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

New York Times, Tuesday, May 11, 1993

53-Down : S-shaped molding

Author:
Arthur S. Verdesca
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Arthur S. Verdesca has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1
C
2
R
3
O
4
W
5
D
6
A
7
M
8
I
9
D
10
C
11
R
12
A
13
M
14
R
A
M
I
E
15
L
A
D
E
16
R
A
M
I
17
A
D
I
T
S
18
B
R
A
S
19
S
E
R
I
E
20
S
I
T
21
P
22
I
E
T
23
C
I
D
E
R
S
24
H
O
S
25
P
I
C
E
26
M
E
N
O
27
A
T
E
28
S
I
N
G
S
29
O
30
N
31
G
32
C
33
O
34
P
P
E
R
35
P
L
A
T
E
36
D
A
R
37
A
S
E
A
38
R
I
M
39
S
E
R
E
40
S
I
R
41
L
42
E
A
D
I
43
N
44
G
L
A
D
Y
45
S
P
U
46
M
A
N
T
E
47
O
R
E
48
A
N
T
E
49
L
I
E
D
50
O
51
W
52
N
53
O
54
F
55
F
I
C
E
56
N
O
R
A
57
C
H
A
58
G
O
L
D
E
N
59
R
O
D
60
T
61
H
E
I
R
62
E
L
E
E
63
T
U
N
E
64
E
R
A
S
E
65
E
D
E
N
66
E
T
O
N
67
R
E
N
T
S
© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,890
Across
1
Throng : CROWD
6
Surrounded by : AMID
10
Stuff : CRAM
14
Lustrous fiber : RAMIE
15
Put on cargo : LADE
16
Nerve branches : RAMI
17
Mine approaches : ADITS
18
Unpretentious tavern : BRASSERIE
20
Form a lap : SIT
21
Dutch painter Mondrian : PIET
23
Apple byproducts : CIDERS
24
Health-care facility : HOSPICE
26
"Ask ___ questions ... " : MENO
27
Lunched : ATE
28
Monotonous cadence : SINGSONG
32
Elegant style of handwriting : COPPERPLATE
36
Patriotic org. : DAR
37
On the briny : ASEA
38
Brink : RIM
39
Withered : SERE
40
Knight's title : SIR
41
Film's female star : LEADINGLADY
45
Frothy, in Firenze : SPUMANTE
47
Mine find : ORE
48
Cost at poker : ANTE
49
Styron's "___ in Darkness" : LIEDOWN
53
What an electee takes : OFFICE
56
Writer Ephron : NORA
57
All the tea in China? : CHA
58
Potent allergen : GOLDENROD
60
His and hers : THEIR
62
"Waiting for the Robert ___" : ELEE
63
Melody : TUNE
64
Nullify the force of : ERASE
65
First home : EDEN
66
Where Waterloo was won? : ETON
67
Schisms : RENTS
Down
1
Evel Knievel upheaval : CRASH
2
Medium for Kate Smith : RADIO
3
Neglects : OMITS
4
Good sense : WIT
5
Notwithstanding : DESPITE
6
"Tiny Alice" playwright : ALBEE
7
Trading center : MART
8
Mountain near Troy : IDA
9
Fall : DESCENT
10
Tenets : CREDOS
11
Excellent, as wine : RARE
12
Muslim commander : AMIR
13
Architect ___ van der Rohe : MIES
19
Burn slightly : SINGE
22
Cake topper : ICER
25
Haydn or Hemingway : PAPA
26
Dade County seat : MIAMI
28
Go coasting : SLIDE
29
Concert halls : ODEA
30
Ancient ointment : NARD
31
Novelist of the West : GREY
32
Lewis's Timberlane : CASS
33
Poet Mandelstam : OSIP
34
City on the Wabash : PERU
35
Chatter : PRATE
39
Pung, e.g. : SLED
41
Ivanhoe's weapon : LANCE
42
International agreement : ENTENTE
43
Black, in Brest : NOIR
44
West Indies' ___ Antilles : GREATER
46
First : MAIDEN
49
Thick woolen cloth : LODEN
50
Unlimited quantity : OCEAN
51
Bridge's predecessor : WHIST
52
Nostrils, to an M.D. : NARES
53
S-shaped molding : OGEE
54
Flock of sheep : FOLD
55
Run away : FLEE
56
"___, Nanette" : NONO
59
Pothole : RUT
61
Charlemagne's dom. : HRE

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later.

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
49 ms