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

New York Times, Thursday, April 26, 1979

51-Down : Molding

Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Alfio Micci has 91 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1
F
2
L
3
E
4
D
5
R
6
A
7
J
8
A
9
H
10
A
11
G
12
O
13
N
14
L
A
V
A
15
E
M
I
L
E
16
L
O
D
E
17
A
T
O
M
18
T
I
L
E
R
19
T
R
O
W
20
T
H
E
P
21
E
A
R
L
F
I
22
S
H
E
R
S
23
M
R
S
24
T
A
E
25
D
26
A
27
U
28
B
E
D
29
D
30
R
A
M
A
31
T
32
I
33
S
34
E
S
S
E
N
35
G
R
O
G
36
A
S
I
37
B
L
U
E
D
38
A
N
U
B
E
39
W
40
A
L
T
Z
41
T
I
A
42
C
A
G
E
43
E
C
O
L
E
44
S
P
L
45
I
46
C
E
R
S
47
K
E
E
N
E
D
48
N
O
T
49
W
N
D
50
M
51
O
52
L
L
Y
O
53
N
54
T
H
E
S
55
H
56
O
57
R
58
E
59
A
G
U
A
60
N
O
R
I
A
61
A
M
O
K
62
Y
E
T
I
63
E
L
A
N
D
64
N
O
M
E
65
S
E
E
D
66
S
I
P
E
S
67
G
O
A
D
© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,761
Across
1
Made off : FLED
5
Hindu prince : RAJAH
10
Stravinsky ballet : AGON
14
Vesuvian matter : LAVA
15
Zola : EMILE
16
Ore deposit : LODE
17
Oft-split item : ATOM
18
Roof worker : TILER
19
Believe, old style : TROW
20
Bizet opera : THEPEARLFISHERS
23
Woolf's "___ Dalloway" : MRS
24
Monogram of a great inventor : TAE
25
Smeared : DAUBED
29
___ personae : DRAMATIS
34
West German city : ESSEN
35
Rum quaff : GROG
36
"___ was saying ... " : ASI
37
Strauss favorite : BLUEDANUBEWALTZ
41
Spanish relative : TIA
42
Zoo unit : CAGE
43
Élève's milieu : ECOLE
44
Film-editing devices : SPLICERS
47
Wailed like a banshee : KEENED
48
"___ as a Stranger": Thompson : NOT
49
Air current: Abbr. : WND
50
Percy Grainger favorite : MOLLYONTHESHORE
59
Water for a niño : AGUA
60
Water wheel : NORIA
61
Frenzied : AMOK
62
Abominable Snowman : YETI
63
African game : ELAND
64
Alaskan city : NOME
65
Germ : SEED
66
Tire grooves : SIPES
67
Prod : GOAD
Down
1
Musical sign : FLAT
2
Plaster backer : LATH
3
Bacchanalian cry : EVOE
4
Dewy or dull : DAMP
5
Slow down : RETARD
6
Moslem princes : AMIRS
7
Jack's partner : JILL
8
Hebrew letter : ALEF
9
Legacy : HERITAGE
10
Gibson of tennis fame : ALTHEA
11
Vidal : GORE
12
Reputation : ODOR
13
TV feature : NEWS
21
Correct : EMEND
22
Spade or Levenson : SAM
25
Red-ink items : DEBTS
26
"There's many ___ ... " : ASLIP
27
Customary : USUAL
28
Social gathering : BEE
29
F.D.A. concern : DRUGS
30
Douglas's "The ___": 1942 : ROBE
31
Claw : TALON
32
Tropical fiber : ISTLE
33
Estimated, with "up" : SIZED
35
Growl : GNAR
38
Flammable liquids : ACETONES
39
Gardener's bane : WEEDS
40
King topper : ACE
45
Like mosaic tiles : INLAID
46
Affectedly devious : COY
47
Works on dough : KNEADS
49
Pule : WHINE
50
Baseball's Willie : MAYS
51
Molding : OGEE
52
Stringed instrument : LUTE
53
___ me tangere : NOLI
54
Catch off guard : TRAP
55
Pend : HANG
56
Melville title : OMOO
57
"Arrivederci ___" : ROMA
58
Stretched out, as a budget : EKED

Answer summary:
4 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
50 ms