This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Vincent L. Osborne
Vincent L. Osborne

MEMORABLE MOTHERS

New York Times, Sunday, May 11, 1980

31-Across : Sops

Author:
Vincent L. Osborne
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 80, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 535 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 103, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
Vincent L. Osborne has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
S
2
H
3
A
4
S
5
T
6
A
7
I
8
R
9
A
10
T
11
E
12
S
13
I
14
M
15
S
16
H
I
G
H
A
S
17
A
18
N
O
M
O
R
19
E
20
E
N
A
C
21
T
22
I
R
R
I
T
A
N
23
T
24
C
L
Y
T
E
M
25
N
E
S
T
R
A
26
N
E
I
L
27
N
O
28
V
A
E
29
A
M
M
O
30
U
R
I
M
31
P
L
32
A
33
C
E
B
O
S
34
A
L
I
A
S
35
L
O
B
E
36
A
37
S
P
38
L
I
B
E
L
39
J
U
S
T
40
T
41
H
A
N
E
S
42
C
H
I
43
C
A
G
O
44
A
45
B
U
T
46
E
47
G
R
E
T
48
T
E
N
O
R
49
L
50
A
R
E
D
O
51
S
A
L
I
52
E
53
N
54
T
55
S
M
A
R
M
56
E
M
E
R
Y
57
S
58
U
M
59
E
N
D
O
R
60
E
Y
E
61
E
G
62
G
O
N
63
A
N
G
O
R
A
64
C
65
E
66
S
67
A
N
N
E
68
O
F
A
U
S
T
69
R
I
A
70
M
A
P
71
O
C
C
72
A
M
S
73
R
E
T
R
Y
74
O
H
M
75
I
R
A
N
I
76
S
S
R
77
L
A
78
D
L
E
79
L
80
A
81
B
82
O
83
R
84
R
U
M
A
N
85
I
A
86
C
A
N
A
D
A
87
A
R
A
D
A
88
L
A
N
D
89
S
90
O
N
A
N
91
S
92
A
R
A
T
O
V
93
P
94
L
95
I
G
H
T
96
P
97
A
R
D
98
C
99
H
I
N
G
100
H
R
E
101
R
O
B
E
102
A
103
B
I
R
D
104
S
E
A
L
I
O
105
N
S
106
I
C
E
S
107
C
A
N
A
108
I
N
D
I
V
109
A
H
110
I
111
R
112
M
A
R
I
113
A
T
H
E
R
114
E
S
A
115
L
I
116
F
117
E
B
E
L
T
118
A
L
I
C
E
119
S
T
A
L
A
G
120
A
E
R
O
B
E
E
121
S
A
S
H
122
S
T
I
R
S
123
R
A
B
A
T
S
© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,142
Across
1
Cascades peak : SHASTA
7
In a dudgeon : IRATE
12
Jazz artist Zoot : SIMS
16
As ___ kite : HIGHASA
18
Ruark's "Poor ___" : NOMORE
20
Portray : ENACT
22
Tear gas, e.g. : IRRITANT
24
Mother of Orestes : CLYTEMNESTRA
26
Diamond of song : NEIL
27
Astral phenomena : NOVAE
29
Repeater requisite : AMMO
30
Thummim's biblical companion : URIM
31
Sops : PLACEBOS
34
Smith or Jones, at times : ALIAS
35
Uvula : LOBE
36
Egyptian killer : ASP
38
Cause of a suit : LIBEL
39
Condign : JUST
40
Ross and Macduff : THANES
42
Site of Marina City : CHICAGO
44
Touch on : ABUT
46
Everglades denizen : EGRET
48
Drift : TENOR
49
City on the Rio Grande : LAREDO
51
Conspicuous : SALIENT
55
Mawkishness : SMARM
56
Grinding powder : EMERY
57
Aggregate : SUM
59
Where Saul saw a witch : ENDOR
60
Black or red follower : EYE
61
Incite : EGGON
63
Source of mohair : ANGORA
64
These: Fr. : CES
67
Mother of Louis XIV : ANNEOFAUSTRIA
70
Mercator item : MAP
71
___ razor (philosophic rule) : OCCAMS
73
Assay again : RETRY
74
Unit of resistance : OHM
75
Man from Shiraz : IRANI
76
Ukr. or Lith. : SSR
77
Tureen's companion : LADLE
79
Toil : LABOR
84
Enesco's homeland : RUMANIA
86
Where Frontenac governed : CANADA
87
Tilled land : ARADA
88
Catches : LANDS
90
___ even keel : ONAN
91
City on the Volga : SARATOV
93
Predicament : PLIGHT
96
Cowboy's sidekick : PARD
98
Chiang ___, Mao's widow : CHING
100
Charlemagne's domain: Abbr. : HRE
101
Wrapper : ROBE
102
As free as ___ : ABIRD
104
Pacific pinnipeds : SEALIONS
106
Puts in reserve : ICES
107
Miracle site : CANA
108
Single pers. : INDIV
109
Hindu caste : AHIR
112
Mother of Marie Antoinette : MARIATHERESA
115
Flotation device : LIFEBELT
118
Linda Lavin role : ALICE
119
"___ 17" : STALAG
120
U.S. research rocket : AEROBEE
121
Cummerbund : SASH
122
Comes alive : STIRS
123
Dickeys for clergymen : RABATS
Down
1
Tibia's locale : SHIN
2
Engage : HIRE
3
Mother of Nero : AGRIPPINA
4
Grifter's accomplice : SHILL
5
Work on a doily : TAT
6
Third king of Judah : ASA
7
Machu Picchu residents : INCAS
8
Lead, perhaps : ROLE
9
Chip's sister : AMY
10
Bottom lines : TOTALS
11
Hermit : EREMITE
12
Diocese : SEE
13
Setting apart : INSULATING
14
A Mother's Day honoree : MATRON
15
Skilled penman : SCRIBE
17
Mother of Elizabeth I : ANNEBOLEYN
19
Madame Bovary : EMMA
21
Subdues a shrew : TAMES
23
"___ or not ... " : TOBE
25
Cosa ___ : NOSTRA
28
Hit song of 1958 : VOLARE
32
Cry wolf : ALARM
33
Short smoke: Slang : CIG
34
Hudson or DeSoto : AUTO
36
Treads the boards : ACTS
37
Man on the Ark : SHEM
39
Mother of Liza Minnelli : JUDYGARLAND
41
Mother of Constantine the Great : HELENA
43
Heart : COR
45
Deprived : BEREFT
47
Loser to R.M.N. in 1972 : GSM
50
Desert potentates : AMEERS
52
Neighbor of old Palestine : EDOM
53
Nick Charles's wife : NORA
54
Springe, e.g. : TRAP
57
Plea at sea : SOS
58
Immeasurable : UNTOLD
60
Metaphysical being : ENS
62
S.A. country : GUYANA
63
Scope : AIM
64
Cordage fiber : COIR
65
Color of raw silk : ECRU
66
Con game : SCAM
67
Mother of Mohammed : AMINAH
68
"___ the ramparts ... " : OER
69
Mother of Romulus and Remus : RHEASILVIA
72
Aspirin, e.g. : ANALGESICS
76
Blue : SAD
78
Emulated Ted Shawn : DANCED
79
Handel opus : LARGO
80
Parseghian : ARA
81
Mother of Solomon : BATHSHEBA
82
Scent : ODOR
83
Laudatory review : RAVE
85
Whole : INTACT
86
Lanyard : CORD
89
Small harpsichords : SPINETS
92
Cuckoo : ANI
93
___ facie : PRIMA
94
Certain trains : LOCALS
95
Where the Tagus flows : IBERIA
97
Reputed terminal peak : ARARAT
99
Ave! : HAIL
103
Debunkers' words : BAHS
104
Navigation hazards : SNAGS
105
Mogul : NABOB
108
Munich's river : ISAR
110
"___ a Song Go ... " : ILET
111
Mailmen's tours: Abbr. : RTES
113
"Shropshire Lad" monogram : AEH
114
Wallach : ELI
116
Chemin de ___ : FER
117
Pitcher's stat : ERA

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 8 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