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

New York Times, Thursday, May 29, 1952

28-Across : Orbed or crescent.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 28, Avg Word Len: 5.63, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 312 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
1
M
2
A
3
L
4
A
5
B
6
A
7
R
8
M
9
O
10
R
11
A
12
S
13
S
14
A
L
I
M
O
N
Y
15
I
C
I
C
L
E
16
S
17
T
A
M
A
N
D
U
18
S
E
C
T
I
V
E
19
A
M
I
S
S
20
K
21
O
D
A
K
22
D
E
V
23
D
O
T
S
24
P
Y
L
O
N
25
H
I
R
E
26
O
D
E
27
L
A
U
D
E
28
L
U
N
A
R
29
R
E
D
30
H
O
T
31
T
R
32
I
A
N
G
L
E
33
E
G
O
34
T
I
S
T
I
C
35
P
36
A
37
T
R
O
N
Y
M
38
E
T
H
39
E
40
L
41
S
42
A
R
A
B
S
43
R
E
44
T
R
Y
45
N
E
P
46
U
R
N
S
47
B
O
R
E
S
48
C
H
A
R
49
P
I
T
50
W
E
L
S
H
51
S
H
A
K
E
52
E
V
A
53
S
I
V
E
54
R
55
U
M
A
N
I
A
56
R
E
R
I
S
E
S
57
A
M
E
R
C
E
D
58
D
A
P
P
L
E
59
N
E
E
D
E
R
S
© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,075
Across
1
Region of the SW coast of India. : MALABAR
8
Swampland. : MORASS
14
One result of divorce. : ALIMONY
15
Winter's stalactites. : ICICLES
17
Little anteater of So. America. : TAMANDU
18
Able to be cut: Rare. : SECTIVE
19
Out of kilter. : AMISS
20
Word coined by George Eastman. : KODAK
22
Nickname for Eire's chief. : DEV
23
Short clicks in Morse code. : DOTS
24
Faulkner's novel of flying, 1935. : PYLON
25
Buy services. : HIRE
26
Paean from a poet. : ODE
27
Magna cum ___. : LAUDE
28
Orbed or crescent. : LUNAR
29
Very new and unusual. : REDHOT
31
One of the traditional plots in fiction. : TRIANGLE
33
Of blind conceit. : EGOTISTIC
35
The family name. : PATRONYM
38
Miss Waters and others. : ETHELS
42
Journeyers to Mecca. : ARABS
43
Honor an appeal. : RETRY
45
Little knot in cotton fibers. : NEP
46
Samovars or coffeepots. : URNS
47
Menaces of the party. : BORES
48
Blacken in fire. : CHAR
49
Shaft of a coal mine. : PIT
50
Aneurin Bevan's constituents. : WELSH
51
Milk drink. : SHAKE
52
Hard to pin down. : EVASIVE
54
Balkan country, Red-shadowed. : RUMANIA
56
Resurges. : RERISES
57
Fined. : AMERCED
58
Polka-dot with light. : DAPPLE
59
Ready customers. : NEEDERS
Down
1
Army robot plane. : MATADOR
2
In style. : ALAMODE
3
The Twentieth to Chicago. : LIMITED
4
Gather. : AMASS
5
Bonds: Fr. : BONS
6
Including. : AND
7
Island chain between Japan and Formosa. : RYUKYU
8
Miscreants. : MISDOERS
9
The watery world. : OCEAN
10
Haycock. : RICK
11
Ordinance. : ACT
12
A scale for wages. : SLIDING
13
Various. : SEVERAL
16
Hard to endure. : SEVERE
21
Nonagenarians. : OLDTIMERS
24
He wrote "Cry, the Beloved Country." : PATON
25
A premonition. : HUNCH
27
The divine creative Word. : LOGOS
28
Nonprofessionals, as a group. : LAITY
30
Rosemary, sage, etc. : HERBS
32
Roman roads. : ITERS
34
Natives of the Austrian Alps. : TYROLESE
35
A man on his uppers. : PAUPER
36
Successful. : ARRIVED
37
Fanfare for trumpets. : TANTARA
39
Heighten. : ENHANCE
40
Having more holes. : LEAKIER
41
Butter, jam, etc. : SPREADS
44
Pahlevi's capital. : TEHRAN
47
Mirror edge. : BEVEL
48
Rival of spinach. : CHARD
50
Delicate tendril. : WISP
51
Kind of duck. : SMEE
53
Drink to savor. : SIP
55
Japanese apricot. : UME

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 3 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
44 ms