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

New York Times, Monday, January 9, 1961

4-Down : Busybodyish.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
1
S
2
P
3
A
4
N
5
S
6
C
7
A
8
L
9
A
10
I
11
C
12
E
13
S
14
N
E
M
O
15
L
A
N
E
S
16
S
L
A
W
17
A
R
M
S
18
L
E
N
G
T
H
19
S
O
R
A
20
P
L
A
Y
E
D
O
U
T
21
F
U
S
S
Y
22
S
E
N
23
A
G
N
I
24
F
R
E
E
25
D
D
E
26
S
27
L
O
E
28
C
29
P
30
A
31
N
32
I
33
S
E
I
34
C
H
A
R
I
35
V
A
R
I
36
A
V
E
R
N
37
A
L
38
T
E
G
U
L
A
R
39
M
O
N
O
G
R
A
40
P
H
41
H
E
L
M
S
42
E
R
E
43
M
A
M
A
44
M
T
S
45
S
46
W
A
B
47
L
48
A
I
C
49
Y
50
A
51
M
52
B
53
A
C
O
N
54
H
A
L
F
A
55
N
E
Y
E
56
R
U
H
R
57
B
E
D
O
F
R
O
S
E
S
58
A
L
A
S
59
A
M
I
N
E
60
T
W
A
S
61
Y
A
L
E
62
D
I
N
E
D
63
E
E
R
Y
© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,196
Across
1
Language course: Abbr. : SPAN
5
Ladder: Lat. : SCALA
10
Sherberts. : ICES
14
No man: Lat. : NEMO
15
Where sprinters perform. : LANES
16
Salad cabbage. : SLAW
17
At ___ (at a good distance). : ARMSLENGTH
19
Marsh bird. : SORA
20
Finished. : PLAYEDOUT
21
Pernickety. : FUSSY
22
Javits' title. : SEN
23
Lambs: Lat. : AGNI
24
Untrammeled. : FREE
25
Presidential monogram. : DDE
26
Blackthorn. : SLOE
28
Accountant. : CPA
31
American-born Japanese. : NISEI
34
Mock serenade with discordant noises, tin horns, etc. : CHARIVARI
36
Pertaining to Hades. : AVERNAL
38
Tilelike. : TEGULAR
39
Scientific paper. : MONOGRAPH
41
Tillers. : HELMS
42
Previous to. : ERE
43
Baby's word. : MAMA
44
McKinley and Wilson: Abbr. : MTS
45
Mop. : SWAB
47
Nonprofessional. : LAIC
49
Sweet potato. : YAM
52
Breakfast food. : BACON
54
Careless glance. : HALFANEYE
56
Where Dortmund is. : RUHR
57
An easy situation: Colloq. : BEDOFROSES
58
Ach! : ALAS
59
Ammonia compound. : AMINE
60
"___ brillig ... " : TWAS
61
Ivy League champions. : YALE
62
Supped. : DINED
63
Eldritch. : EERY
Down
1
Ginger cookies. : SNAPS
2
Hostess Mesta. : PERLE
3
Hussein's capital. : AMMAN
4
Busybodyish. : NOSY
5
Heavy hammer. : SLEDGE
6
Decree. : CANON
7
Torment. : ANGUISH
8
Resident of Riga. : LETT
9
Cinder. : ASH
10
Edition. : ISSUE
11
Narrow escape. : CLOSECALL
12
All ___. : EARS
13
Influence. : SWAY
18
Co-star. : LEADINGMAN
21
Gondola. : FREIGHTCAR
24
Cry on the links. : FORE
25
Combining form meaning "neck." : DERO
27
Trellis wood. : LATH
29
Baby coach. : PRAM
30
Affected manners. : AIRS
31
Noted person. : NAME
32
___ Novello. : IVOR
33
Major-domo. : SENESCHAL
34
Mollusk. : CLAM
35
Sights, in France. : VUES
37
Yemenite. : ARAB
40
TV role. : PALADIN
44
Offended: Slang. : MIFFED
46
Inferior. : WORSE
48
With nothing more. : ALONE
49
"___ have no bananas ... " : YESWE
50
Dollar-___ man. : AYEAR
51
Disordered. : MESSY
52
Animal sound. : BRAY
53
German assembly hall. : AULA
54
Half: Prefix. : HEMI
55
Observation. : NOTE
57
Malefic. : BAD

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 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
51 ms