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

New York Times, Wednesday, November 11, 1981

49-Down : Chief: Prefix

Author:
Maurice J. Teitelbaum
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Maurice J. Teitelbaum has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
B
2
R
3
A
4
D
5
P
6
G
7
A
8
S
9
E
10
A
11
R
12
L
U
R
I
13
D
14
E
A
U
15
C
E
L
L
O
16
O
T
T
E
R
17
E
N
D
18
A
S
S
E
T
19
T
H
E
G
E
20
O
R
G
I
21
A
P
E
A
C
H
22
O
W
N
23
S
O
L
E
24
A
25
R
26
C
27
S
T
28
A
29
E
L
30
B
31
O
32
W
33
L
E
O
34
S
35
A
B
36
E
37
T
38
L
A
D
E
39
N
40
A
P
P
L
41
E
P
I
E
A
42
L
A
M
O
D
E
43
S
E
R
A
L
44
E
L
M
O
45
A
R
G
O
46
L
A
V
E
47
S
48
E
V
49
A
50
S
E
N
51
A
P
52
E
53
S
54
E
R
55
A
56
B
57
A
58
N
59
A
N
A
S
A
60
N
D
C
R
61
E
62
A
63
M
64
A
D
A
N
O
65
S
L
Y
66
H
E
N
R
I
67
L
E
V
E
R
68
A
V
E
69
I
N
O
N
E
70
K
N
E
W
71
Y
E
T
72
A
S
O
N
© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,691
Across
1
Peen target : BRAD
5
Org. for Kite, Pate et al. : PGA
8
Wither : SEAR
12
Sensational : LURID
14
Nice drink : EAU
15
Violin's big brother : CELLO
16
Weasel's relative : OTTER
17
Word with tight and open : END
18
Blue-chip stocks or diamonds : ASSET
19
Ty Cobb : THEGEORGIAPEACH
22
___ up (admit) : OWN
23
Loafer's part : SOLE
24
Type of lamp : ARC
27
Union, in D.C. : STA
29
Ulna-humerus meeting place : ELBOW
33
Popes from I to XIII : LEOS
35
Incite : ABET
38
Burdened : LADEN
40
Popular dessert : APPLEPIEALAMODE
43
Pertaining to ecological communities : SERAL
44
Pollster Roper : ELMO
45
Former constellation : ARGO
46
Flows along or against : LAVES
48
Bartok or Gabor : EVA
50
D.C. resident : SEN
51
Pongidae family members : APES
54
Carlton's important stat. : ERA
56
Another dessert : BANANASANDCREAM
64
Bell town : ADANO
65
Like Reynard : SLY
66
Pétain : HENRI
67
Tool for prying : LEVER
68
"___ atque vale!" : AVE
69
___ ear and ... (unconcerned) : INONE
70
Howard's "They ___ What They Wanted" : KNEW
71
Still : YET
72
"Unto us ___ is given" : ASON
Down
1
Backgammon piece exposed to capture : BLOT
2
The Sultan of Swat : RUTH
3
TV's Johnson : ARTE
4
Rivera of Mexico : DIEGO
5
Noble : PEER
6
Bands in a Bernstein musical : GANGS
7
Word before tape or visual : AUDIO
8
Mobutu ___ Seko, President of Zaire : SESE
9
Role for Nilsson : ELSA
10
Waugh or Templeton : ALEC
11
Portnoy's creator : ROTH
13
John and Ellen : DREWS
15
Brightest star in Auriga : CAPELLA
20
Ready for use : ONTAP
21
"For a quart of ___ is a dish for a king": Shak. : ALE
24
Word of woe : ALAS
25
Make the attack go back : REPEL
26
Source of coconut oil : COPRA
28
Rose's beau : ABIE
30
The Crimson Tide : BAMA
31
Scents : ODORS
32
St. Andrew's club : WEDGE
34
Tchaikovsky was one : SLAV
36
Silver ___ (mature elver) : EEL
37
Make a beast behave : TAME
39
Rialto sign : NEON
41
Predecessor of Bess : ELEANOR
42
"If I ___ You," 1945 song : LOVED
47
Bath or Bad Ems : SPA
49
Chief: Prefix : ARCHI
52
Pope's "An ___ on Criticism" : ESSAY
53
Medicament : SALVE
55
Sports palace : ARENA
56
Moundsman's misstep : BALK
57
Arabian port : ADEN
58
Part of Notre Dame : NAVE
59
Freshly : ANEW
60
Refusal in Kiev : NYET
61
Man's name meaning "man" : ENOS
62
Ponte Vecchio's river : ARNO
63
Disposition : MIEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 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
55 ms