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

New York Times, Wednesday, November 16, 1983

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 15.8
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1
G
2
A
3
F
4
F
5
F
6
A
7
S
8
T
9
A
10
T
11
L
12
A
13
S
14
E
T
A
L
15
O
D
E
R
16
C
R
A
N
E
17
T
O
D
O
18
L
I
R
A
19
C
A
R
T
E
20
A
P
O
U
21
N
D
O
F
P
22
L
U
C
K
I
S
23
N
O
E
S
24
P
A
S
T
25
H
26
E
27
A
D
E
R
28
W
I
N
E
29
S
30
A
31
T
32
A
N
G
E
L
33
G
O
N
E
R
34
C
R
Y
35
U
S
E
R
36
G
R
O
G
S
37
Q
U
I
P
38
N
U
N
39
B
E
A
D
S
40
P
U
L
S
E
41
T
E
T
42
E
N
V
Y
43
P
E
E
L
E
D
44
A
T
O
I
45
S
I
L
L
46
W
47
O
48
R
T
H
A
T
49
O
N
O
F
L
50
U
51
C
52
K
53
A
M
O
R
E
54
A
N
I
L
55
I
R
O
N
56
S
N
A
I
L
57
T
E
T
E
58
N
A
P
E
59
P
I
M
A
S
60
E
R
S
T
61
G
L
E
E
© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,426
Across
1
Giant fishhook : GAFF
5
Partner of loose : FAST
9
Name in a Rand title : ATLAS
14
Etc.'s relative : ETAL
15
Baltic feeder : ODER
16
Hoisting machine : CRANE
17
Hoopla : TODO
18
Venetian cash : LIRA
19
Richard D'Oyly ___ : CARTE
20
Start of a James A. Garfield quotation : APOUNDOFPLUCKIS
23
Denials : NOES
24
Kind of master : PAST
25
Sudden fall : HEADER
28
K. A. Porter's "Noon ___" : WINE
29
Gained a lap : SAT
32
Christmas-card figure : ANGEL
33
Dead duck : GONER
34
Rah or bah : CRY
35
Electric-company client : USER
36
Rum-and-water drinks : GROGS
37
Witticism : QUIP
38
Conventual : NUN
39
Forms droplets : BEADS
40
Sentiments of an electorate : PULSE
41
Da Nang holiday : TET
42
Gruesome septet member : ENVY
43
Lost a sunburn : PEELED
44
Yours, in Lourdes : ATOI
45
Dormer's base : SILL
46
End of the quotation : WORTHATONOFLUCK
53
Milanese love : AMORE
54
Dyestuff : ANIL
55
Take care of a pressing detail : IRON
56
Slow mover : SNAIL
57
Pierre's pate : TETE
58
Place for a necklace clasp : NAPE
59
Arizona group : PIMAS
60
Word with while : ERST
61
Lightheartedness : GLEE
Down
1
"___ horse!" : GETA
2
At the apex : ATOP
3
Portuguese folk song : FADO
4
Flail in water : FLOUNDER
5
Origami hobbyist, e.g. : FOLDER
6
Picador's farewell : ADIOS
7
Feudal thrall : SERF
8
Paraphernalia : TRAPPINGS
9
Finger pointer : ACCUSER
10
Plot for an A-frame : TRACT
11
Carefree adventure : LARK
12
Con : ANTI
13
___ red (fumes) : SEES
21
Caroler's offering : NOEL
22
Traffic divisions : LANES
25
Visit often : HAUNT
26
Result : ENSUE
27
___ Orange : AGENT
28
Herman or Allen : WOODY
29
Row in a race : SCULL
30
Originate : ARISE
31
Transcribed notes : TYPED
33
Be led by a certain force : GRAVITATE
36
Ligurian Sea port : GENOA
37
Activity of conquerors or pacifiers : QUELLING
39
Holy places : BETHELS
40
Ill-gotten gains : PELF
43
Ice ax : PIOLET
44
Latium courtyards : ATRIA
45
Fretful states : SNITS
46
Pesky insect : WASP
47
Where the Hawks fly : OMNI
48
Meander : ROAM
49
Ripsnorter : ONER
50
Caspian feeder : URAL
51
Contend with successfully : COPE
52
___-high to a grasshopper : KNEE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

Log in or purchase a subscription to view an analysis of this puzzle.

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 © 2007-2026, Jim Horne
149 ms