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

New York Times, Friday, October 30, 1981

15-Down : Bird for a barbecue?

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J M Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1
T
2
A
3
S
4
K
5
S
6
D
7
A
8
R
9
B
10
O
11
D
12
E
13
A
D
E
E
P
14
E
G
I
15
S
16
U
R
A
L
17
C
A
N
V
A
18
S
B
A
C
K
19
F
O
W
L
20
I
N
A
S
N
I
T
21
H
U
22
F
F
23
T
O
T
24
K
N
O
25
W
26
A
L
L
27
A
28
N
29
S
30
G
E
A
R
E
31
D
32
A
E
S
O
P
33
A
34
S
35
S
O
R
T
36
B
O
37
B
W
H
I
T
E
38
T
E
A
L
39
R
40
E
F
E
R
41
E
A
R
N
42
B
A
L
D
43
P
A
T
E
44
E
45
L
A
N
E
T
46
A
L
L
E
E
47
H
E
48
D
G
E
D
49
T
E
E
N
E
50
R
51
T
A
U
T
52
S
53
P
54
A
55
E
P
O
56
S
57
N
E
T
58
T
I
E
R
59
S
60
L
61
A
Y
62
W
I
63
L
D
T
U
R
K
E
Y
64
K
I
T
E
65
E
V
I
L
66
C
A
E
L
A
67
I
B
I
S
68
A
P
E
69
E
S
S
E
N
© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,679
Across
1
Things to do : TASKS
6
Novel by Nabokov : DAR
9
Presage : BODE
13
In ocean waters : ADEEP
14
Sponsorship : EGIS
16
River of Russia : URAL
17
Duck perched on a sail? : CANVASBACK
19
Chicken outside the base line? : FOWL
20
Agitated : INASNIT
21
Resentful state : HUFF
23
Add : TOT
24
Recognize : KNOW
26
Family that befriended young Poe : ALLANS
30
___ up (accelerated) : GEARED
32
"The Crow and the Fox" writer : AESOP
33
Put in categories : ASSORT
36
Bird that quails? : BOBWHITE
38
Duck that is somewhat blue? : TEAL
39
Ascribe : REFER
41
Make : EARN
42
Bird for Yul Brynner? : BALDPATE
44
Bird devouring an ant and an eel? : ELANET
46
Formal mall : ALLEE
47
Avoided a commitment : HEDGED
49
Adolescent : TEENER
51
Snug : TAUT
52
Health resort : SPA
55
Heroic poetry : EPOS
57
More meshy : NETTIER
59
Do in : SLAY
62
Bird for Miles? : WILDTURKEY
64
Falcon for Franklin? : KITE
65
Immoral : EVIL
66
___ Sculptoris, southern constellation : CAELA
67
Bird for Cleo? : IBIS
68
Parrot : APE
69
City near Düsseldorf : ESSEN
Down
1
Implied but not expressed : TACIT
2
A bell town : ADANO
3
French legislature : SENAT
4
Electron volts : KEVS
5
Fore-and-aft sail : SPANKER
6
One often dunned : DEBTOR
7
Turkish leader : AGA
8
Like Dives : RICH
9
Stupid bird? : BUFFLEHEAD
10
Gold, in Chihuahua : ORO
11
Marjorie's bird? : DAW
12
Building addition : ELL
15
Bird for a barbecue? : SKUA
18
Singer from Hoboken : SINATRA
22
Defect : FLAW
25
Ducks and drakes in a tangle? : WEBFEET
27
Burmese or Thai : ASIAN
28
___ Dame : NOTRE
29
Exhausted : SPENT
30
Birds for Midas? : GOLDENEYES
31
Bambi's mother : DOE
33
Facing Doug Bird : ATBAT
34
Activist Bobby : SEALE
35
Garçon's room : SALLE
37
Noted French horologist : BREGUET
40
Numerical ending : ETH
43
Little bird's sound : PEEP
45
Romaine, for one : LETTUCE
48
Caress; pet : DANDLE
50
Poet laureate: 1715-18 : ROWE
52
Bill ___, Dickens villain : SIKES
53
A contemporary of Shakespeare : PEELE
54
Indo-European : ARYAN
56
Samoan dance : SIVA
58
Refrain syllables : TRAS
59
What kanonen do : SKI
60
Ad follower : LIB
61
Panay native : ATI
63
Sass : LIP

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 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
32 ms