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

WORDS THE WORLD OVER

New York Times, Sunday, August 29, 1948

117-Down : Piercer.

Author:
Charles Cross
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 164, Blocks: 87, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 654 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 154, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 60
Charles Cross has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
P
2
A
3
L
4
A
5
V
6
E
7
R
8
B
9
A
10
N
11
J
12
O
13
S
14
I
15
L
16
L
17
U
18
M
19
E
20
I
V
O
R
I
D
E
21
E
G
O
I
S
T
22
M
23
E
D
I
A
T
O
R
24
R
I
V
E
T
E
D
25
N
U
M
B
L
Y
26
A
C
I
E
R
A
T
E
27
A
C
E
28
E
N
C
29
A
G
E
S
30
O
X
31
B
L
O
O
D
32
H
I
N
33
T
I
L
34
E
35
S
A
B
U
36
L
I
L
T
37
H
A
L
O
38
E
D
I
T
39
S
40
P
U
R
41
G
42
E
43
A
44
L
I
K
E
45
R
E
N
E
W
46
S
E
E
T
H
47
E
48
T
I
O
U
49
D
O
N
50
S
51
A
I
L
52
R
E
E
V
53
E
54
O
T
T
55
O
M
A
N
56
S
57
E
D
M
58
U
59
N
60
D
61
D
E
C
62
E
N
T
E
R
E
D
63
A
64
R
R
E
S
T
O
R
65
B
66
R
67
E
68
A
D
N
U
T
69
W
R
E
N
70
C
L
A
I
R
71
T
I
E
72
R
E
N
N
E
T
73
H
74
E
A
P
S
75
M
O
V
I
E
76
S
E
S
S
77
A
L
G
E
R
78
B
E
L
L
E
79
M
O
R
A
L
80
T
O
R
O
S
81
N
E
A
T
82
F
A
R
A
D
83
Y
O
U
N
G
84
B
O
H
E
M
E
85
N
A
G
86
A
R
N
I
M
87
T
E
R
N
88
E
89
P
I
S
O
D
E
S
90
A
S
E
91
P
T
I
C
S
92
S
H
A
T
T
93
E
R
E
R
S
94
N
E
R
E
I
S
95
M
96
A
T
E
R
I
A
L
97
G
R
U
98
N
99
T
100
E
L
K
101
S
102
R
A
M
103
S
I
B
104
S
105
S
P
I
R
106
A
107
L
108
S
109
M
110
O
L
T
111
O
112
P
E
R
A
113
E
N
O
C
114
H
115
S
C
E
N
A
116
L
I
D
S
117
B
A
R
A
118
W
O
E
119
S
120
E
M
I
R
121
I
K
I
122
J
O
K
E
L
123
E
124
T
125
B
126
A
R
B
E
T
127
S
128
O
M
I
129
M
A
N
130
D
O
R
E
S
131
R
A
132
B
A
T
O
133
D
O
U
134
G
L
A
S
135
E
D
I
F
I
E
R
S
136
R
I
A
L
T
O
137
E
N
R
O
O
T
S
138
S
O
C
C
E
R
139
S
T
R
E
A
M
140
D
E
E
P
S
E
A
© 1948, The New York TimesNo. 342
Across
1
Profuse idle talk. : PALAVER
8
Stringed instruments. : BANJOS
14
Make bright. : ILLUME
20
Imitation dentine. : IVORIDE
21
One living for self-interest. : EGOIST
22
What Count Bernadotte was in Palestine dispute. : MEDIATOR
24
Fastened firmly. : RIVETED
25
Torpidly. : NUMBLY
26
Convert into steel. : ACIERATE
27
Atom. : ACE
28
Confines in an enclosure. : ENCAGES
30
Yellowish-red color. : OXBLOOD
32
Hebrew measure of liquids. : HIN
33
Plate used for floors, roofs, etc. : TILE
35
Elephant boy. : SABU
36
Springy motion. : LILT
37
Circle of light. : HALO
38
Revises. : EDITS
40
Clear of guilt. : PURGE
43
In common. : ALIKE
45
Rebuild. : RENEW
46
Move in violent agitation. : SEETHE
48
Indian of tribe formerly in Missisippi. : TIOU
49
Rostov's river. : DON
50
Glide. : SAIL
52
Character in Canterbury Tales. : REEVE
54
Flat overstuffed couches. : OTTOMANS
57
Thomas ___ Dewey. : EDMUND
61
Placed out of middle point. : DECENTERED
63
Hinderer. : ARRESTOR
65
Product of tree of Jamaica and Mexico, roasted and ground into flour. : BREADNUT
69
Author of "Beau Geste." : WREN
70
___ de lune. : CLAIR
71
Draw. : TIE
72
Curdler of milk. : RENNET
73
Scads. : HEAPS
75
"Flicker." : MOVIE
76
Bar of frame used in soap manufacturing. : SESS
77
Clergyman who wrote 119 books (1832-99). : ALGER
78
Popular beauty. : BELLE
79
What an Aesop fable has. : MORAL
80
Bulls: Sp. : TOROS
81
Tasteful. : NEAT
82
Unit of electrical capacity. : FARAD
83
Founder of Salt Lake City (1801-77). : YOUNG
84
La ___, by Puccini. : BOHEME
85
Henpeck. : NAG
86
Von ___, Prussian diplomatist (1824-81). : ARNIM
87
Sea swallow. : TERN
88
Sets of events of particular interest. : EPISODES
90
Preparations free from harmful germs. : ASEPTICS
92
Wreckers. : SHATTERERS
94
Sea nymph. : NEREIS
95
Of consequence. : MATERIAL
97
Guttural sound. : GRUNT
100
Members of organization founded in 1868. : ELKS
102
Stuff : RAM
103
Kinsmen. : SIBS
105
Coiled like a watch spring. : SPIRAL
108
Young salmon. : SMOLT
111
___ bouffe. : OPERA
113
Father of Methuselah. : ENOCH
115
Division of an opera: Music. : SCENA
116
Covers. : LIDS
117
Theda ___, siren of silent screen. : BARA
118
Afflictions. : WOES
120
Arabian ruler. : EMIR
121
Small island, NW of Kyushu. : IKI
122
Little witticism. : JOKELET
125
Small poodles with long curly hair. : BARBETS
128
Old province in Honshu, Japan. : OMI
129
Four-stringed lutes. : MANDORES
131
Stiff flaring collar: Shak. : RABATO
133
Supreme Court justice and noted liberal. : DOUGLAS
135
Things that instruct and improve. : EDIFIERS
136
Commercial district in Venice. : RIALTO
137
Implants deep. : ENROOTS
138
Most popular sport in Europe. : SOCCER
139
Steady course. : STREAM
140
Pertaining to the abyssal zone. : DEEPSEA
Down
1
Baseball team partly owned by Bing Crosby. : PIRATES
2
Killing of birds. : AVICIDE
3
More beautiful. : LOVELIER
4
Second note of Guido's scale. : ARE
5
Quickly: French. : VITE
6
Garden spots. : EDENS
7
Porter. : REDCAP
8
Premier of Israel. : BENGURION
9
Chill. : AGUE
10
Names: Fr. : NOMS
11
Triangular sail. : JIB
12
Capital of Mr. Lie's country. : OSLO
13
Where Charon did his ferrying. : STYX
14
Numskull. : IDIOT
15
German song. : LIED
16
Roman tutelary god. : LAR
17
Inhabitant of state having four electoral votes. : UTAHAN
18
Exhibiting spontaneous movement: Biol. : MOTILE
19
Heretofore. : ERENOW
22
Soviet delegate to U. N., Gromyko's successor. : MALIK
23
Schools: Fr. : ECOLES
29
Touch along edge. : ABUT
31
Holbrook ___, former stage star. : BLINN
34
Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
37
Tillers. : HELMS
39
Emitter. : SHEDDER
41
President of Czechoslovakia. : GOTTWALD
42
Muse of music. : EUTERPE
43
"Hucksters." : ADMEN
44
Encumber. : LOAD
45
Clause added to legislative bill. : RIDER
47
Contest in sports program. : EVENT
51
Dwelling place on a height. : AERIE
53
Former French coin. : ECU
55
What many blendes are. : ORES
56
Rescuer. : SALVAGER
58
Expressed. : UTTERED
59
Unwholesome. : NOISOME
60
Embellishes. : DRESSES
62
Condition caused by ethyl oxide. : ETHERISM
64
Scoff. : RAIL
65
Secretary of Agriculture. : BRANNAN
66
Deliver. : RELEASE
67
Hirer. : ENGAGER
68
Pickle flavoring. : ANET
70
Triteness of ham actor: Slang. : CORN
74
Ancient country N. of Persian Gulf. : ELAM
75
Vast quantity. : MOUNTAIN
76
District in London. : SOHO
78
Judicial bench. : BANC
79
Cavity for a tenon. : MORTISE
80
Fifty-fifty chances. : TOSSUPS
82
Gambol. : FRISK
83
Sabbatical ___. : YEAR
84
Whirring sounds. : BIRRS
86
Aslant. : ATILT
87
Subject of discourse. : THEMA
89
Step or degree. : PEG
91
Strips off. : PEELS
92
Chief attraction. : STAR
93
Ample space for action. : ELBOWROOM
96
Regional. : AREAL
98
Resort on the Mediterranean. : NICE
99
Fluttering reiterations of a tone: Music. : TREMOLOS
101
Tanning workman. : SOAKER
104
Type of defect in fabric: Weaving. : SCOB
106
Vivify. : ANIMATE
107
Chief town in Thessaly, Greece. : LARISSA
108
Makes viscous. : SLIMES
109
The ___, hit of 1885. : MIKADO
110
Of a Norse god. : ODINIC
112
Entreat. : PRESS
114
Noticed. : HEEDED
117
Piercer. : BORER
119
Harlan Fiske ___. : STONE
122
___ de vivre. : JOIE
123
Goes astray. : ERRS
124
Miss Marion ___, Dean of Vassar College. : TAIT
125
Large bundle. : BALE
126
Unsorted wheaten flour: India. : ATTA
127
Unfailing. : SURE
130
Decoration awarded to RAF officers for gallantry. : DFC
132
Except. : BAR
134
It wants in. : GOP

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 51 debuted here and reused later, 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.

Previous puzzle | Next puzzle
XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2024, Jim Horne
50 ms