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

New York Times, Wednesday, March 19, 1969

63-Down : Nepal peak.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
1
S
2
I
3
G
4
H
5
T
6
M
7
O
8
T
9
O
10
M
11
A
12
W
13
S
14
T
O
R
A
H
15
A
R
A
N
16
O
P
I
E
17
E
L
A
T
E
18
N
E
V
E
19
R
D
O
N
E
20
P
E
N
21
C
22
U
L
L
23
F
E
E
D
E
R
24
D
25
E
A
R
Y
26
S
O
L
S
27
M
28
A
D
D
E
N
29
S
P
L
I
T
30
S
31
I
32
N
33
A
R
U
N
34
S
35
O
L
I
D
S
36
U
L
E
37
R
E
C
A
38
P
39
L
A
C
40
H
41
O
P
I
S
42
I
C
H
43
A
44
M
I
C
A
45
L
46
M
E
A
T
47
S
A
Y
48
B
R
O
O
K
49
A
50
W
A
R
D
S
51
A
I
D
S
52
S
T
A
R
S
53
P
54
O
55
L
I
T
E
56
S
H
E
M
57
E
58
B
59
B
60
A
T
A
N
Y
R
61
A
T
E
62
P
63
A
D
U
A
64
C
O
Z
E
65
N
I
L
E
66
U
P
E
N
D
67
K
E
Y
S
68
S
L
O
T
69
M
I
D
G
E
© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,158
Across
1
Range finder. : SIGHT
6
Fictional sleuth. : MOTO
10
Cavernous openings. : MAWS
14
Hebrew precept. : TORAH
15
Irish isles. : ARAN
16
English painter. : OPIE
17
Gladden. : ELATE
18
Like housewife's work. : NEVERDONE
20
Quill. : PEN
21
Pick out. : CULL
23
Tributary stream. : FEEDER
24
Honeyed word. : DEARY
26
Peruvian coins. : SOLS
27
Infuriate. : MADDEN
29
___ two. : SPLITSIN
33
___ for one's money. : ARUN
34
Single-colored textiles. : SOLIDS
36
Rubber tree. : ULE
37
Kind of tire. : RECAP
39
Resinous substance. : LAC
40
Mesa dwellers. : HOPIS
42
German pronoun. : ICH
43
Friendly. : AMICAL
46
Venison. : MEAT
47
Onetime site of Yale. : SAYBROOK
49
Medals. : AWARDS
51
Supports. : AIDS
52
Heads the cast. : STARS
53
Urbane. : POLITE
56
Son of Noah. : SHEM
57
Partner of flow. : EBB
60
Leastwise. : ATANYRATE
62
Baptista's home. : PADUA
64
Friendly talk. : COZE
65
Historic waterway. : NILE
66
Set in a way. : UPEND
67
Sharps and flats. : KEYS
68
Machine of a sort. : SLOT
69
Punkie. : MIDGE
Down
1
Procedure. : STEP
2
Hercules's captive. : IOLE
3
Luxembourg, for one. : GRANDDUCHY
4
Fedora. : HAT
5
Spore cases. : THECAE
6
Brave. : MANLY
7
Russian city. : OREL
8
Hebrew letter. : TAV
9
Undivided. : ONEFOLD
10
Unassuming. : MODEST
11
Like peas in ___. : APOD
12
Oporto export. : WINE
13
Prophet. : SEER
19
Hot-dog additive. : RELISH
22
Coffeemakers. : URNS
25
Poet Millay. : EDNA
26
Star in Virgo. : SPICA
27
Home-run star. : MARIS
28
Betel palm. : ARECA
29
Not busy. : SLACK
30
Supplanted. : SUPERSEDED
31
Epic poem. : ILIAD
32
Homes for fledglings. : NESTS
35
Medleys. : OLIOS
38
Equivalence. : PARITY
41
Sharif. : OMAR
44
Up-to-daters. : MODERNS
45
Slow. : LATE
48
Part of L.B.J. : BAINES
50
Money for Hiawatha. : WAMPUM
52
Newspaper, familiarly. : SHEET
53
Kind of floating ice. : PACK
54
Sioux. : OTOE
55
Indolent. : LAZY
56
Normandy town. : STLO
58
Cork for a cask. : BUNG
59
Invited. : BADE
61
Complain. : AIL
63
Nepal peak. : API

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 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
53 ms