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

New York Times, Friday, May 20, 1977

26-Across : Courted

Author:
Jean Reed
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 15, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Jean Reed has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
S
2
A
3
T
4
O
5
S
6
H
7
A
8
R
9
P
10
S
11
P
12
A
13
M
14
A
V
I
V
15
C
E
L
I
A
16
L
A
N
E
17
W
I
N
E
18
C
E
L
L
A
R
19
E
D
D
A
20
A
S
T
R
O
N
21
S
T
A
22
R
E
D
A
T
23
T
R
I
24
P
25
A
G
A
V
E
26
R
27
O
28
M
A
N
C
E
29
D
30
U
S
E
D
31
T
32
O
33
A
W
O
K
E
34
S
E
35
L
A
H
36
C
O
N
37
N
I
N
E
38
H
O
N
E
Y
39
H
E
S
A
40
E
N
T
41
P
A
S
T
E
42
G
A
L
E
N
43
E
D
I
44
S
O
N
45
S
C
46
R
A
W
L
E
D
47
C
A
N
D
48
O
49
H
U
L
K
50
F
51
I
E
L
D
I
N
52
G
53
M
O
S
54
C
55
O
56
W
57
O
S
L
O
58
C
E
L
59
L
O
P
H
A
N
E
60
A
L
L
O
61
A
N
E
A
R
62
A
R
A
L
63
L
E
O
N
64
P
O
E
M
S
65
W
E
N
D
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,142
Across
1
Japanese statesman : SATO
5
Like some cheese : SHARP
10
G.I.'s ration in W.W. II : SPAM
14
Tel ___ : AVIV
15
Girl in "As You Like It" : CELIA
16
Part of a highway : LANE
17
Room visited by a sommelier : WINECELLAR
19
Saga, Norse style : EDDA
20
Star student: Abbr. : ASTRON
21
Fixed one's gaze on : STAREDAT
23
Scenery changer : TRIP
25
Century plant : AGAVE
26
Courted : ROMANCED
30
Familiar with : USEDTO
33
Left the land of Nod : AWOKE
34
Biblical pause : SELAH
36
Peruse : CON
37
___-to-five job : NINE
38
Word with bee or bear : HONEY
39
"For ___ jolly good fellow" : HESA
40
Suffix with depend or absorb : ENT
41
Mucilage : PASTE
42
Ancient doctor : GALEN
43
Menlo Park's claim to fame : EDISON
45
Perpetrated graffiti : SCRAWLED
47
Seabees' motto : CANDO
49
Shell of a wrecked ship : HULK
50
He wrote "Tom Jones" : FIELDING
53
European capital : MOSCOW
57
European capital : OSLO
58
Transparent wrapping : CELLOPHANE
60
Other: Prefix : ALLO
61
Lend ___ (listen) : ANEAR
62
Inland sea in Russia : ARAL
63
Ponce de ___ : LEON
64
Lyrics : POEMS
65
Proceed on one's way : WEND
Down
1
"I never ___ purple cow" : SAWA
2
Rara ___ : AVIS
3
Color slightly : TINT
4
Catch up with : OVERTAKE
5
Like some railways : SCENIC
6
Loki's daughter : HEL
7
Start of a Shakespearean title : ALLS
8
Lariat on a llano : RIATA
9
Landlocked S.A. country : PARAGUAY
10
Something to laugh up : SLEEVE
11
Room in " ... Cuckoo's Nest" : PADDEDCELL
12
"___ Happy New Year" : ANDA
13
Headcheese, e.g. : MEAT
18
French horn : CORNE
22
Madcap : RASH
24
Pieces of eight : PESOS
26
New Delhi notable : RANEE
27
"___,/If winter comes ... " : OWIND
28
Jefferson's home : MONTICELLO
29
Car's scars : DENTS
31
"We're off ___ the wizard ... " : TOSEE
32
___ on (incessantly) : ONAND
35
Parasite : LEECH
38
Kind of race : HANDICAP
39
Shamus : HAWKSHAW
41
Place for Thoreau : POND
42
Lively dance : GALOP
44
Carry Nation's target : SALOON
46
Growths on the grapevine : RUMORS
48
___ trump (bridge bid) : ONENO
50
Paddock newcomer : FOAL
51
"This sceptred ___" : ISLE
52
Merriment : GLEE
54
Kind of package : CARE
55
___ even keel : ONAN
56
Tuesday : WELD
59
On the ___ (fleeing) : LAM

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
62 ms