This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Ernst Theimer
New York Times, Saturday, May 28, 1983
26-Down : Ballet skirts
Author:
Ernst Theimer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.65, Missing: { F J K Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 244 (avg 1.27)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Ernst Theimer has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 P | 2 A | 3 R | 4 E | 5 S | 6 E | 7 L | 8 O | 9 G | 10 E | 11 S |
||||
12 A | L | P | A | C | A | 13 E | P | I | G | R | A | M |
||
14 T | R | E | A | S | U | R | 15 E | M | E | A | S | U | R | E |
16 R | O | A | C | H | 17 A | I | M | E | R | 18 E | L | A |
||
19 O | U | S | E | 20 A | C | R | E | S | 21 A | S | O | R |
||
22 O | S | U | 23 S | L | E | E | T | 24 G | L | O | B | E |
||
25 P | E | R | 26 T | A | I | N | 27 S | 28 T | E | A | M | E | D |
|
29 E | U | R | E | 30 A | L | T | E | |||||||
31 S | 32 I | L | T | I | N | 33 G | 34 A | R | I | E | T | 35 T | 36 A |
|
37 P | N | E | U | S | 38 R | 39 A | C | E | D | 40 W | I | G |
||
41 A | S | I | S | 42 S | E | R | E | S | 43 N | O | T | A |
||
44 N | U | S | 45 S | P | E | A | R | 46 S | I | S | A | L |
||
47 G | L | U | 48 T | T | O | N | S | B | 49 U | T | T | O | N | S |
50 L | A | R | I | A | T | S | 51 I | N | A | R | M | S | ||
52 E | R | E | C | T | S | 53 C | A | N | O | E |
© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,254
Across
1
Peels : PARES
6
Funeral orations : ELOGES
12
Llama's cousin : ALPACA
13
Witty saying : EPIGRAM
14
Ton of bricks at Fort Knox? : TREASUREMEASURE
16
Freshwater fish : ROACH
17
To love, in Paris : AIMER
18
Guido's high note : ELA
19
Sussex river : OUSE
20
Lots of land : ACRES
21
Hebrew lyre : ASOR
22
Columbus campus initials : OSU
23
Winter precipitation : SLEET
24
Orb : GLOBE
25
Apply : PERTAIN
27
Fumed : STEAMED
29
Seine tributary : EURE
30
Der ___ (Adenauer) : ALTE
31
Filling with sediment : SILTING
34
Short solo : ARIETTA
37
Tires, in Tours : PNEUS
38
Sped : RACED
40
Peruke : WIG
41
Sales term : ASIS
42
Ancient Chinese : SERES
43
"___ creature was stirring ... " : NOTA
44
Greek letters : NUS
45
Kind of fish or mint : SPEAR
46
Agave fiber : SISAL
47
Fasteners that may pop? : GLUTTONSBUTTONS
50
Lassos : LARIATS
51
"Babes ___" : INARMS
52
Builds : ERECTS
53
Light craft : CANOE
Down
1
Time off for enjoyment? : PLEASURELEISURE
2
Rapidly : APACE
3
Foolhardy : RASH
4
Old French coin : ECU
5
Crusader's adversary : SARACEN
6
Fencing weapons : EPEES
7
Prevaricator : LIAR
8
Curved moldings : OGS
9
Medusa's sisters? : GRUESOMETWOSOME
10
Place for a ringlet : EARLOBE
11
Daubed : SMEARED
12
Waken : AROUSE
13
Ants : EMMETS
14
Scout unit : TROOP
15
One of Ireland's names : EIRE
20
Foreign : ALIEN
21
Winged : ALATE
23
Indian dresses : SARIS
24
Cold : GELID
26
Ballet skirts : TUTUS
28
Biblical weeds : TARES
31
Shiny ornament : SPANGLE
32
Provincial : INSULAR
33
Links features : GREENS
34
Tart : ACERBIC
35
Giants : TITANS
36
Bedouin head cords : AGALS
39
Macaws : ARAS
42
Espies : SPOTS
43
An explosive, for short : NITRO
45
Phidias creation: Abbr. : STAT
46
Musial : STAN
48
Twitch : TIC
49
"Faerie Queene" lady : UNA
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 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.