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

New York Times, Tuesday, February 23, 1982

51-Down : These also may run

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
P
2
E
3
S
4
T
5
W
6
A
7
S
8
P
9
S
10
T
11
R
12
A
13
P
14
L
A
T
H
15
I
L
L
E
16
C
H
I
C
O
17
A
C
E
R
18
N
O
U
N
19
A
R
T
I
S
20
T
H
R
E
21
E
T
O
G
E
22
T
R
E
A
D
Y
23
E
Y
E
N
24
T
R
E
E
25
C
26
O
27
F
F
E
R
28
F
R
O
29
P
30
A
31
C
32
E
33
A
H
E
A
D
34
C
O
A
T
35
E
G
O
S
36
M
A
R
C
37
M
A
L
T
S
38
N
A
U
T
39
E
R
N
E
40
E
R
L
E
41
S
N
I
P
E
42
L
A
S
S
43
T
R
Y
44
K
E
Y
N
E
S
45
O
46
L
E
O
47
D
E
M
O
48
O
49
N
50
E
F
O
R
T
51
H
E
G
I
P
52
P
53
E
54
R
55
D
I
K
E
S
56
T
O
L
L
57
E
A
S
E
58
E
L
E
V
E
59
O
S
T
E
60
R
I
T
E
61
S
E
D
E
R
62
P
E
A
R
63
A
R
A
L
© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,795
Across
1
Nuisance : PEST
5
Hornet : WASP
9
Looped band : STRAP
14
Wood strip : LATH
15
River at Rennes : ILLE
16
Greasewood : CHICO
17
Maple genus : ACER
18
This may be proper : NOUN
19
Hoopster Gilmore : ARTIS
20
" ... ___ and four ... " : THREETOGETREADY
23
"Dreamgirls" librettist : EYEN
24
Sycamore, e.g. : TREE
25
Strongbox : COFFER
28
Back : FRO
29
Tempo : PACE
33
Forward : AHEAD
34
Jacket : COAT
35
Selves : EGOS
36
Dramatist Connelly : MARC
37
Certain liquors : MALTS
38
Pertaining to seamen: Abbr. : NAUT
39
Sea eagle : ERNE
40
A Gardner : ERLE
41
Long-billed bird : SNIPE
42
One with "the delicate air" : LASS
43
Attempt : TRY
44
British economist : KEYNES
45
Margarine : OLEO
47
Platter for an audition : DEMO
48
" ... win ___" (exhortation for the Fighting Irish) : ONEFORTHEGIPPER
55
Embankments : DIKES
56
Payment of a sort : TOLL
57
Comfort : EASE
58
Pupil, in Paris : ELEVE
59
Bone: Comb. form : OSTE
60
Ceremony : RITE
61
Jewish feast : SEDER
62
Bosc, e.g. : PEAR
63
Russian sea : ARAL
Down
1
Map of a municipality : PLAT
2
Every's partner : EACH
3
Mob follower : STER
4
"The ___," Joanne Woodward film : THREEFACESOFEVE
5
July-August in Australia : WINTER
6
Crazy as ___ : ALOON
7
Small mollusk : SLUG
8
Pierce : PENETRATE
9
Frighten : SCARE
10
"The ___," Weill work : THREEPENNYOPERA
11
Moreno : RITA
12
Astringent : ACID
13
Nosegay : POSY
21
Viewed : EYED
22
Gaits : TROTS
25
Hageen : CAMEL
26
He wrote "Assembly": 1961 : OHARA
27
Pteridophytes : FERNS
28
Absurdity : FOLLY
30
Once more : AGAIN
31
Car style : COUPE
32
This is not a park in Colorado : ESTES
34
Redhead : CARROTTOP
37
This may run while you ride : METER
41
Large truck, for short : SEMI
44
Bowler : KEGLER
46
Ford in 1976 : LOSER
47
River-mouth deposit : DELTA
48
Words worth a poetry lover's time : ODES
49
Africa's longest river : NILE
50
___ out (supplemented) : EKED
51
These also may run : HOSE
52
Duo : PAIR
53
Durango demonstrative : ESTA
54
Sway : REEL

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 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
64 ms