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

QUOTATION MUTATIONS

New York Times, Sunday, March 11, 1990

1-Across : Singer Franklin

Author:
Robert H. Wolfe
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 90, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 652 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 141, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 16, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Robert H. Wolfe has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 60 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1
A
2
R
3
E
4
T
5
H
6
A
7
R
8
A
9
D
10
A
11
R
12
S
13
V
14
E
15
N
16
U
17
P
18
A
19
S
20
L
E
C
H
E
R
21
E
M
O
T
E
22
P
T
E
R
O
23
T
E
L
E
24
A
C
H
I
C
K
25
E
N
I
N
E
V
26
E
R
Y
T
O
T
27
S
A
B
E
28
M
O
O
N
S
29
L
A
R
G
E
30
R
E
P
O
S
E
31
S
32
C
U
D
33
O
L
I
G
34
L
E
M
35
A
N
E
T
36
E
S
T
37
E
E
M
S
38
D
O
N
T
39
G
I
V
E
40
U
41
P
42
T
H
E
N
I
43
P
44
T
U
R
F
45
E
R
G
O
T
S
46
P
O
L
O
47
C
O
48
D
Y
49
R
O
50
A
51
D
52
B
I
53
B
54
E
N
C
Y
55
S
56
T
57
G
O
O
58
O
R
L
E
59
S
60
H
61
I
62
E
R
63
A
64
O
N
E
65
O
R
66
M
O
L
U
67
R
O
I
L
68
L
O
C
O
69
C
L
A
D
70
S
71
C
R
E
E
72
E
N
73
G
74
U
T
E
75
A
M
A
L
76
G
A
M
S
77
A
R
R
E
S
78
T
79
G
E
80
E
R
81
B
O
N
I
E
R
82
I
83
C
84
O
M
E
I
S
A
W
85
M
A
M
M
86
A
87
S
88
N
E
E
R
89
S
E
R
A
P
E
90
A
91
L
A
R
M
I
N
G
92
L
93
A
O
94
D
Y
95
E
96
D
A
R
E
R
97
L
I
E
N
98
E
M
I
T
99
O
C
T
100
A
101
A
N
102
G
E
L
A
103
K
I
N
E
104
P
R
E
S
S
105
C
U
S
P
106
B
O
L
107
E
S
108
S
109
A
Y
S
110
S
111
H
E
112
I
T
E
R
113
I
S
U
114
P
115
A
R
A
T
116
Y
A
117
C
118
H
119
T
120
S
121
L
I
122
N
G
123
T
H
124
E
125
P
U
C
K
S
126
T
127
O
P
S
H
E
R
E
128
S
129
Y
L
L
A
B
130
I
131
O
R
A
L
132
A
L
E
133
O
R
E
S
134
L
E
A
135
A
R
S
136
E
N
I
C
137
S
138
T
139
O
M
A
140
I
L
O
N
A
141
O
A
T
142
S
143
I
S
L
I
N
K
144
T
H
E
R
E
F
145
O
R
E
I
A
M
146
B
R
I
E
147
C
U
B
E
S
148
R
I
T
A
S
149
B
E
R
N
I
E
150
S
N
E
E
151
K
E
A
S
152
A
N
E
N
T
153
E
D
S
E
L
S
© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,733
Across
1
Singer Franklin : ARETHA
7
Burghoff role : RADAR
12
Swedish explorer Hedin : SVEN
16
Arrow-poison tree : UPAS
20
Lewd one : LECHER
21
Act, in a way : EMOTE
22
Wing: Comb. form : PTERO
23
Part of TV : TELE
24
Herb's promise for kids? : ACHICKENINEVERYTOT
27
Kemo ___, Tonto's pal : SABE
28
Acts dreamily : MOONS
29
At ___ (free) : LARGE
30
Takes forty winks : REPOSES
32
Chew the ___ (ponder) : CUD
33
Deficiency: Comb. form : OLIG
34
NASA cart : LEM
35
Dill of the Bible : ANET
36
Honors : ESTEEMS
38
Jim Lawrence's advice to teetotalers? : DONTGIVEUPTHENIP
44
A ground for running : TURF
45
Diseases of rye : ERGOTS
46
Orient expresser : POLO
47
Buffalo Bill : CODY
49
Hope-Crosby title word, often : ROAD
52
Tyke protector : BIB
54
Encapsulate : ENCYST
57
Sticky stuff : GOO
58
Shield border : ORLE
59
More demure : SHIER
63
Tops : AONE
65
Imitation gold leaf : ORMOLU
67
Agitate : ROIL
68
Bonkers : LOCO
69
Covered : CLAD
70
Heap of stones : SCREE
72
Chang's counterpart : ENG
74
All-purpose trk. : UTE
75
Fillings after drillings : AMALGAMS
77
What Ness put people under : ARREST
79
Grandpa on "The Waltons" : GEER
81
More osseous : BONIER
82
Start of Julius's phrase for a carpenter? : ICOMEISAW
85
Cradle tenders : MAMMAS
88
___-do-well : NEER
89
Colima coverup : SERAPE
90
Frightful : ALARMING
92
Thai's neighbor : LAO
94
Anil, e.g. : DYE
96
One who bells the cat : DARER
97
Legal claim : LIEN
98
Radiate : EMIT
99
Prefix with chord or meter : OCTA
101
Cabot Cove's Jessica : ANGELA
103
Cows, to Cowper : KINE
104
Basketball defense : PRESS
105
Apex : CUSP
106
Hoopster Manute ___ : BOL
107
Bacon products : ESSAYS
110
Kind of bear : SHE
112
Brain passage : ITER
113
"The jig ___!" : ISUP
115
Smell ___ (be suspicious) : ARAT
116
Marina sights : YACHTS
121
Burbot : LING
123
Harry's phrase for a goalie's crease? : THEPUCKSTOPSHERE
128
Certain summaries : SYLLABI
131
Kind of surgeon : ORAL
132
Libation station potation : ALE
133
Strikes that please mine owners : ORES
134
He wrote "The Brave Bulls" : LEA
135
Partner of Old Lace : ARSENIC
137
Mouth, to a zoologist : STOMA
140
Actress Massey : ILONA
141
Dinner for Spend A Buck : OATS
143
René's words for a lurker? : ISLINKTHEREFOREIAM
146
Soft cheese : BRIE
147
Mixers' frozen assets : CUBES
148
Tushingham and Moreno : RITAS
149
"Bridget Loves ___" : BERNIE
150
Koko's weaspon : SNEE
151
New Zealand parrots : KEAS
152
About : ANENT
153
Old lemons : EDSELS
Down
1
Thin silk for hoods : ALAMODE
2
Change a shade : RECOLOR
3
Parrot's activity : ECHOING
4
" ... men have found a ___ love": Chesterton : THINGTO
5
TV's Ramsey et al. : HECS
6
Ham saver : ARK
7
Dub over : RENAME
8
Arabian commander : AMIR
9
Tintinnabular sound : DONG
10
To ___(exactly) : ATEE
11
Race a motor : REV
12
Astringent : STYPTIC
13
Presidential power : VETO
14
Notched, as a leaf : EROSE
15
Horace's good news for a student? : NOTESTYOUNGMAN
16
Old musical syllables : UTS
17
France's wish for Marcel à la Neville? : PEACEFOROURMIME
18
M. Jackson offering : ALBUM
19
Uses a gin : SEEDS
22
Gloat : PREEN
25
Everest stat. : ELEV
26
One with eagle eyes : ERNE
31
A memorable Erwin : STU
34
Actress in "Signore e Signori" : LISI
35
Hailing call : AHOY
37
Fielder's boot : ERROR
39
Most of the U.K. : GTBR
40
Topple : UPEND
41
Corn bread : PONE
42
Forte of a good hosp. : TLC
43
Kind of stick : POGO
48
Bush rival in 1988 : DOLE
50
Anagram for tail : ALIT
51
Galley mark : DELE
53
Gilead's lack : BALM
55
More contrite : SORRIER
56
Kilmer opus : TREES
59
Hunk : SLAB
60
"Ecce ___," Titian painting : HOMO
61
George's retail-failure admission : ICANNOTSELLATIE
62
Isole ___ (isles off Sicily) : EOLIE
64
Saharan stopover : OASIS
66
Cartouche : MESA
69
T.R.'s advice to a strong mason? : CARRYABIGBRICK
70
Winged fruits of elms : SAMARAS
71
"One small ___ for a man ... " (Neil's short order?) : CREPE
73
Tackle : GEAR
76
Opposite of hawed : GEED
78
Justin Kaplan subject : TWAIN
80
Species of wheat : EMMER
83
Grant : CEDE
84
Papal vestment : ORALE
86
Flavoring for a Cannes cordial : ANIS
87
Some NCO's : SGTS
91
Sediment : LEES
92
Places : LOCI
93
___ above (better) : ACUT
95
Author-lecturer Mills : ENOS
97
Site of knights' fights : LISTS
100
A certain fool : APRIL
102
Flood : GLUT
103
A tippy canoe? : KYAK
104
Pod denizens : PEAS
108
Author Bellow : SAUL
109
Cometic path : ARC
111
Hoopla : HYPE
114
Impostors : PHONIES
117
Wraths : CHOLERS
118
Juliet or Cordelia : HEROINE
119
Shipbuilding peg : TRENAIL
120
Tropical, herbaceous plants : SESAMES
122
U.S. flight org. : NAA
124
Actresses Moran and Gray : ERINS
125
Lobo group : PACK
126
Most domestic : TAMEST
127
Minn.'s St. ___ College : OLAF
128
Messy ones : SLOBS
129
Pine : YEARN
130
Progeny : ISSUE
136
Exile isle : ELBA
137
Leg part : SHIN
138
Mal de ___ : TETE
139
Algerian port : ORAN
140
Angered : IRED
142
Bishopric : SEE
144
Between, in Bologna : TRA
145
Eng. title : OBE

Answer summary:
12 unique to this puzzle, 10 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
92 ms