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

New York Times, Tuesday, December 8, 1981

46-Down : A kind of silk

Author:
Dorothy Smitonick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K M Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Dorothy Smitonick has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1
S
2
C
3
A
4
B
5
D
6
O
7
N
8
E
9
I
10
N
11
S
12
E
13
T
14
O
O
N
A
15
I
C
E
S
16
N
A
C
R
E
17
I
D
O
L
18
S
E
A
T
19
S
T
A
R
R
20
L
A
N
D
21
S
C
A
P
E
22
S
23
I
R
O
N
24
S
O
N
25
L
26
E
V
E
L
S
27
F
28
L
29
I
30
N
T
S
31
T
32
H
A
N
E
33
L
O
B
O
S
34
R
E
V
E
L
35
E
36
R
37
S
38
A
V
I
V
39
S
40
P
A
R
E
41
A
N
I
L
42
P
E
D
A
43
N
T
I
C
44
S
N
I
P
E
45
S
C
E
N
T
46
P
A
D
D
E
D
47
S
48
U
49
C
C
O
R
50
D
O
N
51
O
T
R
O
52
N
53
E
54
W
E
N
G
55
L
56
A
57
N
58
D
59
R
I
O
T
60
S
61
R
A
N
G
62
O
L
E
O
63
A
L
F
I
E
64
O
R
S
E
65
W
E
S
T
66
S
E
T
A
E
67
S
P
E
E
68
S
E
T
S
© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,718
Across
1
Anathema to Debs : SCAB
5
Cooked to a turn : DONE
9
Map feature : INSET
14
Charlie's widow : OONA
15
Summer treats : ICES
16
Shellfish : NACRE
17
Moorish ___, tropical fish : IDOL
18
Center of authority : SEAT
19
Belle ___, notorious outlaw : STARR
20
Corot creations : LANDSCAPES
23
Curtain of a sort : IRON
24
"Dombey and ___" : SON
25
Is honest with : LEVELS
27
Lighters need these : FLINTS
31
Scottish baron : THANE
33
Gray wolves : LOBOS
34
Mardi Gras participants : REVELERS
38
Tel ___ : AVIV
39
Mark for Mark Roth : SPARE
41
Indigo plant : ANIL
42
Narrow-minded, as a teacher : PEDANTIC
44
Wading bird : SNIPE
45
Aroma : SCENT
46
Kind of cell : PADDED
47
Aid : SUCCOR
50
One of the Ameche brothers : DON
51
Another: Sp. : OTRO
52
Pilgrims' milieu : NEWENGLAND
59
Outbreaks : RIOTS
61
Pealed : RANG
62
Dairyman's anathema : OLEO
63
Michael Caine role : ALFIE
64
"The ___ 'e knows ... ": Kipling : ORSE
65
Morris ___, author of "Shoes of the Fisherman" : WEST
66
Bristles : SETAE
67
Graf ___ : SPEE
68
Uses curlers : SETS
Down
1
Layer of earth : SOIL
2
Part of a sonata : CODA
3
At another time : ANON
4
Acomous : BALD
5
Places for dancing, for short : DISCOS
6
Mariner's world : OCEAN
7
A low tide : NEAP
8
Town near Padua : ESTE
9
___ and outs : INS
10
"This is my own, my ___!": Scott : NATIVELAND
11
Frighten : SCARE
12
Former character actor Leon ___ : ERROL
13
Three-masted schooners : TERNS
21
Fast planes : SSTS
22
Joseph in Egypt : SLAVE
26
Dir. from Sevilla to Córdoba : ENE
27
Tongue of a shoe : FLAP
28
This means nothing to McEnroe : LOVE
29
Footnote abbr. : IBID
30
The Cabots' discovery in 1497 : NOVASCOTIA
31
Religious pamphlet : TRACT
32
"___ Weekend," 1936 play : HER
35
City in Oklahoma : ENID
36
Ready to be eaten : RIPE
37
Vehicle used to transport : SLED
39
Rear part : STERN
40
Fastener : PIN
43
Cpl., for one : NCO
44
Spilled to the cops : SANG
46
A kind of silk : PONGEE
47
Marsh birds : SORAS
48
Practical : UTILE
49
Small farm, in England : CROFT
50
Compact : DENSE
53
One of the asteroids : EROS
54
Woof's partner : WARP
55
Cattle sounds : LOWS
56
Toward the sheltered side : ALEE
57
Hornets' creation : NEST
58
Dowries : DOTS
60
Comprehend : SEE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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
47 ms