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

AS YOU LIKE IT

New York Times, Sunday, August 18, 1957

109-Across : Coxcombs.

Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 162, Blocks: 86, Avg Word Len: 5.47, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 589 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 139, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 13, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 27 Grid has duplicate clues.
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
A
2
B
3
A
4
F
5
T
6
N
7
A
8
S
9
A
10
L
11
I
12
S
13
H
14
A
15
M
16
N
17
E
18
T
19
O
R
A
C
L
E
20
E
S
T
R
E
A
T
21
E
P
A
U
L
E
22
T
23
R
I
C
H
A
R
24
D
B
U
R
B
A
G
E
25
L
O
G
I
S
T
I
26
C
27
G
L
O
T
28
N
E
U
N
29
O
R
O
N
30
T
E
S
31
T
I
R
E
E
32
A
L
N
33
E
L
D
34
E
R
S
35
T
E
N
T
36
S
37
E
A
R
S
38
N
A
I
39
F
40
G
R
A
E
A
E
41
S
A
A
L
42
E
43
D
S
T
44
I
T
A
L
45
I
A
46
E
R
S
T
47
S
48
A
T
49
T
A
T
50
A
51
C
E
N
A
C
L
52
E
53
T
U
54
B
A
L
55
S
E
M
E
S
56
T
57
E
58
R
59
R
O
A
S
60
T
61
S
62
M
O
M
E
63
N
T
S
64
S
T
A
L
E
65
A
66
R
67
D
E
N
68
T
R
U
69
E
70
A
U
G
E
R
71
T
I
A
R
A
S
72
N
E
E
D
73
D
R
U
M
M
74
E
R
S
75
R
I
76
C
H
A
R
D
I
I
77
A
S
E
78
T
E
A
S
79
U
N
S
E
80
R
81
N
O
U
N
82
I
N
G
83
H
I
P
84
P
O
L
Y
T
85
A
86
T
H
R
O
87
N
G
E
D
88
O
V
E
N
89
I
D
E
A
T
E
90
E
N
91
A
R
E
92
B
E
E
R
93
B
L
E
S
S
94
T
E
N
E
T
95
R
E
D
L
E
A
96
D
97
A
R
C
98
A
R
O
99
A
S
S
A
I
100
L
E
D
101
L
A
D
E
102
D
103
E
T
O
N
104
I
105
A
106
N
107
N
E
A
P
108
E
S
T
109
F
O
110
P
111
S
112
I
S
O
L
D
E
113
A
114
L
115
B
116
S
M
E
117
L
L
118
E
R
O
T
119
I
C
120
S
L
A
W
121
S
E
E
122
P
123
P
L
I
E
124
S
125
D
R
Y
R
O
T
126
A
C
T
127
P
A
D
U
128
A
129
L
A
M
I
130
N
A
R
131
T
O
B
132
E
133
O
R
L
O
134
S
P
A
L
P
135
E
E
N
136
S
E
V
E
137
N
A
G
E
S
138
O
F
M
A
N
139
S
U
S
A
N
N
A
140
A
V
E
R
A
G
E
141
T
U
N
E
R
S
142
B
E
R
E
T
S
143
L
E
S
S
E
E
S
144
E
R
O
D
E
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,973
Across
1
Astern: Naut. : ABAFT
6
Muscle of the nose. : NASALIS
13
Shakespeare's son, twin of Judith. : HAMNET
19
"I am Sir ___ ... " : ORACLE
20
Legal copy. : ESTREAT
21
Shoulder ornament. : EPAULET
23
Actor friend of Shakespeare. : RICHARDBURBAGE
25
Of an army's transport and supply services. : LOGISTIC
27
Mastery of languages: Comb. form. : GLOT
28
Nine: Ger. : NEUN
29
Syrian river. : ORONTES
31
One of the Inner Hebrides. : TIREE
32
Northumberland river. : ALN
33
Trees. : ELDERS
35
Scenery for "Troilus and Cressida." : TENTS
37
"Lend me your ___." : EARS
38
Artless. : NAIF
40
Guardians of the Gorgons: Gr. Myth. : GRAEAE
41
German river into the Elbe. : SAALE
43
Timetable abbreviation. : DST
44
Where Livorno is. : ITALIA
46
Of old: Poet. : ERST
47
"She ___ like patience on a monument." : SAT
49
Bye-bye. : TATA
51
Room of the Last Supper. : CENACLE
53
Shylock's friend. : TUBAL
55
School year division. : SEMESTER
59
Dishes. : ROASTS
62
Twinklings. : MOMENTS
64
" ... nor custom ___ her infinite variety." : STALE
65
Orlando's trysting place. : ARDEN
68
Certain. : TRUE
70
Tool. : AUGER
71
Papal crowns. : TIARAS
72
Requirement. : NEED
73
Band members. : DRUMMERS
75
King murdered by Exton. : RICHARDII
77
Ibsen role. : ASE
78
Certain parties. : TEAS
79
Ours: Ger. : UNSER
81
Substantive. : NOUN
82
Common suffix. : ING
83
Queen of the Amazons. : HIPPOLYTA
86
Moved in multitudes. : THRONGED
88
Stove part. : OVEN
89
Imagine. : IDEATE
90
Finnish lake. : ENARE
92
Drink. : BEER
93
Consecrate. : BLESS
94
Dogma. : TENET
95
Substance used in glassmaking. : REDLEAD
97
Jockey of Derby fame. : ARCARO
99
Attacked. : ASSAILED
101
Bailed. : LADED
103
English student. : ETONIAN
107
Kind of tide. : NEAP
108
Common suffix. : EST
109
Coxcombs. : FOPS
112
Singer of the "Liebestod." : ISOLDE
113
Church robe. : ALB
116
Aroma. : SMELL
118
Amatory. : EROTIC
120
Cabbage salad. : SLAW
121
Ooze. : SEEP
123
Folds. : PLIES
125
Deterioration. : DRYROT
126
Law. : ACT
127
Baptista's home. : PADUA
129
Having scales. : LAMINAR
131
Hamlet's alternative. : TOBE
133
Flat plinth. : ORLO
134
Irish rogue. : SPALPEEN
136
Subject of Jacques' immortal speech. : SEVENAGESOFMAN
139
Shakespeare's eldest child. : SUSANNA
140
Soso. : AVERAGE
141
Piano ___. : TUNERS
142
Basque caps. : BERETS
143
Certain tenants. : LESSEES
144
Wear away. : ERODE
Down
1
Having covered seeds: Bot. : ARILLATE
2
Follower of a certain theory. : BACONIAN
3
Eight: Ger. : ACHT
4
State: Abbr. : FLA
5
Coastal bird. : TERN
6
Components of galaxies. : NEBULAE
7
Into parts. : ASUNDER
8
Ship: Abbr. : STR
9
Type of botanical garden. : ARBORETUM
10
Salvini and Booth were famous ones. : LEARS
11
Othello's ensign. : IAGO
12
Levy a tax. : STENT
13
Heroine of 91 Down. : HELENA
14
Renegades. : APOSTATES
15
Periodical: Abbr. : MAG
16
Night: Fr. : NUIT
17
Oliver Wendell Holmes heroine. : ELSIE
18
Group of four. : TETRAD
19
Constitutional. : ORGANIC
22
Rows. : TIERS
24
Sambar. : DEER
26
___ la vie. : CEST
30
Assay. : TEST
34
"It is the ___ and Juliet is the sun!" : EAST
36
Old card game. : SLAM
39
Became enraged (with "up"). : FLARED
40
Festive. : GALA
42
Annual, as winds. : ETESIAN
45
Church image. : ICON
47
To enjoy oneself: Fr. : SAMUSER
48
Shake ___ (hurry). : ALEG
50
"There was ___ danced ... " : ASTAR
52
Candidate for the pound. : ESTRAY
54
Tavern frequented by Falstaff. : BOARSHEAD
55
Carpenter's timber. : STRINGER
56
Tending to delay. : TARDIVE
57
Ladies of Camelot days. : ELAINES
58
Yields. : RESIGNS
60
Put under guardianship. : TRUSTEED
61
"What ___ owes he the Jew?" : SUM
63
Father of Abner. : NER
65
Persian goddess of fruitfulness. : ANAHITA
66
Has domicile. : RESIDES
67
Becomes more profound. : DEEPENS
69
Ratite bird. : EMU
71
Dull sound. : THUD
73
Printer's delta. : DELE
74
Ask earnestly. : ENTREAT
76
Compel. : COERCE
78
Befuddled ones: Dial. : TOTTIES
80
Deprive of. : ROB
84
Song of triumph. : PAEAN
85
Moreover. : AND
87
Teachers' group: Abbr. : NEA
88
Early name of mount where Hercules captured the boar. : OLONOS
91
"___ Well ... " : ALLS
93
Kinsmen: Abbr. : BROS
95
Causing aversion. : REPELLENT
96
Procrastinators. : DEFERRERS
98
Of: Suffix. : ATIC
100
Torch: Poet. : LAMP
102
Boat. : DORY
104
Poorly equipped. : ILLARMED
105
Character in "Bleak House." : ADACLARE
106
Sir Isaac and others. : NEWTONS
108
Type of school: Abbr. : ELEM
110
Cost of carrying. : PORTAGE
111
Comedians' foils. : STOOGES
113
Clown's gift to Cleopatra. : ASPS
114
Bounds. : LEAPS
115
Smear. : BEDAUB
117
Climbing plants. : LIANAS
119
"If ___ now, 'tis not to come ... " : ITBE
122
Beat. : PULSE
124
Strong fiber. : SISAL
125
Garroway and Sime. : DAVES
128
Relative of the peba. : APAR
130
Granular snow. : NEVE
132
East: Span. : ESTE
133
"It's ___ consequence." : OFNO
135
Chemical suffix. : ENE
137
No: Scot. : NAE
138
Pronoun. : OUR

Answer summary:
14 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 9 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
47 ms