This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Dorothy N. Davis
Dorothy N. Davis

New York Times, Wednesday, July 14, 1976

52-Down : Tire-tread groove

Author:
D. Davis
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Dorothy N. Davis has 14 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
D. Davis is an alias for Dorothy N. Davis.
1
B
2
O
3
D
4
Y
5
T
6
A
7
C
8
I
9
T
10
C
11
A
12
S
13
A
14
R
O
U
E
15
I
N
A
N
E
16
A
R
A
B
17
A
N
T
A
18
R
C
T
I
C
C
19
I
R
C
L
E
20
D
A
Y
21
A
K
I
N
22
N
A
S
A
L
23
A
V
E
C
24
T
25
A
F
T
26
P
27
A
28
C
K
E
T
29
P
H
R
A
S
30
E
31
S
32
A
G
R
I
33
H
I
R
A
M
34
L
Y
35
N
36
A
N
I
M
37
A
38
G
I
N
A
R
Y
39
L
I
N
E
40
R
E
S
41
R
E
N
E
W
42
A
Z
O
V
43
S
P
44
R
I
N
G
S
45
P
46
A
R
A
D
E
47
I
S
E
E
48
S
E
R
A
49
A
50
D
51
E
P
T
52
S
E
T
A
53
T
54
I
55
E
56
R
E
A
R
A
57
D
58
M
I
R
A
L
59
B
Y
R
D
60
E
L
S
A
61
T
A
P
I
R
62
A
P
O
D
63
S
E
E
P
64
S
P
E
N
D
65
D
E
N
Y
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,832
Across
1
Kind of guard : BODY
5
Implied : TACIT
10
House, in Madrid : CASA
14
Intemperate one : ROUE
15
Pointless : INANE
16
Native of Mecca : ARAB
17
Ring around a cold area : ANTARCTICCIRCLE
20
Doris or Clarence : DAY
21
Related : AKIN
22
Twangy : NASAL
23
"___ plaisir!" : AVEC
24
Lorado or William H. : TAFT
26
Boat on a river run : PACKET
29
Puts into words : PHRASES
32
Lands: Lat. : AGRI
33
Biblical king : HIRAM
34
Waterfall: Var. : LYN
36
What 17 Across is : ANIMAGINARYLINE
40
In medias ___ : RES
41
Continue a subscription : RENEW
42
Black Sea arm : AZOV
43
What Pope's hope does : SPRINGS
45
"I love a ___" : PARADE
47
Words of comprehension : ISEE
48
Antitoxins : SERA
49
Proficient : ADEPT
52
Bristle : SETA
53
Come out even : TIE
56
Well-known crosser of 17 Across : REARADMIRALBYRD
60
"Born Free" name : ELSA
61
Hoglike animal : TAPIR
62
Having no feet : APOD
63
Drain slowly : SEEP
64
Pass, as time : SPEND
65
Disavow : DENY
Down
1
Nail : BRAD
2
Mrs. Chaplin : OONA
3
Importer's burden : DUTY
4
"___, team!" : YEA
5
Part of a meter maid's supply : TICKET
6
Caper : ANTIC
7
"Postman" author James : CAIN
8
Business abbr. : INC
9
Operative, for short : TEC
10
Weight units : CARATS
11
Spotlights : ARCS
12
English novelist : SALA
13
Genesis name : ABEL
18
Go on about : RAVE
19
Public disgrace : INFAMY
23
Tamiroff : AKIM
24
Agony, in Scotland : THRAW
25
Sandarac tree : ARAR
26
Jack of TV : PAAR
27
Miss Moorehead : AGNES
28
Invigorating : CRISP
29
Longs for : PINES
30
Famous frozen-river crosser : ELIZA
31
Church council : SYNOD
33
Door adjunct : HINGE
35
Granular snow : NEVE
37
Grain bristle : ARISTA
38
Inheritance factor : GENE
39
Subject of a musical theme : LARA
44
Wall of stones : RIPRAP
45
Firecracker : PETARD
46
Russian sea : ARAL
48
Small finch : SERIN
49
Son of Zeus : ARES
50
Proof mark : DELE
51
Comfort : EASE
52
Tire-tread groove : SIPE
53
Kind of casting : TYPE
54
Mask or maiden : IRON
55
Whirlpool : EDDY
57
Drinker's problem: Abbr. : DTS
58
Chart : MAP
59
Like some checks : BAD

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 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
62 ms