This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
John F. Byrne
New York Times, Saturday, June 9, 1962
47-Down : Cleavages.
Author:
John Byrne
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
John F. Byrne has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
John Byrne is an alias for John F. Byrne.
1 T | 2 R | 3 A | 4 P | 5 M | 6 O | 7 N | 8 E | 9 L | 10 S | 11 O | 12 F | 13 T |
||
14 H | O | R | A | 15 A | R | A | X | A | 16 I | D | L | E |
||
17 E | B | O | N | 18 D | E | C | A | D | 19 L | E | A | N |
||
20 W | O | M | E | 21 N | S | A | R | M | Y | 22 C | O | R | P | S |
23 S | T | A | T | E | 24 D | E | I | G | N | S | ||||
25 E | R | 26 G | S | 27 N | O | R | 28 A | 29 G | 30 T |
|||||
31 P | 32 O | 33 L | L | O | I | 34 P | E | D | 35 F | L | E | A |
||
36 A | R | E | A | 37 B | 38 A | S | S | I | 39 A | B | O | N |
||
40 I | N | N | S | 41 S | K | I | 42 V | 43 O | C | A | L | S |
||
44 R | E | D | 45 R | O | I | 46 T | A | T | E | |||||
47 R | U | N | N | 48 E | R | 49 S | C | 50 A | 51 P | 52 E |
||||
53 A | 54 N | 55 N | I | E | G | E | T | Y | 56 O | U | R | G | U | N |
57 W | O | O | F | 58 I | S | N | O | T | 59 E | A | R | L |
||
60 E | A | S | T | 61 R | I | A | N | T | 62 A | N | S | A |
||
63 S | H | E | S | 64 L | A | S | S | O | 65 M | A | Y | I |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,712
Across
1
Ambush. : TRAP
5
Alloy of nickel. : MONEL
10
Subdued. : SOFT
14
Book of hours. : HORA
15
Brazilian spa. : ARAXA
16
Trifling. : IDLE
17
Dark. : EBON
18
The number ten. : DECAD
19
Meager. : LEAN
20
Col. Milligan's command. : WOMENSARMYCORPS
23
Commonwealth. : STATE
24
Condescends. : DEIGNS
25
CGS units. : ERGS
27
Conjunction. : NOR
28
Ten-percenter: Abbr. : AGT
31
Hoi ___. : POLLOI
34
Foot: Suffix. : PED
35
Chigger. : FLEA
36
Open space. : AREA
37
Singers. : BASSI
39
___ marché (at a bargain): Fr. : ABON
40
Public houses. : INNS
41
Glide over snow. : SKI
42
Songs. : VOCALS
44
Buttons, for one. : RED
45
Louis XIV. : ROI
46
London art gallery. : TATE
47
Hallway rug. : RUNNER
49
Scenic view. : SCAPE
53
Berlin opus, 1946. : ANNIEGETYOURGUN
57
Throaty bark. : WOOF
58
"The game ___ worth the candle." : ISNOT
59
Title. : EARL
60
___ Berlin. : EAST
61
Laughing. : RIANT
62
Handle: Lat. : ANSA
63
Females. : SHES
64
Rope. : LASSO
65
"Mother, ___ go out to swim?" : MAYI
Down
1
Muscles. : THEWS
2
Servomechanism. : ROBOT
3
Flavor. : AROMA
4
Spanish cigars. : PANETELAS
5
Fits of temper. : MADS
6
Hill nymphs. : OREADS
7
Mother-of-pearl. : NACRE
8
Tests. : EXAMINES
9
Equestrienne of 1040. : LADYGODIVA
10
Farm tanks. : SILOS
11
Breslau's river. : ODER
12
Ear covering. : FLAP
13
Playing cards. : TENS
21
Agrippina's son. : NERO
22
Corner: Abbr. : CNR
26
Gay Nineties pin-up. : GIBSONGIRL
28
White: Lat. : ALBA
29
A science: Abbr. : GEOL
30
Sun shades. : TANS
31
Mr. and Mrs. : PAIR
32
Caen's river. : ORNE
33
Grant. : LEND
34
Before omega. : PSI
35
Make-up base. : FACECREAM
38
Absence of motion in a muscle. : AKINESIA
43
Honshu city. : OTSU
45
___ de la Paix. : RUE
46
Fittings. : TRYONS
47
Cleavages. : RIFTS
48
Spirit-lamp heaters. : ETNAS
50
City of Guam. : AGANA
51
Fat. : PURSY
52
Chou ___. : ENLAI
53
Inspires fear. : AWES
54
Shem's father. : NOAH
55
Snout. : NOSE
56
Von Bismarck. : OTTO
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 9 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.