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

ODE ON FAN FARE

New York Times, Sunday, October 3, 1982

8-Down : Plump

Author:
Charles Baron
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 160, Blocks: 92, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { J }, Scrabble score: 636 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 151, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Charles Baron has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
B
2
L
3
A
4
K
5
E
6
H
7
A
8
R
9
P
10
R
11
A
12
M
13
P
14
S
15
P
16
O
17
R
18
T
19
L
E
N
I
N
20
I
G
O
R
21
I
N
D
R
22
A
23
C
A
N
O
E
24
U
R
G
E
S
25
G
A
T
E
26
A
L
E
X
I
S
27
A
L
E
U
T
28
S
O
L
V
I
29
N
G
P
U
Z
30
Z
L
E
S
I
S
N
31
T
T
O
U
G
H
32
H
I
E
33
G
A
L
E
N
34
O
L
D
T
I
M
E
R
35
A
P
E
S
36
I
N
G
E
37
D
38
O
N
S
39
I
S
R
A
40
E
L
41
E
42
B
43
E
N
44
E
D
45
S
46
V
E
E
47
R
48
S
49
C
O
T
50
T
51
A
52
S
53
Y
O
U
O
54
N
L
Y
N
55
E
E
D
T
O
K
56
N
57
O
58
W
E
N
O
U
G
H
59
R
O
G
U
E
60
O
R
R
61
S
E
A
M
O
S
S
62
T
A
O
63
A
L
E
R
T
64
S
65
B
A
T
66
E
67
T
E
N
A
M
68
N
O
T
E
69
S
E
N
T
O
U
70
T
71
S
A
N
72
E
R
73
R
E
74
F
75
O
R
E
S
76
I
P
S
O
77
E
X
T
R
U
78
D
79
E
80
N
O
81
R
N
82
P
83
A
84
L
M
85
A
T
86
A
87
R
I
M
E
D
88
S
N
A
P
89
S
90
U
91
P
92
A
L
O
E
93
I
N
94
T
95
R
A
96
S
L
U
97
M
98
T
I
R
A
N
A
99
I
L
E
100
P
101
E
N
S
I
O
N
102
I
C
E
103
S
O
L
T
I
104
N
O
W
105
O
R
D
G
A
M
E
C
106
A
107
N
B
E
M
108
O
109
R
E
F
A
I
R
110
S
T
E
V
E
S
111
R
E
S
O
L
112
O
V
O
113
I
D
E
S
114
E
M
E
115
R
116
G
117
E
118
S
N
E
119
E
120
E
A
121
S
T
122
S
123
P
124
A
R
125
L
E
A
D
126
E
127
N
E
D
128
T
129
O
R
M
E
130
W
131
A
132
T
133
T
H
I
S
134
I
S
A
L
W
A
Y
S
O
135
N
T
H
E
S
Q
136
U
A
R
E
137
R
O
D
E
O
138
C
L
I
M
E
S
139
I
O
N
A
140
U
N
D
E
R
141
O
N
E
A
L
142
T
E
N
E
T
143
B
R
E
T
144
I
D
E
A
S
145
P
E
R
S
E
146
T
A
S
S
147
S
E
T
S
148
N
O
R
S
E
© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,017
Across
1
"Songs of Innocence" author : BLAKE
6
Triangular lyre : HARP
10
Airplane stairway : RAMP
14
Big spender : SPORT
19
U.S.S.R. hero : LENIN
20
Stravinsky : IGOR
21
Flotow work : INDRA
23
Pirogue : CANOE
24
Yens : URGES
25
Swinger in the garden : GATE
26
Actress Smith : ALEXIS
27
Adak native : ALEUT
28
Start of a verse : SOLVINGPUZZLESISNTTOUGH
32
Dash off : HIE
33
Famed Greek physician : GALEN
34
Veteran : OLDTIMER
35
Does a takeoff : APES
36
British dean : INGE
37
Puts on apparel : DONS
39
Republic since 1948 : ISRAEL
41
Bacheller's "___ Holden" : EBEN
44
Wynn and Sullivan : EDS
46
Changes course : VEERS
49
Altar boys' garb : COTTAS
53
Second line of verse : YOUONLYNEEDTOKNOWENOUGH
59
Picaroon : ROGUE
60
Hockey great : ORR
61
Persian green : SEAMOSS
62
Confucian way : TAO
63
Warns : ALERTS
65
Diminish : BATE
67
Morning hr. : TENAM
68
Dollar bill : NOTE
69
Issued, as an invitation : SENTOUT
71
More logical : SANER
73
Court whistler : REF
75
Prill and mispickel : ORES
76
___ facto : IPSO
77
Thrust out : EXTRUDE
80
Teutonic demigoddess : NORN
82
Jupati : PALM
85
One ___ time : ATA
87
Frost-covered : RIMED
88
Grabs a bargain : SNAPSUP
92
Tropical plant : ALOE
93
Prefix with mural : INTRA
96
Depressed area : SLUM
98
Albania's capital : TIRANA
99
O'Neill play : ILE
100
Retiree's income, maybe : PENSION
102
Bar need : ICE
103
Famed conductor : SOLTI
104
Third line of verse : NOWORDGAMECANBEMOREFAIR
110
Allen and McQueen : STEVES
111
Fusible resin : RESOL
112
Ab ___ (from the start) : OVO
113
Mid-March date : IDES
114
Come out : EMERGE
118
Koko's weapon : SNEE
120
Big Apple side : EAST
122
Shadowbox : SPAR
125
Made sluggish : LEADENED
128
"The Velvet Fog" : TORME
130
Buddhist temple : WAT
133
Last line of verse : THISISALWAYSONTHESQUARE
137
Copland work : RODEO
138
Regions, to Byron : CLIMES
139
Hebrides island : IONA
140
Beneath : UNDER
141
Tatum or Ryan : ONEAL
142
Belief : TENET
143
Author Harte : BRET
144
Fancies : IDEAS
145
Deep blue : PERSE
146
Russian press agency : TASS
147
Coteries : SETS
148
Vikings : NORSE
Down
1
Mantle : BLUSH
2
___ Soleil (Louis XIV) : LEROI
3
Personal slant : ANGLE
4
Ukrainian city : KIEV
5
Naval officer : ENSIGN
6
Half a synonym for topsy-turvy : HIGGLEDY
7
Yawning : AGAPE
8
Plump : ROTUND
9
Honor in Honduras : PREZ
10
Het up : RILED
11
"___ of robins ... " : ANEST
12
When James IV was killed : MDXIII
13
Crystal forms : PRISMS
14
Jazz term : SCAT
15
Stanford site : PALOALTO
16
Golfer's edge : ONEUP
17
Maquillage item : ROUGE
18
Hebrew letters : TETHS
22
He played Lou Grant : ASNER
26
Ready : ALLSET
29
Actor Conrad : NAGEL
30
Partitioned land : ZONED
31
Vestiges : TRACES
36
Hemingway book : INOURTIME
38
Levy to excess : OVERTAX
40
Great time spans : EONS
41
Wildcats : EYRAS
42
Former W.C.T.U. head : BOOLE
43
Ormandy, to a Berliner : EUGEN
45
Fawning admirer : SNOB
47
Speakers' platforms : ROSTRUMS
48
Marksman's ___ trap : SKEE
50
Pangloss, for one : TUTOR
51
Playing marble : AGATE
52
Loafers : SHOES
54
Colonist's Indian friend : NETOP
55
Remove marks : ERASE
56
Masefield heroine : NAN
57
A Bradley : OMAR
58
French's "The ___ Room" : WOMENS
64
Capital of Elam : SUSA
66
Charm : ENTRANCE
68
Kind of organization : NONPROFIT
70
Porter's activity : TOTING
72
Lincoln's "Cap'n ___" : ERI
74
Assortment of type : FONT
78
Like some inks : DELIBLE
79
Reason out : EDUCE
81
Reach by radio : RAISE
82
Aches' partners : PAINS
83
Apportion : ALLOT
84
Lerner and ___ : LOEWE
86
Part of Saturn's rings : ANSA
89
Vegetarian's favorite : SALAD
90
Loosen a knot : UNTIE
91
Couples : PAIRS
94
Conway : TIM
95
African big-game gun : ROER
97
Office circular : MEMO
100
Can. official : PREM
101
Tired flops : EDSELS
105
Abroad : OVERSEAS
106
Evaluate : ASSESS
107
Aromatic U.S. herb : NONDO
108
Gorges : OVEREATS
109
Is nomadic : ROAMS
115
Respond to force : REACT
116
Stone chip : GALLET
117
"Tippie" cartoonist : EDWINA
119
Baritone Bastianini: 1923-67 : ETTORE
121
Gown ornament : SEQUIN
122
Barber's gear : STROP
123
Dial a number : PHONE
124
Legal help : AIDER
126
Noted chair designer : EAMES
127
Russian vetoes : NYETS
129
French novelist-dramatist : OHNET
130
Cautious bather : WADER
131
Land clusters : AREAS
132
Concise : TERSE
134
Hercules' prisoner : IOLE
135
His ___, the V.I.P. : NIBS
136
Ruin : UNDO

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 8 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
71 ms