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

New York Times, Monday, March 8, 1976

24-Down : English china

Author:
F. Coates
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Fletcher Coates has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
F. Coates is an alias for Fletcher Coates.
1
O
2
R
3
C
4
A
5
P
6
R
7
A
8
H
9
A
10
B
11
E
12
T
13
A
14
L
I
O
N
15
R
E
B
U
T
16
E
N
O
L
17
G
O
O
D
18
T
O
B
E
G
I
19
N
W
E
L
L
20
A
T
T
R
I
B
U
T
E
21
E
A
R
L
Y
22
E
N
E
S
23
M
L
I
V
24
S
25
P
26
A
W
N
S
27
S
28
H
E
L
L
A
29
C
30
S
31
P
A
N
S
Y
32
S
T
A
R
S
33
T
H
O
34
O
N
E
35
M
O
O
R
E
36
I
E
R
37
D
I
M
38
D
E
N
I
M
39
T
40
R
O
N
E
41
E
C
O
42
N
O
M
I
C
43
T
H
O
N
G
S
44
M
E
N
E
45
A
R
I
A
46
O
47
B
E
S
E
48
U
49
N
D
E
R
D
50
O
51
E
52
S
53
B
E
T
T
E
54
R
T
O
E
N
D
W
E
L
L
55
O
R
E
L
56
O
A
R
E
D
57
A
S
I
A
58
E
T
R
E
59
C
H
I
P
S
60
Y
E
S
T
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,704
Across
1
Killer whale : ORCA
5
Czech capital, to Czechs : PRAHA
10
Greek letter : BETA
14
Social one : LION
15
Confute : REBUT
16
Organic compound : ENOL
17
Part of a proverb : GOODTOBEGINWELL
20
Ascribe : ATTRIBUTE
21
Part of D.E.W. : EARLY
22
Chemical endings : ENES
23
Roman 1054 : MLIV
24
Gives rise to : SPAWNS
27
Trounces : SHELLACS
31
Spring flower : PANSY
32
"___ of stage and screen" : STARS
33
Even if, modified : THO
34
___ for the road : ONE
35
Archie or Marianne : MOORE
36
Comparative suffix : IER
37
Kind of wit : DIM
38
Popular fabric : DENIM
39
Scottish scale : TRONE
41
Profitable : ECONOMIC
43
Sandal parts : THONGS
44
Wall-writing word : MENE
45
Melody : ARIA
46
Not slender : OBESE
48
Makes too rare : UNDERDOES
53
End of the proverb : BETTERTOENDWELL
55
Russian city : OREL
56
Like racing shells : OARED
57
Continent : ASIA
58
To be, in Paris : ETRE
59
"Good-bye, Mr. ___" : CHIPS
60
Previous day: Abbr. : YEST
Down
1
Miss Korbut : OLGA
2
Melee : RIOT
3
Water bird : COOT
4
Singing sisters : ANDREWS
5
Looks into : PROBES
6
Picture puzzle : REBUS
7
Encourage : ABET
8
Immense : HUGE
9
Panay native : ATI
10
Lament : BEWAIL
11
Weakened state : ENERVATION
12
Kind of road or booth : TOLL
13
Associate : ALLY
18
Like saloon pianos : TINNY
19
Miss Gwyn et al. : NELLS
23
Lake : MERE
24
English china : SPODE
25
Black Friday event : PANIC
26
Wind-speed recorder : ANEMOMETER
27
Unemotional : STOIC
28
"Wouldn't ___ a flea" : HARM
29
Chinese river : CHENG
30
Tender spots : SORES
32
Sound: Prefix : SONI
35
Same, in France : MEME
38
Gift recipient : DONEE
39
Kind of degree or rail : THIRD
40
Street : ROADWAY
42
Get cozy : NESTLE
43
Pollsters' concerns : TRENDS
45
Profoundly : ADEEP
46
Reed : OBOE
47
Lahr : BERT
48
Where the Uintas are : UTAH
49
Japanese seaweed : NORI
50
Platinum wire loop : OESE
51
Yalies : ELIS
52
Blind part : SLAT
54
Eden ___, Riviera beach : ROC

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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
79 ms