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

New York Times, Saturday, September 12, 1987

46-Across : Yuletide libation

Author:
Larry Goldhirsch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 248 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Larry Goldhirsch has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
S
2
A
3
N
4
G
5
D
6
E
7
C
8
S
9
T
10
A
11
L
12
L
13
E
C
O
L
14
G
I
N
O
15
H
A
N
O
I
16
N
O
T
A
17
E
N
I
M
18
I
T
A
L
O
19
T
R
E
S
20
N
E
A
P
21
O
L
I
T
A
N
22
A
N
S
W
23
E
R
24
C
A
R
L
25
E
D
E
26
R
27
R
E
S
28
H
29
O
30
O
31
T
32
S
33
E
34
R
G
E
35
E
36
L
I
S
37
A
R
O
E
38
A
L
A
I
N
39
S
I
S
40
P
L
A
Z
A
41
N
U
M
A
42
S
T
L
O
43
O
I
L
E
R
44
K
L
I
N
45
G
E
R
46
N
47
O
G
G
48
R
E
A
49
P
50
N
O
O
51
D
52
L
53
E
54
M
55
A
56
N
57
C
U
N
I
A
58
N
S
59
N
O
O
N
60
O
L
E
U
M
61
N
I
L
E
62
I
B
I
D
63
S
T
O
O
P
64
E
R
A
T
65
A
I
R
E
66
S
O
N
N
Y
67
D
S
T
68
N
E
E
D
© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,822
Across
1
Warbled : SANG
5
Last mo. : DEC
8
Carrel : STALL
13
Environmental sci. : ECOL
14
A.F.L. kicker Cappelletti : GINO
15
SE Asian capital : HANOI
16
"___ creature was ... " : NOTA
17
Namely, to Nero : ENIM
18
Novelist Calvino : ITALO
19
Uno, dos, ___ : TRES
20
Certain Italian : NEAPOLITAN
22
Rejoin : ANSWER
24
Actor Weathers : CARL
25
W. German river : EDER
27
Take another take : RESHOOT
32
Suit fabric : SERGE
35
First Olympic Games site : ELIS
37
Island group off New Guinea : AROE
38
Actor Delon : ALAIN
39
"___ Hopkins," 1941 film : SIS
40
Public square : PLAZA
41
___ Pompilius, legendary Roman king : NUMA
42
Battle site: 1944 : STLO
43
Houston athlete : OILER
44
"M*A*S*H" character : KLINGER
46
Yuletide libation : NOGG
48
Cut grain : REAP
50
Improvise on an instrument : NOODLE
54
Certain Englishmen : MANCUNIANS
59
Midday : NOON
60
Fuming sulfuric acid : OLEUM
61
Khartoum's river : NILE
62
Footnote abbr. : IBID
63
Deign : STOOP
64
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
65
Leeds's river : AIRE
66
Crockett of "Miami Vice" : SONNY
67
Autumnal casualty : DST
68
Requisite : NEED
Down
1
Actress Berger : SENTA
2
Kind of squash : ACORN
3
Observes : NOTES
4
Certain Scot : GLASWEGIAN
5
Sup : DINE
6
U. of Penn. early computer : ENIAC
7
Kind of shopper : COMPARISON
8
Pitchmen's aides : SHILLS
9
"Mon Oncle" star : TATI
10
Med. school course : ANAT
11
Mascagni temptress : LOLA
12
Celebrity : LION
14
Film noir, for one : GENRE
21
Cassiterite et al. : ORES
23
London's "Martin ___" : EDEN
26
Controlled : RESTRAINED
28
Certain Canadian : HALIGONIAN
29
Actinal : ORAL
30
Soft mud : OOZE
31
Binge : TEAR
32
"Sighted sub, ___ same" : SANK
33
Hebrew month : ELUL
34
Branches : RAMI
36
___ Abner : LIL
40
Bounder's stick : POGO
42
Received : SEEN
45
One of a diminutive septet : GRUMPY
47
Start : ONSET
49
Matches : PAIRS
51
"A Texan in England" author : DOBIE
52
Bay of Biscay feeder : LOIRE
53
Done : ENDED
54
Velvety plant : MOSS
55
Singing voice : ALTO
56
Inert element : NEON
57
Wild-dog genus : CUON
58
Geographical abbr. : NLAT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 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