This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Maura B. Jacobson
Maura B. Jacobson

WRITERS' GATHERING

New York Times, Sunday, August 10, 1975

74-Down : "___ for the Misbegotten"

Author:
Maura B. Jacobson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 174, Blocks: 83, Avg Word Len: 5.13, Missing: { X Z }, Scrabble score: 686 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 146, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 15, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17 Grid has duplicate clues.
Maura B. Jacobson has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1
S
2
A
3
L
4
S
5
T
6
S
7
A
8
R
9
S
10
G
11
A
12
E
13
S
14
T
15
S
16
E
17
L
18
I
19
O
20
T
21
A
S
E
A
22
I
T
H
O
T
23
A
S
I
P
24
H
H
M
U
N
R
O
25
I
C
A
L
26
L
E
O
T
O
27
L
S
T
O
Y
28
R
O
S
T
A
N
D
29
C
H
R
I
30
S
T
I
E
31
D
U
M
A
U
R
32
I
E
R
33
E
S
A
U
34
N
O
U
N
35
E
D
N
A
36
I
M
A
37
O
D
E
T
S
38
R
39
E
40
D
G
A
P
41
D
R
A
G
N
42
E
43
T
44
P
T
45
A
H
46
T
E
T
47
Y
P
R
E
S
48
P
A
I
R
S
49
T
O
50
I
51
S
P
A
52
S
53
O
S
A
R
54
B
L
U
E
D
55
E
A
R
N
56
S
57
P
R
I
58
S
59
M
60
S
61
T
O
G
62
B
E
A
N
S
63
E
D
G
A
R
A
64
L
L
A
N
P
O
E
65
S
M
O
66
L
L
E
T
T
67
W
O
D
E
H
O
U
S
E
68
C
O
T
A
69
A
E
R
O
70
D
A
N
A
71
A
L
T
72
P
L
U
T
O
73
B
74
A
75
D
W
A
Y
76
C
O
G
S
77
G
78
A
D
S
79
C
O
A
T
O
F
80
A
M
O
R
T
81
J
O
G
82
F
I
D
S
83
B
A
L
I
84
N
O
T
E
85
C
O
R
N
86
E
87
I
L
L
E
88
R
E
M
A
R
89
Q
90
U
91
E
92
J
O
H
N
93
D
O
S
P
A
S
S
O
S
94
J
A
N
U
S
95
U
P
S
96
O
N
E
C
U
P
97
S
I
K
E
S
98
F
O
N
T
S
99
M
A
T
T
100
E
T
T
101
U
102
L
E
R
103
Y
E
A
T
S
104
F
I
C
H
E
105
A
106
M
107
I
108
C
E
N
109
S
110
R
E
111
W
A
R
D
S
112
W
I
C
K
E
R
113
N
I
N
114
T
H
115
T
H
116
O
117
A
L
M
S
118
M
I
N
H
119
I
S
S
U
120
B
R
E
T
121
H
122
A
R
T
E
123
V
O
N
N
E
124
G
125
U
126
T
127
T
H
O
R
128
E
A
U
129
H
E
R
M
A
N
130
W
O
U
K
131
N
I
K
E
132
A
A
M
I
L
N
E
133
E
R
A
T
134
T
E
T
R
A
135
E
D
E
N
136
S
P
E
N
S
E
R
137
R
O
T
H
138
S
T
E
N
T
139
R
E
S
T
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,493
Across
1
Mineo et al. : SALS
5
Kremlin occupants : TSARS
10
Proceeds, in Scotland : GAES
14
Author : TSELIOT
21
On the deep : ASEA
22
"Some Like ___" : ITHOT
23
Take ___ (taste the wine) : ASIP
24
Author : HHMUNRO
25
Suffix for poet or top : ICAL
26
Author : LEOTOLSTOY
28
Author : ROSTAND
29
Author : CHRISTIE
31
Author : DUMAURIER
33
Son of Isaac : ESAU
34
Component of a subject : NOUN
35
Author Ferber : EDNA
36
Miss Hogg : IMA
37
Author : ODETS
38
Ruggles's home : REDGAP
41
Police trap : DRAGNET
44
Egyptian deity : PTAH
46
Asian fete : TET
47
Flanders city : YPRES
48
Duos : PAIRS
49
French pronoun : TOI
51
Evian, etc. : SPAS
53
Glacial ridges : OSAR
54
Dyed with indigo : BLUED
55
Deserves : EARNS
57
Light refractors : PRISMS
61
Dress up : TOG
62
String and snap : BEANS
63
Author : EDGARALLANPOE
65
Author : SMOLLETT
67
Author : WODEHOUSE
68
Armor: Sp. : COTA
69
Flying prefix : AERO
70
Author : DANA
71
High, in music : ALT
72
Planet : PLUTO
73
In a ___ (distressed) : BADWAY
76
Minor functionaries : COGS
77
Wanders about : GADS
79
___ arms : COATOF
80
Lifeless, to Shakespeare : AMORT
81
Nudge : JOG
82
Nautical bars : FIDS
83
Java's neighbor : BALI
84
Foot or grace : NOTE
85
Author : CORNEILLE
88
Author : REMARQUE
92
Author : JOHNDOSPASSOS
94
Two-faced god : JANUS
95
Elevator buttons : UPS
96
Recipe words : ONECUP
97
Dickens character : SIKES
98
Baptismal bowls : FONTS
99
Author Arnold, for short : MATT
100
Words to Brutus : ETTU
102
Irish sea god : LER
103
Author : YEATS
104
Peg: Fr. : FICHE
105
"What a good boy ___" : AMI
108
Time periods: Abbr. : CENS
110
Offerings in "Lost" ads : REWARDS
112
Pliant twig : WICKER
113
Beethoven's last : NINTH
115
Even if, simplified : THO
117
Beggar's cry : ALMS
118
Viet ___ : MINH
119
Descended: Fr. : ISSU
120
Author : BRETHARTE
123
Author : VONNEGUT
127
Author : THOREAU
129
Author : HERMANWOUK
131
Winged Victory : NIKE
132
Author : AAMILNE
133
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
134
Four: Prefix : TETRA
135
Jack London's Martin : EDEN
136
Author : SPENSER
137
Author : ROTH
138
Tax, old style : STENT
139
Musical stop : REST
Down
1
Levantine boat : SAIC
2
Author : ASCH
3
Author : LEAR
4
Author : SALINGER
5
Pan a camera skyward : TILTUP
6
Author : STEIN
7
Use ___ (do gardening) : AHOE
8
Bosh : ROT
9
Author : STODDARD
10
Meter reader : GASMAN
11
Hammett pet : ASTA
12
Vowels after "A" : EIOU
13
Author : SPYRI
14
Menaces : THREATS
15
Restaurateur Toots : SHOR
16
German river : EMS
17
Strummed, as a minstrel : LUTED
18
___ manner (conventionally) : INASET
19
Baroque : ORNATE
20
Turn ___ (disintegrate) : TODUST
27
Aqua and iron : LUNGS
30
In such a manner : SOAS
32
Gremlin : IMP
35
U.S. Indians : ERIES
37
Author : OHARA
38
Hindu peasants : RYOTS
39
English town : EPSOM
40
Mexican tree : DRAGO
41
Intimidate : DAUNT
42
Floor: Fr. : ETAGE
43
Law of Moses : TORAH
45
Tell target : APPLE
48
Author : PLATO
50
Encroachment : INROADS
52
Author : SINCLAIR
54
Dressler's co-star : BEERY
55
Norse saga : EDDA
56
Author Bellow et al. : SAULS
58
Moby Dick feature : SPOUT
59
Byword : MOTTO
60
___ Galilee : SEAOF
62
Baa : BLEAT
63
Ages : EONS
64
D-Day vessel: Abbr. : LST
66
Author : LAWRENCE
67
Joker : WAG
70
Carpentry piece : DOGNAIL
72
Miss Negri et al. : POLAS
73
Plunker's instrument : BANJO
74
"___ for the Misbegotten" : AMOON
75
___ town (sightsee) : DOTHE
76
Signal or Marine : CORPS
77
Le Sage's Blas and others : GILS
78
Author : ADE
79
Author : CAMUS
81
"Vanity Fair" character, for short : JOS
82
Ziegfeld et al. : FLOS
83
Tendencies : BENTS
85
Egyptian sect member: Fr. : COPTE
86
Sandy ridge : ESKER
87
Grenoble's department : ISERE
88
Rails : RANTS
89
Mountebank : QUACK
90
"___ Down Staircase" : UPTHE
91
Organic compound : ESTER
93
Kind of treat : DUTCH
94
Steinbeck family : JOADS
98
Agitated states : FERMENTS
99
Author : MICHENER
101
More disloyal : UNTRUER
103
Crimean port : YALTA
104
Twain hero : FINN
105
Author Loos et al. : ANITAS
106
Accident : MISHAP
107
"___ secluded rendezvous" : INSOME
109
Haggard title : SHE
111
Geniality : WARMTH
112
Pretend not to see : WINKAT
114
Piedmont city : TURIN
116
Different : OTHER
118
Lament : MOURN
120
Destructive agent : BANE
121
Protagonist : HERO
122
Smell ___ : ARAT
123
Suffrage : VOTE
124
Author : GIDE
125
Oahu guitars : UKES
126
Khayyám product : TENT
128
Letters : ELS
130
Rainy : WET

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 16 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
52 ms