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

New York Times, Thursday, August 26, 1965

55-Across : Portly ones.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { B J Q }, Scrabble score: 352 (avg 1.90)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
1
P
2
R
3
O
4
D
5
I
6
N
7
R
8
E
9
S
10
I
11
Z
12
E
13
S
14
R
E
N
E
15
N
O
I
X
16
C
Z
E
C
H
17
O
U
T
S
18
E
X
C
A
19
T
H
E
D
R
A
20
S
P
H
I
21
N
X
22
E
L
E
M
23
S
U
M
24
S
E
R
I
A
25
L
26
T
E
A
27
M
28
P
E
N
C
E
29
S
L
O
30
T
31
H
32
S
33
T
34
A
R
35
E
T
A
36
T
37
S
38
Z
O
W
I
E
39
A
T
O
40
M
41
P
A
L
42
S
O
F
A
43
U
N
W
E
44
D
45
S
W
A
46
M
47
P
48
O
I
L
49
T
O
L
T
E
50
C
51
V
A
L
52
O
R
53
S
P
O
54
T
55
S
T
O
U
T
56
S
57
M
58
A
59
S
60
A
S
W
61
E
62
Z
Y
T
H
U
63
M
64
I
N
T
65
E
R
M
E
Z
66
Z
O
67
A
R
M
A
68
S
T
U
N
T
69
R
I
O
T
70
N
E
A
R
71
S
I
N
G
S
72
P
O
O
H
73
D
E
C
K
© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,870
Across
1
Sharp reminder. : PROD
5
Concerning. : INRE
9
Magnitudes. : SIZES
14
Descartes. : RENE
15
Nuts: Fr. : NOIX
16
European. : CZECH
17
Unelected ones. : OUTS
18
With authority. : EXCATHEDRA
20
Inscrutable one. : SPHINX
22
Kind of school: Abbr. : ELEM
23
Math problem. : SUM
24
Story of a sort. : SERIAL
26
Sports group. : TEAM
28
Small change, in England. : PENCE
29
Lazy ones. : SLOTHS
33
Sea dog. : TAR
35
States: Fr. : ETATS
38
Slangy interjection. : ZOWIE
39
___ smasher. : ATOM
41
Sidekick. : PAL
42
Chesterfield. : SOFA
43
Single. : UNWED
45
Inundate. : SWAMP
48
Kind of well. : OIL
49
Mayan contemporary. : TOLTEC
51
Heroism. : VALOR
53
Name for a Dalmatian. : SPOT
55
Portly ones. : STOUTS
57
Degrees. : MAS
60
"God ha' mercy on such ___ ... " : ASWE
62
Beer of ancient times. : ZYTHUM
64
Symphonic movement. : INTERMEZZO
67
___ virumque cano. : ARMA
68
Attention-getting feat. : STUNT
69
Civil disorder. : RIOT
70
Approach. : NEAR
71
Waxes lyrical. : SINGS
72
Bah! : POOH
73
Place to promenade. : DECK
Down
1
Experts. : PROS
2
Signs on again: Army slang. : REUPS
3
Moving about: Colloq. : ONTHEPROWL
4
Long for. : DESIRE
5
Not precise. : INEXACT
6
Goddess of night. : NOX
7
Cereal grass. : RICE
8
Aggrandize. : EXALT
9
Sentimentalism: Slang. : SCHMALZ
10
Verbal ending. : IZE
11
Letters. : ZEDS
12
Beige. : ECRU
13
Pseudo. : SHAM
19
River in England. : TEES
21
Ball club. : NINE
25
Partner of bounds. : LEAPS
27
Bucolic sounds. : MOOS
30
A few. : TWOORTHREE
31
Music lover's must. : HIFI
32
Authentication. : SEAL
33
Tightly drawn. : TAUT
34
Physics abbreviation. : ATNO
36
Marble. : TAW
37
Europeans. : SLAVS
40
Stengel's pride. : METS
44
Quits. : DEPARTS
46
Unleavened bread. : MATZOTH
47
Gambit. : PLOY
50
World: Prefix : COSM
52
___-out. : OUTAND
54
Insignificant fellow: Slang. : TWERP
56
Plant with red fruit. : SUMAC
57
Unwed one. : MISS
58
Against. : ANTI
59
Benumb. : STUN
61
Name of Broadway fame. : EZIO
63
Grade. : MARK
65
Profession: Abbr. : ENG
66
Park place. : ZOO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 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
50 ms