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

New York Times, Monday, July 23, 1979

27-Down : Near a swollen joint

Author:
John Chervokas
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
John Chervokas has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
P
2
E
3
A
4
C
5
E
6
D
7
A
8
R
9
A
10
L
11
I
12
B
13
I
14
T
A
L
E
R
15
I
T
A
16
R
A
B
I
D
17
A
S
P
E
N
18
S
A
T
19
U
R
N
I
N
E
20
H
E
S
S
E
21
P
L
A
N
22
A
D
E
S
23
S
24
H
O
O
T
O
25
U
T
26
S
27
N
28
A
29
P
30
O
S
S
A
31
R
U
32
M
33
O
34
R
35
L
O
D
I
36
P
E
S
T
37
D
R
I
V
E
38
A
D
O
N
39
I
S
40
B
U
N
C
O
S
41
T
A
B
U
S
42
T
43
O
44
B
E
45
E
R
L
E
46
S
L
E
P
T
47
A
R
R
A
48
R
O
O
T
49
G
O
50
R
G
E
O
U
51
S
52
B
53
A
54
L
I
55
A
T
M
O
56
T
57
H
58
A
59
R
60
P
61
A
P
A
R
62
T
H
E
I
D
63
R
A
G
E
R
64
B
E
R
L
E
65
A
L
E
66
A
L
I
N
E
67
E
R
A
S
E
68
M
L
D
69
W
O
O
D
Y
© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,849
Across
1
Concord : PEACE
6
National women's org. : DAR
9
___ Ike : ALIBI
14
Former German coin : TALER
15
"Was ___ vision ... ?": Keats : ITA
16
Violently intense : RABID
17
Ski center in Colo. : ASPEN
18
Sullen : SATURNINE
20
Novelist-poet Hermann : HESSE
21
Map; blueprint : PLAN
22
Dog-day drinks : ADES
23
Western showdown : SHOOTOUT
26
"Piece of cake" : SNAP
30
Thessalonian peak : OSSA
31
Hearsay : RUMOR
35
City SE of Milan : LODI
36
Nudnick : PEST
37
Start of a golf match : DRIVE
38
Good-looking Greek : ADONIS
40
Con games : BUNCOS
41
No-nos : TABUS
42
Half of Hamlet's dilemma : TOBE
45
___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
46
Caught forty winks : SLEPT
47
Irish exclamation : ARRA
48
Taro, for example : ROOT
49
Description of 29 Down : GORGEOUS
52
Romantic isle : BALI
55
Vapor: Comb. form : ATMO
56
Choreographer Twyla : THARP
61
Racial segregation : APARTHEID
63
Angry one : RAGER
64
Uncle Miltie : BERLE
65
Hot-pot drink : ALE
66
Straighten : ALINE
67
Obliterate : ERASE
68
Weather forecast: Abbr. : MLD
69
Bandleader Herman : WOODY
Down
1
Egyptian god : PTAH
2
Comfort : EASE
3
Italian, Swiss or French group : ALPS
4
Average grades : CEES
5
Sea birds : ERNES
6
Get rid of : DISPOSE
7
Bewildered : ATALOSS
8
Relative of knock-knock : RATATAT
9
O'Hare abbr. : ARR
10
"Sweater Girl" of yesteryear : LANATURNER
11
Footnote abbr. : IBID
12
Shoot : BINE
13
Roman date : IDES
19
Before due : UNO
24
Beer ingredient : HOPS
25
An official language of Pakistan : URDU
26
Strips of wood : SLATS
27
Near a swollen joint : NODAL
28
Hacienda material : ADOBE
29
Barracks belles : PINUPGIRLS
32
Teeny-weeny: Prefix : MICRO
33
Curved molding : OVOLO
34
Place again : RESET
39
Ratio words : ISTO
40
Actor Bridges : BEAU
42
Pair of wrestlers : TAGTEAM
43
Building for native minerals : OREMILL
44
Dwelt moodily on a subject : BROODED
50
Autumn sound : RAH
51
Kind of berry or boss : STRAW
52
Herman of baseball : BABE
53
Mimic : APER
54
Pasternak heroine : LARA
57
Sign of sainthood : HALO
58
Trade discount : AGIO
59
Tear violently : REND
60
The hunted : PREY
62
Equipment for 37 Across : TEE

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