B
O
N
E
87
T
O
L
D
88
A
S
T
I
89
P
L
A
T
E
90
R
O
U
T
E
R
91
O
D
E
92
T
P
I
E
C
93
E
94
S
U
I
T
95
C
O
N
T
E
S
T
96
G
A
P
E
S
97
M
A
N
T
A
98
H
A
Y
E
S
99
D
100
A
R
N
E
R
101
M
I
G
S
102
P
A
P
A
S
103
S
104
T
105
R
106
P
E
S
E
T
A
107
D
108
I
A
N
E
109
O
U
Z
E
L
110
E
I
R
E
111
T
W
H
E
E
L
112
E
R
S
113
T
N
114
O
B
L
E
K
I
115
N
S
M
E
N
116
G
E
E
K
117
E
T
A
L
118
S
T
R
O
L
L
119
S
E
T
O
S
E
120
S
Y
R
S
121
D
A
M
E
122
B
E
S
S
123
M
O
O
N
S
© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,705
Across
1
Hawthorne's birthplace : SALEM
6
U.S.S.R. river : LENA
10
Chagall or Connelly : MARC
14
Comedian Mort : SAHL
18
Miniver Cheevy's love : MEDICI
19
Glorifies : EXALTS
22
A k a Lamb : ELIA
23
Medicinal plant : ALOE
24
USUAL VACATION? : TWEEKSWITHPAY
26
DOUBLES : TBASEHITS
28
Brando role in "I Remember Mama" : NELS
29
Qadaffi's gulf : SIDRA
30
Actress Hughes : TRESA
32
Soupçons : TRACES
33
Evita Perón, e.g.: Abbr. : SRA
34
A ___ minute : MILEA
35
Match : BOUT
36
Films' Arthur Stanley Jefferson : LAUREL
37
Marcus Aurelius's M.D. : GALEN
38
Brownish gray : TAUPE
39
Mexican's estate : FINCA
40
Provided a banquet for a fee : CATERED
43
AVENUE GOING EAST OR WEST : TWAYSTREET
45
Angle or color preceder : TRI
48
"Venus and ___," Shakespearean poem : ADONIS
49
Tennis great of 1920's and 30's : MOODY
51
Anagram for tuna : AUNT
52
British gun : STEN
53
Loblollies : PINES
54
Square : CORNY
55
French wrinkles : PLIS
56
"Borstal Boy" author : BEHAN
57
Degenerates : ROTS
58
Actress Witherspoon : CORA
59
Haut monde : ELECT
61
Quibbles : CAVILS
62
Tough wood : ASH
63
TOOL FOR A PAIR : THANDEDSAW
66
Backpackers : HIKERS
67
Exit : EGRESS
69
French composer Erik : SATIE
70
"The ___ of Good Women": Chaucer : LEGEND
71
Least furnished : BAREST
72
DISCIPLE OF ANANIAS : TFACEDLIAR
74
As written: Mus. : STA
77
Help freshmen adjust : ORIENT
78
Wilbur and Kunitz : POETS
80
Train for many N.Y. commuters : LIRR
81
Tel ___ : AVIV
82
Narrowly defeated, with "out" : NOSED
83
Some are wild : OATS
84
Brief joy rides : SPINS
86
"To a rag and ___ ... ": Kipling : ABONE
87
"Twice-___ Tales" : TOLD
88
___ spumante : ASTI
89
Home, for one : PLATE
90
Carpenter's tool : ROUTER
91
Sappho creation : ODE
92
BIKINI, E.G. : TPIECESUIT
95
Miss America, e.g. : CONTEST
96
Yawns : GAPES
97
A tropical ray : MANTA
98
Centennial choice for U.S. President : HAYES
99
Dragonfly : DARNER
101
Some Russian planes : MIGS
102
Actress from Greece : PAPAS
103
Gibraltar, e.g.: Abbr. : STR
106
Money in Santander : PESETA
107
TV's Sawyer : DIANE
109
European thrush : OUZEL
110
Erin, to a Gael : EIRE
111
TRIKES' COUSINS : TWHEELERS
113
FLETCHER-SHAKESPEARE PLAY, WITH "THE" : TNOBLEKINSMEN
116
A carny : GEEK
117
Kin of etc. : ETAL
118
Saunter : STROLL
119
Bristly : SETOSE
120
Damascenes: Abbr. : SYRS
121
Anderson or Fonteyn : DAME
122
Role in a Gershwin opus : BESS
123
Mohawk months : MOONS
Down
1
Cloaca : SEWER
2
Author Turin : ADELA
3
U.N.'s Trygve and kin : LIES
4
Opponent of Luther : ECK
5
Trident and Titan : MISSILES
6
Rembrandt's birthplace : LEIDEN
7
Film day-player : EXTRA
8
Okinawan city : NAHA
9
Jungfrau, e.g. : ALP
10
"Miracle team" of 1969 : METS
11
Provençal love song : ALBA
12
Inlet : RIA
13
Rhythm maker : CASTANET
14
Tuaregs' region : SAHARA
15
Linda Lavin's TV hit : ALICE
16
Hailey best seller : HOTEL
17
" ... and ___ than kind": Shak. : LESS
18
Pennines or Carpathians: Abbr. : MTNS
20
Tropical armadillo : TATOUAY
21
Cloying : SYRUPY
25
Enticed : WILED
27
Emit violently : ERUCT
31
Summers, in Soissons : ETES
34
He hit 61 home runs in '61 : MARIS
35
Obscene : BAWDY
36
Mortgages : LIENS
37
Tunney and Kelly : GENES
38
KIND OF TRUCK : TTON
39
Jujube or loquat : FRUIT
40
Director of "It Happened One Night" : CAPRA
41
Goodbye, in Granada : ADIOS
42
CRITICS' SEATS : TONTHEAISLE
44
Baby soother : TALC
45
CONGRESSIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR AMENDMENTS : TTHIRDSVOTE
46
Former Spanish coins : REALS
47
Caravansaries : INNS
49
Dawns, poetically : MORNS
50
Toward the mouth : ORAD
52
Reno "natural" : SEVEN
54
Keep going effortlessly : COAST
55
Flycatcher : PEWEE
56
He makes good scents : BAKER
58
Stallone feature : CHEST
59
Estoy, ___, está : ESTAS
60
Secular : LAIC
61
George Burns's companion : CIGAR
63
Drift : TREND
64
Bass-baritone Simon ___ : ESTES
65
Crazy : DAFT
66
"Make us ___ of all eternity": Shak. : HEIRS
68
Classic Von Stroheim film : GREED
70
Radiation term : LLINE
71
Offspring : BROOD
73
Honorary degree : DLIT
75
Prongs : TINES
76
Ward off : AVERT
77
Aware of : ONTO
78
Spreads : PATES
79
Auricular : OTIC
81
Borders on : ABUTS
83
Willow twig : OSIER
84
Clefts : SLITS
85
___-cake (child's game) : PATA
86
Top ratings : AONES
88
Went to a higher court : APPEALED
89
Tangy : PUNGENT
90
Support of kings : ROYALISM
92
"La Plume de Ma ___" : TANTE
93
Bovary or Lazarus : EMMA
94
New Orleans eleven : SAINTS
95
Author of "The Makropoulos Secret" : CAPEK
96
Attic natives : GREEKS
98
Filberts : HAZELS
99
Loser to Truman : DEWEY
100
Tribe of Israel : ASHER
102
Plays tug of war : PULLS
103
Simple one : SIMON
104
Lock : TRESS
105
___ Sully Prudhomme, poet and Nobelist : RENE
106
Series of book copies: Abbr. : PTGS
107
Mite : DRAM
108
Key : ISLE
109
A double-reed : OBOE
110
"___ Perpetua," motto of Idaho : ESTO
112
Greek long e : ETA
114
Sphere : ORB
115
Modernist : NEO

Answer summary:
14 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 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
60 ms