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

New York Times, Saturday, March 18, 1989

44-Across : Midtown traffic problems

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1
R
2
A
3
S
4
P
5
R
6
A
7
B
8
I
9
F
10
O
11
I
12
L
13
A
L
T
A
14
A
L
A
D
15
S
E
D
G
E
16
F
A
L
L
17
O
V
E
R
O
18
N
E
S
E
L
F
19
T
R
O
O
P
E
R
S
20
E
A
T
O
U
T
21
M
A
L
T
22
A
T
H
E
N
S
23
P
24
E
25
R
I
26
S
27
A
R
T
O
R
28
I
R
A
N
29
I
30
B
I
E
R
31
M
32
A
33
O
34
P
I
N
O
N
35
E
36
S
E
A
R
S
37
B
A
C
K
38
S
E
T
39
T
A
A
L
40
E
R
N
I
E
41
V
E
R
G
E
42
D
43
I
N
D
Y
44
S
45
N
A
R
L
S
46
O
47
T
48
I
S
49
I
T
A
L
I
A
50
S
T
A
R
T
51
L
52
E
53
D
54
G
O
J
U
M
P
55
I
N
T
H
E
L
A
K
E
56
A
N
D
E
S
57
M
I
L
O
58
E
G
E
R
59
L
E
I
S
60
A
T
E
E
61
D
O
S
E
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,375
Across
1
Grate upon : RASP
5
Nobelist in Physics: 1944 : RABI
9
Blunt-pointed rapier : FOIL
13
Canadian prov. : ALTA
14
"There was ___ ... ": Burns : ALAD
15
Grasslike plant : SEDGE
16
Try hard to please : FALLOVERONESELF
19
Cavalrymen : TROOPERS
20
___ of one's hand : EATOUT
21
Fast-food treat : MALT
22
Name for a cultural center : ATHENS
23
Persian pixie : PERI
26
Carlyle's "___ Resartus" : SARTOR
28
Bani-Sadr, for one : IRANI
30
Rathskeller quaff : BIER
31
Long March leader : MAO
34
Defeat decisively : PINONESEARSBACK
38
Stage scene : SET
39
Luzon volcano : TAAL
40
Youngest one in "My Three Sons" : ERNIE
41
Inclined (toward) : VERGED
43
___ 500 : INDY
44
Midtown traffic problems : SNARLS
46
Pamphleteer of the 1760's : OTIS
49
Marconi's homeland : ITALIA
50
Caught unaware : STARTLED
54
Angry advice to a nonswimmer? : GOJUMPINTHELAKE
56
Llamas' milieu : ANDES
57
Grain sorghum : MILO
58
"Rome of Hungary" : EGER
59
Floral greetings in Hilo : LEIS
60
Fits to ___ : ATEE
61
Potion : DOSE
Down
1
Huck's craft : RAFT
2
Pteroid : ALAR
3
Capital of Manche : STLO
4
Golden-coated horse : PALOMINO
5
"Rhapsodie Espagnole" composer : RAVEL
6
Warnings : ALERTS
7
Places to tend : BARS
8
June words : IDO
9
Rankle : FESTER
10
"___ a Grecian Urn": Keats : ODEON
11
Arctic abodes : IGLUS
12
Bridle hand : LEFT
15
Fabled marine creature : SEAHORSE
17
Fed. agency: 1941-46 : OPA
18
Seine user : NETTER
22
"Aïda" highlight : ARIA
23
Singing Knight's backup : PIPS
24
Part of HOMES : ERIE
25
Carry on : RANT
27
White poplar : ABELE
29
Stopgaps : INTERIMS
31
Heinrich or Horace : MANN
32
Kind of rain : ACID
33
___-dokey : OKEY
35
Flap on a cap : EARLAP
36
Buckles : SAGS
37
Became angry : BRISTLED
41
Esteems : VALUES
42
Remnant in a smoker's pipe : DOTTLE
44
"Lust for Life" author : STONE
45
Saudi native : NAJDI
47
Lake on Nev.'s border : TAHOE
48
Enrage : IRE
49
Motorbike fill-up, perhaps: Abbr. : IGAL
50
Fit of pique : SNIT
51
Como is one : LAGO
52
Stretches the budget, with "out" : EKES
53
Streeter's "___ Mable" : DERE
55
Diamond's "___ Believer" : IMA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 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