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

BOOK COUNTRY REVISITED

New York Times, Sunday, September 14, 1986

59-Across : Nice Nellies

Author:
E.T.M.
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 66, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 563 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 131, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 19, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
E.T.M. is an alias for Eugene T. Maleska.
1
C
2
A
3
S
4
H
5
A
6
D
7
E
8
L
9
A
10
P
11
A
12
R
13
I
14
S
15
F
16
R
17
E
18
D
19
O
T
O
E
20
L
O
V
E
S
21
I
L
E
D
E
22
L
O
R
E
23
M
O
R
R
24
I
S
W
E
S
T
25
C
I
D
E
R
26
H
O
U
S
E
27
O
P
E
R
A
T
E
S
28
A
29
M
A
S
S
30
M
A
T
T
E
R
31
I
G
O
R
32
L
I
E
S
T
33
T
O
G
O
34
S
35
A
36
L
O
O
N
37
T
I
R
O
S
38
G
O
N
E
W
39
I
40
T
41
H
42
T
R
O
T
S
43
L
A
K
E
W
O
44
B
E
G
O
N
45
S
E
E
46
R
A
U
S
47
T
U
B
E
48
A
L
A
N
49
M
A
H
A
50
A
R
I
51
M
I
L
L
I
52
O
53
N
54
M
I
L
E
55
C
A
K
E
D
56
P
A
S
57
S
A
B
L
E
58
P
E
E
R
S
59
P
R
U
D
E
S
60
L
A
C
E
Y
61
C
A
R
I
D
62
H
E
I
D
I
63
S
64
T
A
T
O
R
65
C
A
R
V
E
66
F
E
R
M
E
N
67
T
68
S
69
W
O
M
E
N
70
M
A
S
T
E
R
71
P
I
E
C
E
72
E
A
T
73
A
P
O
D
74
S
A
L
T
75
A
N
D
Y
76
O
S
L
O
77
P
E
U
78
O
L
I
V
E
79
R
80
S
81
A
C
K
S
82
S
P
E
E
R
83
S
E
R
84
E
N
A
D
E
85
E
L
L
E
S
86
F
L
E
N
S
E
87
L
E
V
Y
88
D
R
E
A
M
89
T
E
E
N
90
A
91
S
92
P
I
R
E
93
C
H
E
W
S
94
T
O
L
E
R
95
A
96
T
97
E
98
F
A
T
H
E
R
99
H
O
O
D
100
T
101
H
E
P
O
T
O
M
A
C
102
E
S
A
U
103
E
R
A
T
O
104
O
A
T
E
N
105
A
M
A
H
106
R
A
H
S
107
D
E
L
I
S
108
R
E
E
D
Y
109
D
O
L
T
© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,459
Across
1
"As I Lay Dying" character : CASH
5
Writer St. Johns : ADELA
10
"Is ___ Burning?": Best seller in 1965 : PARIS
15
An Allen who wrote "Treadmill to Oblivion" : FRED
19
Sioux : OTOE
20
Start of a W.S. title : LOVES
21
___ France : ILEDE
22
Erasmus's acquisition : LORE
23
Popular Australian novelist : MORRISWEST
25
Irving's "The ___ Rules" : CIDERHOUSE
27
Runs : OPERATES
28
What magpies do : AMASS
30
Archer's "A ___ of Honor" : MATTER
31
Borodin's "Prince ___" : IGOR
32
"Villain, thou ___ ... ": W.S. : LIEST
33
A neighbor of Ghana : TOGO
34
Nation target : SALOON
37
U.S. satellite : TIROS
38
Start of a best seller's title: 1936 : GONEWITH
42
Jogs : TROTS
43
Site created by Keillor : LAKEWOBEGON
45
"Rhine Maidens" author : SEE
46
"Scram!" in Hamburg : RAUS
47
London subway : TUBE
48
Author Milne's first name : ALAN
49
Sri Lanka langur : MAHA
50
"Exodus" hero : ARI
51
Hill's "The Eleven ___ High Dancer" : MILLIONMILE
55
Encrusted : CAKED
56
Just good enough : PASSABLE
58
People in Burke's book : PEERS
59
Nice Nellies : PRUDES
60
Tyne Daly's Emmy role : LACEY
61
Shrimp, for one : CARID
62
Spyri heroine : HEIDI
63
Turbine part : STATOR
65
Sculpt : CARVE
66
Agitates : FERMENTS
69
Norwood's "___ Who Love Too Much" : WOMEN
70
New book by Thomas Hoving : MASTERPIECE
72
Haas's "___ to Win" : EAT
73
Footless : APOD
74
Costain's "Below the ___" : SALT
75
Ferber's "Show Boat" skipper : ANDY
76
Frogner Park's locale : OSLO
77
Few, to a Frenchman : PEU
78
He wrote "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" : OLIVERSACKS
82
"Spandau" author : SPEER
83
Swain song : SERENADE
85
Pronoun for French females : ELLES
86
Skin a whale : FLENSE
87
Tax : LEVY
88
Ben Adhem's peaceful experience : DREAM
89
Numerical suffix : TEEN
90
Seek lofty goals : ASPIRE
93
Masticates : CHEWS
94
Put up with : TOLERATE
98
Book by Bill Cosby : FATHERHOOD
100
Gutheim book : THEPOTOMAC
102
An uncle of Joseph : ESAU
103
One of the Danaides : ERATO
104
Like a popular porridge : OATEN
105
Eastern nana : AMAH
106
Bowl calls : RAHS
107
Fleur-___ : DELIS
108
Like Ralph Sampson : REEDY
109
Blockhead : DOLT
Down
1
Lake or singer : COMO
2
On : ATOP
3
Vexed : SORE
4
"James ___ Dog Stories" : HERRIOTS
5
Former Dodger manager : ALSTON
6
Widow's inheritance : DOWER
7
Twain's "___ Diary" : EVES
8
Author Whitten : LES
9
He wrote "Steps in Time" : ASTAIRE
10
"Guernica" painter : PICASSO
11
Heeling, as a ship : ALIST
12
Beatty film : REDS
13
Fish or suffix : IDE
14
___ the Mount: Matt. 5 : SERMONON
15
"Martha" composer : FLOTOW
16
Rummage about : ROUT
17
Old language : ERSE
18
Natty Bumppo's quarry : DEER
24
Roles for Ferrer and Plummer : IAGOS
26
Siegfried's killer : HAGEN
29
Garfield's sound : MEOW
32
Loos's "A Girl ___" : LIKEI
33
Forum garb : TOGAE
34
Latigo : STRAP
35
Macaw : ARARA
36
"Last of the Breed" author : LOUISLAMOUR
37
Gueridon : TABLE
38
Sprees, in Scotland : GELLS
39
"Out of Africa" author : ISAKDINESEN
40
Giggle : TEHEE
41
Sites of occipita : HEADS
43
Founder of national French opera : LULLY
44
"Father of Television" : BAIRD
47
Umbrian river : TIBER
49
Actress Adams: 1872-1953 : MAUDE
51
A Burgundy wine : MACON
52
MOMA display : OPART
53
Chutzpah : NERVE
54
Soprano Johanna : MEIER
55
Topic in "The Underground Empire ... " : CRIME
57
Full : SATED
59
Sir Henry ___ (Hotspur) : PERCY
61
Vaisya or Sudra : CASTE
62
Adverts : HEEDS
63
Derby winner: 1955 : SWAPS
64
Safari headgear : TOPEE
65
Soprano who wrote "My Life" : CALVE
66
Rats; stoolies : FINKS
67
Chaucerian products : TALES
68
Stribling's "The ___" : STORE
70
Little servant girl : MAIDY
71
Pope John XXIII's "___ in Terris" : PACEM
74
Drooled : SLAVERED
76
Phil Patton book, for short : OPENROAD
78
Burden, in Bologna : ONERE
79
Altar screen : REREDOS
80
Ruck : SLEW
81
Shelley allegory : ALASTOR
82
Perilous precipitation : SLEET
84
Root and Yale : ELIHUS
86
Arson, e.g. : FELONY
88
Garb worn by Gandhi : DHOTI
89
Failed to pass the bar : TOPED
90
Southwest wind : AFER
91
King Lear's interjections : SASA
92
Chief god of Memphis : PTAH
93
Cannel : COAL
94
Place for a casquette : TETE
95
Tommy-gun lead : AMMO
96
Cape Dutch : TAAL
97
Genuine, in Germany : ECHT
99
Charlemagne's dom. : HRE
101
"Some ___ meat ... ": Bums : HAE

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 12 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
57 ms