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

New York Times, Saturday, January 18, 1992

44-Down : Ignores

Author:
Michael A. Rampino
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { F J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 244 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Michael A. Rampino has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
D
2
E
3
B
4
A
5
T
6
E
7
I
8
C
9
I
10
E
11
R
12
B
A
N
A
N
A
S
13
M
O
O
R
E
14
D
15
E
N
T
R
A
P
S
16
B
A
N
N
E
R
17
S
18
E
D
E
N
S
19
E
20
L
U
L
21
S
L
O
T
22
T
I
N
S
23
S
N
E
E
24
E
M
U
25
L
E
T
26
D
E
C
A
D
27
E
28
D
R
E
D
29
E
R
E
30
M
I
T
E
S
31
G
32
L
A
S
S
Y
33
O
R
T
S
34
T
O
O
L
35
H
36
E
37
C
A
T
E
38
S
H
I
N
I
39
E
40
S
41
T
42
O
R
A
N
43
R
44
E
P
O
S
E
45
A
T
E
46
M
O
T
47
L
O
U
T
48
S
T
A
N
49
E
D
A
50
M
51
K
I
T
S
52
S
P
A
T
S
53
R
E
L
A
54
T
E
D
55
A
56
M
I
A
B
L
E
57
S
O
I
R
E
E
58
N
O
O
D
L
E
S
59
G
L
E
N
S
60
D
E
N
S
E
R
© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,411
Across
1
Polemic : DEBATE
7
Less cordial : ICIER
12
Woody Allen film : BANANAS
13
Anchored : MOORED
15
Trammels : ENTRAPS
16
Pennons : BANNERS
18
Shangri-Las : EDENS
19
Hebrew month : ELUL
21
Cervine trail : SLOT
22
Cans : TINS
23
Blade of yore : SNEE
24
Large ratite : EMU
25
Chartered : LET
26
Decennium : DECADE
28
Stowe book : DRED
29
Anchorites : EREMITES
31
Vitreous : GLASSY
33
Disposal's dinner : ORTS
34
Pawn : TOOL
35
Witchcraft goddess : HECATE
38
Most lustrous : SHINIEST
42
Algerian city : ORAN
43
Peace : REPOSE
45
A daughter of Zeus : ATE
46
Word from Marceau : MOT
47
Boor : LOUT
48
Cartoonist Drake : STAN
49
Mild, yellow cheese : EDAM
51
Pochettes : KITS
52
Gaiters : SPATS
53
Connate : RELATED
55
Neighborly : AMIABLE
57
Evening gathering : SOIREE
58
Chow-mein ingredients : NOODLES
59
___ Falls, N.Y. : GLENS
60
More impenetrable : DENSER
Down
1
More foppish : DANDIER
2
International accord : ENTENTE
3
Bus garages : BARNS
4
Duck genus : ANAS
5
Gregory Hines film : TAP
6
Perfumes : ESSENCES
7
Permeated : IMBUED
8
Fossil fuel : COAL
9
Suffix for elect : ION
10
Osprey relatives : ERNS
11
Anglers, at times : REELERS
12
Scarab, e.g. : BEETLE
14
Hippo chasers : DROMES
17
Étude : STUDY
20
Meadows : LEAS
23
Irish dog : SETTER
26
Gossip : DIRT
27
Sir Willoughby Patterne, e.g. : EGOIST
28
Spanish painter : DALI
30
Deplore : MOAN
32
Unattached : LONE
34
Millenary : THOUSAND
35
A Simpson : HOMER
36
Wastes away : ERODES
37
Register : CATALOG
38
Macula : SPOT
39
Esculent : EATABLE
40
Noted hotelier : STATLER
41
Stiffens : TENSES
44
Ignores : ELIDES
48
Planes of W.W. I : SPADS
50
Camelot wear : MAIL
51
Acute : KEEN
52
Capital of Valais : SION
54
Uno plus due : TRE
56
Singer Bandy : MOE

Answer summary:
1 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
49 ms