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

New York Times, Saturday, April 18, 1981

17-Across : Tale of woe

Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 0
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
R
2
A
3
D
4
I
5
A
6
N
7
S
8
Y
9
A
10
R
11
D
12
S
13
A
N
E
C
D
O
T
14
E
15
A
L
E
R
T
16
S
17
J
E
R
E
M
I
A
D
18
R
E
P
E
A
T
19
A
M
I
20
S
L
I
D
21
I
N
G
22
A
M
A
23
H
O
V
24
E
25
S
N
A
G
26
A
D
I
M
27
S
N
E
A
28
K
29
S
O
30
B
31
M
E
N
E
32
E
S
S
E
33
N
34
E
35
R
A
36
M
A
D
A
N
37
I
R
O
N
38
O
B
A
N
39
E
40
M
41
P
E
R
O
R
42
T
U
L
I
43
P
44
S
45
P
A
R
S
46
N
O
47
M
48
O
T
O
E
49
S
50
I
N
I
T
51
L
A
52
P
53
P
54
A
R
C
H
55
C
A
M
56
T
57
I
L
L
E
R
58
S
59
T
R
A
60
A
G
A
61
T
E
S
62
T
A
I
L
63
O
R
E
D
64
L
E
T
H
A
L
65
A
C
A
U
D
A
T
E
66
D
E
E
R
E
67
E
M
B
A
Y
E
D
© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,484
Across
1
Units of angular measurement : RADIANS
8
Sites of some venditions : YARDS
13
Tale told by an oldster : ANECDOTE
15
Prepares for action : ALERTS
17
Tale of woe : JEREMIAD
18
Battologize : REPEAT
19
Nice friend : AMI
20
Kind of door or scale : SLIDING
22
Japanese woman diver : AMA
23
Edna Best's hometown : HOVE
25
Monkey wrench : SNAG
26
Take ___ view of : ADIM
27
Weasel : SNEAK
29
Epithet used by H.S.T. : SOB
31
Part of the handwriting on the wall : MENE
32
Ancient ascetic : ESSENE
35
Islamic month : RAMADAN
37
Press : IRON
38
Port on the Firth of Lorne : OBAN
39
Type of butterfly : EMPEROR
42
Certain bulbs : TULIPS
45
Golf scores : PARS
46
___ de plume : NOM
48
Siouan Indians : OTOES
50
Part of a monogram: Abbr. : INIT
51
A Scandinavian : LAPP
54
Chief : ARCH
55
Trippet : CAM
56
Shoots from stems of plants : TILLERS
59
Refrain syllable : TRA
60
Marbles : AGATES
62
Made to order : TAILORED
64
Devastating : LETHAL
65
Tailless : ACAUDATE
66
Inventor of farm machines : DEERE
67
Surrounded : EMBAYED
Down
1
Indian rulers : RAJAHS
2
Windflower : ANEMONE
3
Infers : DERIVES
4
Ferber's "___ Palace" : ICE
5
U.S.N. officers : ADMS
6
Fibers combed from wool : NOILS
7
Blot : STAIN
8
Weaver's purchase : YARN
9
Shake ___ (hie) : ALEG
10
Corded fabric : REP
11
Feared : DREADED
12
Miler's sine qua non : STAMINA
14
Icelandic literary works : EDDAS
16
Long part of a spider plant : STAMEN
21
Luzon native : IGOROT
24
" ... those move ___ who have learn'd to dance": Pope : EASIEST
26
Deadly fungus : AMANITA
28
Dramatist or drama critic : KERR
30
Hindu gentleman : BABU
33
High point : NOON
34
Place on a list : ENROLL
36
Saint-___, French port : MALO
39
Heroic : EPICAL
40
Emulated Ralph Houk : MANAGED
41
Archbishop : PRIMATE
43
Depict : PORTRAY
44
Conceal : SECRETE
47
Mediterranean island : MALTA
49
Like Unter den Linden : SHADED
52
What "shalom" means : PEACE
53
Father of Troilus : PRIAM
56
Something to shed : TEAR
57
Cay : ISLE
58
Slightly twisted wool : SLUB
61
Brew in Brest : THE
63
Harem room : ODA

Answer summary:
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
66 ms