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

New York Times, Friday, February 21, 1992

35-Down : Bulb for a tiptoer

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { G Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Robert Katz has 73 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1
B
2
U
3
R
4
P
5
C
6
A
7
R
8
A
9
T
10
S
11
C
12
A
13
B
14
A
T
E
E
15
A
L
I
B
I
16
P
A
L
O
17
N
A
D
A
18
R
E
F
I
T
19
A
C
L
U
20
S
H
O
R
21
T
E
S
T
D
A
22
Y
23
T
E
T
24
L
O
W
25
E
N
E
26
M
I
E
S
27
S
28
M
29
A
30
T
O
31
L
32
D
33
S
T
A
34
P
O
S
35
T
E
R
I
O
36
R
37
R
38
A
39
J
40
A
41
A
U
T
U
M
N
A
L
E
42
Q
43
U
I
N
O
X
44
R
E
A
L
45
O
C
C
U
P
A
N
C
E
46
I
47
D
48
S
49
E
T
E
S
50
O
K
S
51
P
52
A
53
L
P
A
T
54
E
55
A
E
56
S
57
E
L
I
58
H
A
R
59
V
60
E
S
T
M
61
O
62
O
63
N
64
T
A
M
65
E
66
M
I
A
M
I
67
A
B
L
E
68
E
M
I
R
69
P
A
L
M
E
70
R
O
L
E
71
R
O
T
E
72
A
N
E
A
R
73
T
E
A
R
© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,445
Across
1
Baby's postprandial comeback : BURP
5
Rich Roger Rabbit's fare? : CARAT
10
"Scotch fiddle" : SCAB
14
Suit to ___ : ATEE
15
Epithet for Ike : ALIBI
16
___ Alto, Calif. : PALO
17
Nothing, in Havana : NADA
18
Tailor after-diet clothes : REFIT
19
Rights org. : ACLU
20
Dec. 21-22 : SHORTESTDAY
23
Hanoi holiday : TET
24
Dejected : LOW
25
Allies, to the Axis : ENEMIES
27
Wee, in Scotland : SMA
30
Related : TOLD
33
Penn., e.g. : STA
34
Toward the back : POSTERIOR
37
Rani's man : RAJA
41
Solar-year event : AUTUMNALEQUINOX
44
Like the McCoy : REAL
45
Possession, as by a tenant : OCCUPANCE
46
Certain cards, for short : IDS
49
Savoie summers : ETES
50
Gives thumbs up : OKS
51
Examine by touch : PALPATE
55
D.D.E.'s opponent : AES
57
Actor Wallach : ELI
58
Sight circa 41 Across : HARVESTMOON
64
Make less feral : TAME
66
Dade County's seat : MIAMI
67
Qualified : ABLE
68
Muslim ruler : EMIR
69
Assassinated Swedish leader : PALME
70
Capone, to De Niro : ROLE
71
Learning method : ROTE
72
Lend ___ (listen) : ANEAR
73
Sign of sorrow : TEAR
Down
1
Forbids : BANS
2
Home of The Jazz : UTAH
3
Install new furniture : REDO
4
Oyster's nest egg? : PEARL
5
Troubled : CAREWORN
6
Lagers' kin : ALES
7
Schism : RIFT
8
Tolerate : ABIDE
9
Cronus, Hyperion et al. : TITANS
10
Vacation spot : SPA
11
Desert plants : CACTI
12
Formal mall : ALLEE
13
Arena events : BOUTS
21
Kind of pole : TOTEM
22
Nevertheless : YET
26
"West Side Story" girl : MARIA
27
Practice for 13 Down : SPAR
28
Pout : MOUE
29
Nora's pet : ASTA
31
Chinese dynasty : LIAO
32
Fellini's "La ___ Vita" : DOLCE
35
Bulb for a tiptoer : TULIP
36
Right: Comb. form : RECT
38
Part of A.D. : ANNO
39
Locker-room habitué : JOCK
40
Sacks or cans : AXES
42
More seasick : QUEASIER
43
Dark horse's potential : UPSET
47
Dit's companion : DAH
48
Printing, in Milano : STAMPA
51
Fisherman's patron saint : PETER
52
A cottonwood : ALAMO
53
Put a cap on : LIMIT
54
Of a Great Lake : ERIAN
56
Kind of set or money : SMART
59
Coulee : VALE
60
Lazarus or Goldman : EMMA
61
Hautboy : OBOE
62
Stewpot : OLLA
63
___-do-well : NEER
65
Poetic palindrome : ERE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 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
70 ms