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

New York Times, Friday, June 24, 1977

43-Across : Warbucks

Author:
Bert Beaman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Bert Beaman has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
S
2
A
3
W
4
E
5
D
6
C
7
U
8
E
9
S
10
A
11
I
12
N
13
T
14
P
R
I
M
A
15
D
O
N
N
A
16
S
T
O
A
17
I
N
S
U
B
O
R
D
I
N
18
A
T
I
O
N
19
T
O
P
20
B
R
E
E
D
21
L
A
N
D
S
22
A
L
A
R
M
23
B
A
B
E
L
24
S
25
C
26
E
N
E
27
O
28
M
A
R
29
R
E
30
P
31
C
O
N
N
32
S
33
A
N
U
S
I
34
A
H
A
35
U
N
S
O
36
P
H
I
S
T
I
C
37
A
T
E
D
38
D
T
H
39
L
I
S
T
E
N
40
D
E
A
D
41
S
I
R
42
A
P
E
R
43
D
A
D
D
Y
44
N
O
45
U
N
S
46
A
47
D
48
S
U
M
49
M
E
U
S
E
50
A
T
O
L
L
51
E
52
S
53
E
54
U
N
D
E
R
55
P
R
I
V
I
L
56
E
G
E
D
57
I
C
E
R
58
I
N
V
E
T
E
R
A
T
E
59
R
E
D
S
60
P
E
E
R
61
S
E
D
A
N
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,177
Across
1
Did some carpentry : SAWED
6
Actors' concerns : CUES
10
"___ She Sweet" : AINT
14
Star like Sills : PRIMADONNA
16
Attic promenade : STOA
17
Army no-no : INSUBORDINATION
19
Kind of kick : TOP
20
Westminster judge's concern : BREED
21
Catches : LANDS
22
Cry "Wolf!" : ALARM
23
Tumult : BABEL
24
Setting : SCENE
27
Sharif : OMAR
29
Corded fabric : REP
31
Neighbor of R.I. : CONN
32
Moslem ascetic : SANUSI
34
"Eureka!" : AHA
35
38
Divinity-school deg. : DTH
39
Pay attention : LISTEN
40
Kind of duck : DEAD
41
Gielgud's title : SIR
42
Unoriginal one : APER
43
Warbucks : DADDY
44
Some are common : NOUNS
46
Latin roll-call answer : ADSUM
49
W.W.I battle site : MEUSE
50
Bikini, for one : ATOLL
51
Wind dir. : ESE
54
Like many slum children : UNDERPRIVILEGED
57
Wine bucket : ICER
58
Habitual : INVETERATE
59
Baseball champs: 1976 : REDS
60
Earl or duke : PEER
61
Runabout's relative : SEDAN
Down
1
Patio gear : SPIT
2
River through Pisa : ARNO
3
Mere handful : WISP
4
Bird that can't fly : EMU
5
What dilettantes do : DABBLE
6
Kitchen utensil : CORER
7
Reserved : UNDEMONSTRATIVE
8
Oklahoma city : ENID
9
___ Diego : SAN
10
Take ___ at (try) : ASTAB
11
Traveled about : ITINERATED
12
Fool : NOODLEHEAD
13
Hosiery shades : TANS
15
Copperfield's first wife : DORA
18
He took Rome: A.D. 410 : ALARIC
22
Part of A.D. : ANNO
23
"___ Street Blues" : BASIN
24
Runs before the wind : SCUDS
25
Self-restraint : CONTINENCE
26
Concealed : ENSHROUDED
28
Tone down : MUTE
30
Rice field : PADDY
32
Exports : SHIPS
33
Ease, in Paris : AISE
36
Carpenter, at times : PLANER
37
Bede, of literature : ADAM
43
He advocated "brinkmanship" : DULLES
45
Customers : USERS
47
White-cliff territory : DOVER
48
Skirt feature : SLIT
49
Alaskan glacier : MUIR
50
English composer : ARNE
51
Old oath : EGAD
52
___ precedent : SETA
53
British statesman : EDEN
55
Domino spot : PIP
56
Prior to : ERE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 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
37 ms