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

PHRASEOLOGY

New York Times, Sunday, December 1, 1957

31-Down : Entertains.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 68, Avg Word Len: 5.41, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 567 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 120, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
A
2
S
3
W
4
A
5
N
6
B
7
E
8
A
9
R
10
U
11
P
12
T
13
H
14
U
15
M
16
B
17
A
L
N
A
G
E
18
A
T
T
I
R
E
19
H
O
N
O
R
20
E
21
D
22
F
L
A
S
H
I
23
N
T
H
E
P
A
N
24
E
P
I
T
O
M
E
25
I
S
T
26
A
G
A
T
E
27
A
L
A
28
M
B
29
S
T
U
P
A
30
R
E
C
31
D
32
H
I
L
L
33
S
34
S
N
O
U
35
T
36
E
G
I
L
37
E
T
H
I
38
C
39
V
E
S
T
40
I
41
C
O
S
E
42
C
43
H
R
E
44
V
A
45
L
E
S
46
A
D
47
D
E
R
48
R
A
49
F
T
E
R
50
R
51
E
52
G
E
N
T
S
53
F
R
E
E
D
54
L
E
G
I
T
55
A
C
O
R
N
S
56
M
O
T
O
R
57
B
I
B
E
L
O
58
T
59
Z
L
O
T
Y
60
M
O
G
U
L
61
A
V
I
D
62
L
E
63
M
64
E
A
D
S
65
B
O
D
Y
P
O
66
L
67
I
T
I
C
68
T
I
T
I
69
S
I
F
70
E
R
I
E
71
G
O
R
E
D
72
F
I
G
H
T
73
R
O
74
L
L
E
R
S
75
P
I
C
O
S
76
W
I
T
H
E
R
77
R
H
I
N
E
78
P
E
C
A
N
79
T
H
E
A
T
R
E
80
R
81
A
N
D
A
N
82
M
U
R
A
L
83
S
H
O
R
N
84
O
R
O
85
S
E
86
D
E
R
87
L
E
88
T
H
E
89
Y
I
90
E
91
L
92
D
93
B
I
T
94
S
95
R
I
L
L
96
S
97
S
O
R
B
98
S
99
C
L
E
O
100
U
S
H
E
101
R
102
N
A
I
L
103
S
104
P
O
O
A
105
S
106
A
V
G
107
S
T
I
P
U
108
L
E
109
E
A
T
110
S
H
U
M
B
L
111
E
P
I
E
112
T
A
N
A
G
E
R
113
U
N
I
T
E
D
114
L
A
S
S
E
S
115
G
L
A
S
S
116
S
T
R
U
T
S
117
E
P
E
E
S
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,078
Across
1
Nile city. : ASWAN
6
Retain one's courage. : BEARUP
12
Tom ___. : THUMB
17
Measurement by the ell. : ALNAGE
18
Finery. : ATTIRE
19
Exalted. : HONORED
22
Short-lived effort. : FLASHINTHEPAN
24
Representative part. : EPITOME
25
Noun suffix. : IST
26
5½ point type. : AGATE
27
Like ___ (timidly). : ALAMB
29
Mound containing a Buddhist shrine. : STUPA
30
Payt. ___. : RECD
32
Buttes. : HILLS
34
Tinker in "Midsummer Night's Dream." : SNOUT
36
Norse William Tell. : EGIL
37
Standard of conduct. : ETHIC
39
Tonio's aria, "___ la Giubba." : VESTI
41
Secant, in trigonometry: Abbr. : COSEC
43
Charlemagne's realm: Abbr. : HRE
44
Low-lying tracts: Poet. : VALES
46
Krait. : ADDER
48
Beam. : RAFTER
50
University officers. : REGENTS
53
Manumitted. : FREED
54
The stage: Slang. : LEGIT
55
Quercine fruits. : ACORNS
56
Power source. : MOTOR
57
Small but rare object. : BIBELOT
59
Polish coin. : ZLOTY
60
Autocrat. : MOGUL
61
Greedy. : AVID
62
Nickname for Gulliver. : LEM
64
American engineer (1820-87). : EADS
65
State. : BODYPOLITIC
68
Small monkey. : TITI
69
Wife of Thor. : SIF
70
Iroquois. : ERIE
71
Cut triangularly. : GORED
72
Donnybrook event. : FIGHT
73
Waves. : ROLLERS
75
Peaks: Sp. : PICOS
76
Lose vigor. : WITHER
77
"The ___ Gold." : RHINE
78
Species of hickory. : PECAN
79
Sphere of operation. : THEATRE
80
Boat propelled by three rowers. : RANDAN
82
Relative of a fresco. : MURAL
83
Divested (of). : SHORN
84
Tahitian national god. : ORO
85
Feast, in Judaism. : SEDER
87
Oblivion. : LETHE
89
Financial return. : YIELD
93
Snippets. : BITS
95
Runnels. : RILLS
97
Slavic people. : SORBS
99
G. B. S. character. : CLEO
100
___ in (inaugurate). : USHER
102
Secures. : NAILS
104
East Indian hemp fibers. : POOAS
106
Baseball figure: Abbr. : AVG
107
Plant appendage. : STIPULE
109
Recants ignominiously. : EATSHUMBLEPIE
112
Oscine bird. : TANAGER
113
Conjoint. : UNITED
114
Girls. : LASSES
115
Barometer. : GLASS
116
Braces. : STRUTS
117
Dueling weapons. : EPEES
Down
1
Ready: Colloq. : ALLSET
2
Fragment. : SNATCH
3
Remained. : WAS
4
Eastern title. : AGHA
5
Equine sound. : NEIGH
6
Cannae and Actium. : BATTLES
7
Merman and others. : ETHELS
8
Greek goddess. : ATE
9
River bank. : RIPA
10
Magnitogorsk's mountains. : URALS
11
Punished. : PENANCED
12
Miss ___. : THEBUS
13
Twining vine. : HOP
14
Etats-___. : UNIS
15
Lump of earth: Fr. : MOTTE
16
Revealed. : BROUGHTTOLIGHT
17
Conflagrant. : AFIRE
20
Sway. : EMPIRE
21
Buyer and seller. : DEALER
23
Unsophisticates. : NAIVES
28
Heath. : MOOR
31
Entertains. : DIVERTS
33
Set machinery going. : STARTUP
35
Kind of acid from turpentine. : TEREBIC
38
Shrewd. : CANNY
40
Of class concepts. : IDEOLOGICAL
42
Fenced in. : CAGED
45
Officers: Abbr. : LTS
47
Source of something: Abbr. : DER
49
Thread: Fr. : FIL
50
Wrecks. : RAZES
51
Dessert. : ECLAIR
52
Useless. : GOODFORNOTHING
53
Dull fellow. : FOGY
54
Grayish-blue. : LIVID
56
Varieties or forms. : MODES
57
Author of "America the Beautiful." : BATES
58
Rope. : TETHER
60
Silk. : MOIRE
63
Historic London tavern. : MITRE
65
Alpine pass. : BRENNER
66
Sites. : LOCALES
67
Firmness. : IRON
68
Colossal. : TITANIC
70
St. __ Mountains, where Mt. Logan is. : ELIAS
72
Spirited. : FIERY
74
Honorary degree. : LHD
75
Through. : PER
76
Kern song hit. : WHO
78
Environs. : PURLIEUS
79
Blanche of the Met. : THEBOM
80
Muscular. : ROBUST
81
Awn. : ARISTA
82
Black: Comb. form. : MELA
83
Nautical ropes. : SHROUDS
86
Trenchermen. : DINERS
88
Hell. : TOPHET
90
Slip away. : ELAPSE
91
Taxes. : LEVIES
92
Genoese officials. : DOGES
94
Calyx part. : SEPAL
96
Bias: Colloq. : SLANT
98
Relative of the marten. : SABLE
101
Wrinkle: Lat. : RUGA
103
Hubbub. : STIR
105
Injury to pride. : SLAP
108
Preface to 14 Down. : LES
110
Senatorial nickname. : STU
111
Compass point. : ESE

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 9 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