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

New York Times, Friday, January 16, 1959

3-Down : More sullied.

Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
P
2
E
3
D
4
A
5
L
6
E
7
D
8
E
9
L
10
A
11
P
12
S
13
E
14
S
15
E
P
I
T
O
M
E
16
M
O
L
I
E
R
E
17
R
A
R
E
B
I
T
18
P
R
A
N
C
E
R
19
H
U
T
20
T
E
21
P
I
D
22
A
M
A
23
A
L
I
24
S
C
A
R
S
25
N
I
P
26
P
E
E
27
R
28
S
29
T
I
E
30
B
31
U
T
T
E
32
S
T
R
A
P
33
P
E
R
34
M
A
N
S
E
S
35
T
O
A
D
36
P
E
N
D
37
A
38
C
39
T
I
O
N
40
V
A
N
G
U
41
A
42
R
43
D
44
B
A
R
O
N
45
B
A
N
46
S
E
V
E
R
47
A
M
I
48
M
I
N
O
49
R
50
E
C
A
51
S
E
R
52
I
S
E
R
E
53
R
I
P
54
E
L
E
55
G
56
A
N
T
57
A
G
58
I
59
T
A
T
E
60
R
O
M
A
N
C
E
61
M
A
N
A
G
E
R
62
S
T
E
R
N
E
R
63
A
L
G
I
E
R
S
© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,472
Across
1
Rode a bicycle. : PEDALED
8
Passes. : ELAPSES
15
Summary. : EPITOME
16
Great comic author. : MOLIERE
17
Cheese dish. : RAREBIT
18
Famous reindeer. : PRANCER
19
Rude shelter. : HUT
20
Not very warm. : TEPID
22
Group of physicians. : AMA
23
Mohammedan name. : ALI
24
Rocks. : SCARS
25
Touch of frost. : NIP
26
Equals. : PEERS
29
Ascot. : TIE
30
U. S. copper center. : BUTTE
32
Big fellow. : STRAPPER
34
Parsonages. : MANSES
35
Amphibian. : TOAD
36
Be in abeyance. : PEND
37
Mechanism. : ACTION
40
Satellite launching Operation. : VANGUARD
44
Von Steuben, for instance. : BARON
45
Prohibition. : BAN
46
Cleave. : SEVER
47
"What a good boy ___!" : AMI
48
Of less importance. : MINOR
50
1948 foreign aid agency. : ECA
51
Church talk: Abbr. : SER
52
River in France. : ISERE
53
Van Winkle. : RIP
54
Fastidiously tasteful. : ELEGANT
57
Perturb. : AGITATE
60
Group of languages. : ROMANCE
61
Executive. : MANAGER
62
More rigorous. : STERNER
63
African port in the news. : ALGIERS
Down
1
Maybe. : PERHAPS
2
Shoulder piece. : EPAULET
3
More sullied. : DIRTIER
4
Corroded. : ATE
5
Throw underhand. : LOB
6
Gives out. : EMITS
7
Found out. : DETECTED
8
Designating a gown style. : EMPIRE
9
House of Parliament. : LORDS
10
According to: Fr. : ALA
11
Transfix. : PIN
12
Lines in trigonometry. : SECANTS
13
Recluse. : EREMITE
14
Blanket garments. : SERAPES
21
Twosome. : PAIR
27
Proportion. : RATIO
28
Golf club. : SPOON
30
Hair-do. : BANGS
31
Not fitting. : UNDUE
33
God of Arcadia. : PAN
34
Crew. : MEN
36
Comprehensive view. : PANORAMA
37
Humble ones. : ABASERS
38
Legendary place in British fable. : CAMELOT
39
Galley. : TRIREME
40
Wind indicator. : VANE
41
Mean. : AVERAGE
42
Narrator. : RECITER
43
London dry goods dealers. : DRAPERS
45
Dark-brown pigment from soot. : BISTER
48
Cut fine. : MINCE
49
Queenly. : REGAL
55
Fish. : GAR
56
"Man and Superman" heroine. : ANN
58
Participle suffix. : ING
59
Siamese: Var. : TAI

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 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
56 ms