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

New York Times, Tuesday, October 27, 1970

28-Down : Unexpected meetings

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
1
A
2
C
3
C
4
T
5
V
6
O
7
L
8
G
9
A
10
U
11
L
12
A
13
N
14
S
H
O
E
15
M
A
K
I
N
G
16
L
O
B
O
17
T
E
N
N
E
S
S
E
A
N
18
Y
O
R
E
19
A
C
C
E
N
T
20
D
R
A
21
M
A
T
I
S
22
K
I
T
S
23
R
O
S
T
E
N
24
P
R
E
S
25
L
O
W
26
E
R
O
27
D
28
E
29
S
30
E
E
R
31
M
E
A
N
32
S
33
E
V
E
N
T
34
R
I
G
35
O
D
D
36
O
37
D
S
38
S
C
I
39
S
N
E
40
L
L
41
S
42
P
L
I
T
43
P
O
E
44
E
S
S
E
N
45
E
46
R
O
N
47
D
E
U
S
48
S
A
L
49
M
O
N
50
C
O
R
N
51
N
52
E
53
W
S
R
O
O
M
54
S
E
N
A
T
55
E
56
I
S
E
E
57
P
R
O
58
M
E
N
A
D
E
R
59
S
N
A
P
60
E
S
T
I
M
A
T
O
R
S
61
H
E
R
S
62
R
E
E
S
E
63
E
S
S
E
© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,745
Across
1
Book reviewer of a sort: Abbr. : ACCT
5
Boatmen's river : VOLGA
10
Bator's partner : ULAN
14
Speciality of Brockton, Mass. : SHOEMAKING
16
Timber wolf : LOBO
17
Ford or Kefauver : TENNESSEAN
18
Ages ago : YORE
19
Burr or brogue : ACCENT
20
___ personae : DRAMATIS
22
Sewing and others : KITS
23
"The Joys of Yiddish" author : ROSTEN
24
Theodore White subj. : PRES
25
Kind of bridge : LOW
26
Undermines : ERODES
30
Poetic contraction : EER
31
Wherewithal : MEANS
33
Proceeding : EVENT
34
Oil-well equipment : RIG
35
Without a mate : ODD
36
G.I.'s garb : ODS
38
Technical study: Abbr. : SCI
39
N. Y. Jet runner : SNELL
41
Bowler's despair : SPLIT
43
Longfellow's contemporary : POE
44
Early ascetic : ESSENE
46
Swoboda : RON
47
___ ex machina : DEUS
48
Quinnat and sockeye : SALMON
50
Trite stuff : CORN
51
Journalist's milieu : NEWSROOM
54
Diet's cousin : SENATE
56
Words of understanding : ISEE
57
Boardwalk stroller : PROMENADER
59
___ out of it : SNAP
60
Price fixers of a sort : ESTIMATORS
61
That girl's : HERS
62
Ebbets Field name : REESE
63
Existence, in philosophy : ESSE
Down
1
Movie canine : ASTA
2
Harness parts : CHECKREINS
3
Doorkeepers, on France : CONCIERGES
4
Beliefs : TENETS
5
Very spacious : VAST
6
Endorsements : OKS
7
Sprawl : LIEDOWN
8
Growls : GNARS
9
Consanguineous : AGNATE
10
Vladimir Ilyich ___ (Lenin) : ULYANOV
11
Boodle : LOOT
12
Hillside shelter : ABRI
13
Certain votes : NOES
15
With 53 Down, clothing : MENS
21
Most paltry : MEREST
23
Burma and others : ROADS
24
Intrinsically : PERSE
25
Held the reins : LED
27
Posse's prey : DESPERADOS
28
Unexpected meetings : ENCOUNTERS
29
Hogs' housing : STIES
31
Hungarian playwright : MOLNAR
32
Lawgiver : SOLON
37
Sound of traffic : DIN
40
Suez Canal name : LESSEPS
42
Do public relations work : PROMOTE
45
Juliet, for one : ELOPER
47
Give : DONATE
49
Wayne Lyman ___ : MORSE
50
Meal for Caesar : CENA
51
Birthplace of Constantine : NISH
52
Old slave : ESNE
53
See 15 Down : WEAR
54
Dotted with stars, in heraldry : SEME
55
Gaelic : ERSE
58
Prefix for deal or deed : MIS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 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
50 ms