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

New York Times, Thursday, September 9, 1965

33-Across : Plant yielding blue dye.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
1
B
2
O
3
A
4
R
5
D
6
A
7
G
8
H
9
A
10
P
11
A
12
R
13
R
14
A
R
D
O
R
15
M
E
A
L
16
E
S
A
U
17
D
E
M
O
I
18
S
E
L
L
E
19
E
T
T
E
20
S
I
M
P
E
R
21
T
E
22
R
R
O
R
23
E
T
R
E
24
T
I
25
M
E
26
E
L
L
A
27
S
28
L
E
A
D
29
S
30
C
A
R
31
P
E
A
C
H
32
I
S
L
33
W
34
O
A
D
35
P
O
S
T
E
R
36
K
E
Y
N
O
37
T
E
R
S
38
E
39
S
40
P
I
A
L
41
N
A
U
T
42
S
43
A
44
M
45
S
T
U
N
T
46
A
N
S
47
S
48
P
I
L
T
49
S
E
R
G
E
50
S
A
M
51
E
52
E
R
I
S
53
E
S
P
R
54
I
T
55
A
N
56
G
E
L
S
57
A
L
U
I
58
P
R
59
I
N
C
E
W
O
O
60
D
61
S
E
E
N
62
S
A
K
I
63
S
E
I
N
E
64
A
D
D
S
65
O
L
E
A
66
T
E
N
S
E
© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,884
Across
1
Council. : BOARD
6
Titled Turk. : AGHA
10
Young salmon. : PARR
14
Fervor. : ARDOR
15
Ground corn. : MEAL
16
Biblical twin. : ESAU
17
Small Old World crane. : DEMOISELLE
19
Feminine suffix. : ETTE
20
Silly smile. : SIMPER
21
Appalling person: Colloq. : TERROR
23
French verb. : ETRE
24
Tide's partner. : TIME
26
Greece, in Greece. : ELLAS
28
Conducts. : LEADS
30
Station wagon. : CAR
31
Orange-yellow. : PEACH
32
Corsica, for one: Abbr. : ISL
33
Plant yielding blue dye. : WOAD
35
Part of the street scene. : POSTER
36
Convention speakers. : KEYNOTERS
38
Observation. : ESPIAL
41
Sea-going abbreviation. : NAUT
42
One of the Brownes. : SAM
45
Feat: Colloq. : STUNT
46
Solution: Abbr. : ANS
47
One kind of milk. : SPILT
49
Fabric. : SERGE
50
Identical. : SAME
52
Greek goddess. : ERIS
53
Sprightly wit. : ESPRIT
55
Ball team. : ANGELS
57
His: Fr. : ALUI
58
Timber tree of the Southwest. : PRINCEWOOD
61
Witnessed. : SEEN
62
Munro's nom de plume. : SAKI
63
Rouen's river. : SEINE
64
Says further. : ADDS
65
Genus of trees. : OLEA
66
Present, for one. : TENSE
Down
1
Incorrect. : BAD
2
Electra's brother. : ORESTES
3
Handsome red butterfly. : ADMIRAL
4
Lodged. : ROOMED
5
Type of coffee grind. : DRIP
6
Language of a sort. : AMERICAN
7
Colloid. : GEL
8
Garment. : HALTER
9
To windward. : ALEE
10
Without equal. : PEERLESS
11
Place in Arthurian romances. : ASTOLAT
12
Vicious circle, current style. : RATRACE
13
Regret. : RUE
18
Clique. : SET
22
News on TV. : REPORTS
23
Samuel's teacher. : ELI
25
Type of lily. : MADONNA
27
Wall Street abbreviation. : SHR
29
Jersey. : SWEATER
34
Popeye's girl, Olive ___. : OYL
35
A little: Fr. : PEU
36
Big wheels. : KINGPINS
37
Island of the Antipodes. : TASMANIA
38
Letter. : ESS
39
Hardened. : STEELED
40
Carried on. : PURSUED
42
Cut of meat. : SIRLOIN
43
"___ House," Susan Glaspell's prize play. : ALISONS
44
Abbreviation in cartography. : MTS
46
Of the stars. : ASTRAL
48
Baseball nickname. : PEEWEE
51
Stenographer's abbreviation. : ENC
54
___ facto. : IPSO
56
Metrical romance. : GEST
57
Fresh ___ daisy. : ASA
59
Dwight. : IKE
60
Scottish river. : DEE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 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
48 ms