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

BY NO MEANS

New York Times, Sunday, April 21, 1974

39-Down : Shoebox notation

Author:
Maura B. Jacobson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 91, Avg Word Len: 5.21, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 668 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 134, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18
Maura B. Jacobson has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1
A
2
L
3
P
4
S
5
C
6
A
7
P
8
P
9
E
10
G
11
T
12
A
13
S
14
S
15
S
16
O
17
U
18
P
19
S
20
N
A
R
A
21
A
N
A
22
T
O
L
E
23
S
L
U
E
24
I
S
S
U
E
25
T
H
E
F
26
I
D
D
L
E
R
I
N
27
T
H
E
B
A
28
S
E
M
E
N
T
29
H
O
S
E
D
30
C
A
T
C
H
E
R
I
N
T
H
E
V
O
D
K
A
31
E
R
I
32
S
33
M
O
T
E
34
U
T
A
35
L
E
N
E
S
36
M
E
D
37
E
38
A
N
E
S
39
T
40
D
41
O
42
Z
E
N
43
I
44
R
45
O
46
N
47
E
N
48
B
A
S
49
E
50
S
51
S
E
N
E
52
M
53
O
N
A
C
O
54
R
55
A
N
G
E
56
W
57
I
N
T
E
R
S
E
58
T
59
M
A
U
G
H
A
M
60
A
N
T
61
R
62
E
63
M
E
M
B
E
R
64
O
U
R
S
65
L
T
D
66
G
L
E
A
M
67
I
68
N
69
A
70
C
T
I
V
E
71
G
72
E
73
M
74
L
E
E
75
R
76
L
A
K
E
77
I
78
N
F
E
R
I
O
R
79
L
80
E
A
V
E
81
I
N
W
A
82
R
83
R
C
A
84
M
A
R
85
S
T
R
I
A
86
E
N
E
M
Y
87
E
88
I
G
H
T
89
N
O
T
R
90
U
91
M
92
P
93
O
D
D
S
94
D
A
Y
95
E
96
S
P
R
E
S
S
O
97
A
R
A
R
98
A
99
E
E
L
100
M
A
I
A
101
R
102
E
103
S
T
A
T
E
S
104
N
N
E
105
L
106
A
107
W
108
R
E
N
C
E
109
O
110
F
111
I
S
R
A
E
L
112
T
113
O
O
T
S
114
A
T
H
E
N
S
115
B
O
N
E
R
S
116
T
117
H
I
E
F
118
G
A
O
L
119
C
120
A
J
U
N
121
S
122
A
123
B
R
A
124
R
A
125
Z
126
E
127
A
128
L
129
T
O
S
130
E
131
L
132
I
133
G
A
U
G
134
E
135
T
E
X
136
F
137
R
138
A
T
E
R
N
I
139
T
140
Y
S
I
S
141
T
E
R
S
142
N
143
O
T
A
T
144
T
H
E
H
A
I
R
D
R
E
S
S
E
R
O
F
S
145
E
V
I
L
L
E
146
H
I
R
E
S
147
A
E
O
N
148
T
R
I
F
L
E
D
149
N
E
O
N
150
S
N
O
R
T
151
D
S
T
S
152
S
E
X
153
Y
D
S
154
K
E
T
T
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,017
Across
1
Hannibal's hurdle : ALPS
5
Partner of gown : CAP
8
Cribbage gear : PEG
11
Moscow agency : TASS
15
Second courses : SOUPS
20
Old capital of Japan : NARA
21
France of fiction : ANATOLE
23
Swing around : SLUE
24
Bone of contention : ISSUE
25
29
Sprayed : HOSED
30
31
Son of Gad : ERI
32
Struck : SMOTE
34
Hagen : UTA
35
Mute consonants : LENES
36
Early Iranian : MEDE
38
"___ of robins ... " : ANEST
40
Dodecuple group : DOZEN
43
Golfbag item : IRON
47
Below: Fr. : ENBAS
49
Early ascetic : ESSENE
52
Rainier place : MONACO
54
Place for a home : RANGE
56
No author : WINTERSETMAUGHAM
60
Aardvark's quarry : ANT
61
Give the Maine its due : REMEMBER
64
Yours and mine : OURS
65
British inc. : LTD
66
Give off highlights : GLEAM
67
Retired : INACTIVE
71
Rare beauty : GEM
74
Sly glance : LEER
76
No body of water : LAKEINFERIOR
79
Go : LEAVE
81
"First ___, first ... " : INWAR
83
Parent of N.B.C. : RCA
84
Impair : MAR
85
Furrow : STRIA
86
Hostile one : ENEMY
87
No bridge bid : EIGHTNOTRUMP
93
O.T.B. concern : ODDS
94
Doris or Clarence : DAY
95
Demitasse contents : ESPRESSO
97
Macaw : ARARA
99
Slithery one : EEL
100
Mother of Hermes : MAIA
101
Changes the wording : RESTATES
104
Compass reading : NNE
105
112
Shor : TOOTS
114
Timon's home town : ATHENS
115
Goofs : BONERS
116
Shoplifter : THIEF
118
Wilde locale : GAOL
119
Bayou dialect : CAJUN
121
Native Israeli : SABRA
124
Tear down : RAZE
127
Choir members : ALTOS
130
Wallach : ELI
133
Shotgun caliber : GAUGE
135
Cowboy's sobriquet : TEX
136
142
___ home (out) : NOTAT
144
146
Signs on : HIRES
147
Long period : AEON
148
Toyed with : TRIFLED
149
Sign gas : NEON
150
Nasal noise : SNORT
151
Summer-time listings : DSTS
152
Gender : SEX
153
Grid gains: Abbr. : YDS
154
Etta ___ : KETT
Down
1
Key opus : ANTHEM
2
Punjab city : LAHORE
3
No electee : PRESIDENTDEWEY
4
Yegg's target : SAFE
5
Unchivalrous one : CAD
6
Pros ___ : ANDCONS
7
Gourmet's sense zone : PALATE
8
French swine : PORC
9
Yale : ELIHU
10
Sartre contemporary : GENET
11
Sudanic language : TSHI
12
Danish measure : ALEN
13
Devious : SUBTLE
14
Auk's relative : SEAHEN
15
Panning gear : SIEVE
16
Diffusing by absorption : OSMOSING
17
Secondhand : USED
18
Touchwood : PUNK
19
___ precedent : SETA
22
Pates, in Rouen : TETES
26
Freud's concerns : IDS
27
Stock-market habitué : TRADER
28
Ginza change : SEN
33
Bleat : MAA
37
Part of Britain: Abbr. : ENG
39
Shoebox notation : TENB
41
Light-switch positions : ONS
42
Relative of omega : ZEE
44
Relative of olé : RAH
45
Roman goose : OCA
46
___ de plume : NOM
48
Arctic island of a sort : BERG
50
Abbr. for Jeanne d'Arc : STE
51
Letter line : SERIF
52
Man's nickname : MARV
53
Thrushes: Var. : OUSELS
54
Bounced back : RALLIED
55
Reception aid : ANTENNA
56
Kind of sister : WEAK
57
Plunge into a fluid : IMMERGE
58
Dorothy's dog : TOTO
59
Alaskan glacier : MUIR
62
Draper's measure : ELL
63
___ culpa : MEA
68
Verne hero : NEMO
69
Smell ___ : ARAT
70
Having tendrils : CIRRATE
71
No paradise : GARDENOFATTLEE
72
In plain view : EVIDENT
73
Child's disease : MEASLES
75
Aries : RAM
77
Ruhr pronouns : ICHS
78
Cole et al. : NATS
80
W. W. II command : ETO
82
No Highlanders : RYEMEN
87
Larger than life : EPIC
88
Dies ___ : IRAE
89
Oslo people : NORSE
90
U.S.S.R. river : URAL
91
Wrestlers' need : MAT
92
Prior to: Prefix : PRE
96
Remo and Diego : SANS
98
Piedmont city : ASTI
102
Misdo : ERR
103
Backtalk : SASS
105
Hang back : LAG
106
One ___ time : ATA
107
Sentry's pronoun : WHO
108
Shampoo direction : RELATHER
109
Grammar case: Abbr. : OBJ
110
Mad, in Paris : FOU
111
American landscapist : INNESS
113
"___ the ramparts we ... " : OER
116
Tied up : TRUSSED
117
Beldam : HAG
119
"Typhoon" author : CONRAD
120
Stage whispers : ASIDES
122
Words with Aquarius or Reason : AGEOF
123
Tippler : BARFLY
125
Enthusiast : ZEALOT
126
Dimensions : EXTENT
128
Minimum : LEAST
129
Before ad or pod : TRI
131
Shopping aids : LISTS
132
Grenoble's river : ISERE
134
Diplomat: Abbr. : ENV
136
Depth measures: Abbr. : FTHS
137
Nose: Prefix : RHIN
138
Aviation prefix : AERO
139
Gait : TROT
140
Urges : YENS
141
Feminine suffix : TRIX
143
Sty cry : OINK
145
Sullivan and Ames : EDS

Answer summary:
14 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 8 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
32 ms