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

New York Times, Thursday, March 10, 1955

39-Across : Circus safeguard.

Author:
Norton Rhoades
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Norton Rhoades has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
R
2
E
3
L
4
A
5
T
6
I
7
V
8
E
9
I
10
N
11
F
12
A
13
C
14
T
15
E
R
E
M
I
T
E
S
16
S
E
I
N
E
R
17
S
M
O
O
T
H
E
S
18
M
A
N
A
N
A
19
T
I
N
20
O
U
R
21
C
A
T
22
P
O
D
23
E
N
I
24
D
25
N
E
26
L
L
Y
27
C
E
B
U
28
R
E
D
I
29
G
30
D
O
E
31
M
U
S
I
C
32
N
E
33
V
34
R
A
35
Q
U
E
T
T
E
36
L
37
A
38
M
39
L
I
40
F
E
N
E
T
41
S
E
R
42
I
R
E
43
N
I
C
A
L
44
D
E
45
Y
46
B
O
D
E
D
47
B
E
48
L
49
D
A
50
U
51
B
52
S
53
E
M
I
T
54
B
R
I
E
55
F
56
K
N
O
T
57
R
A
T
58
P
O
E
59
S
A
60
C
61
M
A
R
62
A
T
A
63
M
A
N
64
O
S
C
U
65
L
A
T
E
66
L
I
T
T
L
E
67
T
E
T
R
O
D
E
S
68
S
C
E
N
E
S
69
T
R
O
T
T
E
R
S
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,081
Across
1
Parent. : RELATIVE
9
Really. : INFACT
15
Religious solitaries. : EREMITES
16
Net fisherman. : SEINER
17
Eases. : SMOOTHES
18
Tomorrow, in Mexico. : MANANA
19
The ___ Woodman. : TIN
20
Possessive pronoun. : OUR
21
Persian. : CAT
22
Seed envelope. : POD
23
Geraint's wife. : ENID
25
The traveling ___ Bly. : NELLY
27
Philippine island. : CEBU
28
Spade up again. : REDIG
30
John or Jane ___. : DOE
31
"Say It With ___." : MUSIC
32
Where Mercury is: Abbr. : NEV
34
Resort lake in Adirondacks. : RAQUETTE
36
Precipitate escape: Slang. : LAM
39
Circus safeguard. : LIFENET
41
Indian weight. : SER
42
Peaceful. : IRENICAL
44
African ruler. : DEY
46
Portended. : BODED
47
Babylonian god. : BEL
49
Uses finger paints. : DAUBS
53
Send forth. : EMIT
54
Lawyer's summary. : BRIEF
56
Harness hitch. : KNOT
57
Rodent. : RAT
58
American poet. : POE
59
Indian. : SAC
61
Calendar abbreviation. : MAR
62
Cossack chief. : ATAMAN
64
Kiss. : OSCULATE
66
Famous football coach. : LITTLE
67
Electron tubes. : TETRODES
68
Vistas. : SCENES
69
Racehorses. : TROTTERS
Down
1
One in repose. : RESTER
2
Royal symbol. : ERMINE
3
Meteor visible in November. : LEONID
4
Latin student's first verb. : AMO
5
European President. : TITO
6
Norse goddess. : ITHUN
7
Turned off course. : VEERED
8
Sigmoid shape. : ESS
9
High official in NATO. : ISMAY
10
Adroit. : NEAT
11
Relative of a flipper. : FIN
12
Metric feet of three syllables. : ANAPESTS
13
Convent inhabitant. : CENOBITE
14
Slanderer. : TRADUCER
21
Pure. : CLEAN
24
Clangor. : DIN
26
Heroine of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." : LORELEI
27
Hint. : CUE
29
Very cold. : GELID
31
Partially silenced. : MUTED
33
Old ___. : VIC
35
Which was to be proved: Abbr. : QED
36
Broad-minded ones. : LIBERALS
37
Sweet-smelling. : AROMATIC
38
Think deeply. : MEDITATE
40
French entomologist. : FABRE
43
Curtain material. : NET
45
Long-haired ox. : YAK
48
Smaller. : LESSER
50
Not put in order. : UNMADE
51
Straw hat, in England. : BOATER
52
Strain. : STRESS
54
Tibia and fibia. : BONES
55
De ___ (actual). : FACTO
58
Wan. : PALE
60
Short and impolite. : CURT
63
Peak: Abbr. : MTN
64
Former Giant. : OTT
65
Fate. : LOT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 4 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
49 ms