New York Times, Sunday, September 10, 2017
Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
"So vast is ___, so narrow human wit": Alexander Pope
Brendan Emmett Quigley
| Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 193 | 8/7/1996 | 12/22/2023 | 21 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Variety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 52 | 27 | 16 |
| Rebus | Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3 | 1.63 | 1,164 | 71% |
This puzzle:
Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 74 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 174 for Mr. Quigley. Sunday freshness: 81%
Jeff Chen notes:
A mash-up of letter addition and sound change today, using the "sigh" sound. Static cling becomes STATIC CYCLING, low frequency to SILO FREQUENCY, etc. Took me a while to figure out some ... read more
1 B | 2 E | 3 S | 4 A | 5 F | 6 E | 7 J | 8 U | 9 L | 10 I | 11 A | 12 N | 13 A | 14 S | 15 C | 16 A | 17 R | ||||
18 A | S | H | R | A | M | 19 A | N | O | I | N | 20 T | 21 C | O | M | P | O | T | E | ||
22 S | T | A | T | I | C | 23 C | Y | C | L | I | N | G | 24 O | N | E | O | N | T | A | |
25 H | E | R | 26 L | E | E | Z | A | 27 I | 28 O | S | 29 R | A | I | D | ||||||
30 S | K | 31 Y | T | E | L | 32 S | 33 I | 34 L | 35 O | F | R | E | 36 Q | 37 U | E | N | C | Y | ||
38 S | A | O | 39 I | 40 C | E | D | I | N | 41 S | L | U | G | S | |||||||
42 S | 43 L | I | M | 44 A | A | R | 45 Y | L | E | 46 M | 47 L | A | L | A | 48 S | |||||
49 H | E | P | 50 P | C | C | Y | 51 C | L | O | N | E | 52 S | 53 R | I | C | C | 54 I | |||
55 Y | A | H | 56 W | E | H | 57 P | O | I | 58 O | T | T | 59 E | R | S | 60 I | N | 61 N | |||
62 A | V | O | I | R | 63 S | T | A | S | 64 H | 65 H | A | L | E | 66 C | O | L | A | |||
67 W | E | N | T | P | 68 R | O | 69 S | T | A | 70 H | L | 71 B | L | 72 A | R | N | E | Y | ||
73 A | S | S | T | 74 A | L | 75 O | T | 76 M | O | A | 77 N | A | 78 L | U | C | A | S | |||
79 Y | O | O | 80 S | T | O | K | E | 81 R | 82 T | B | A | 83 L | A | D | O | G | A | |||
84 N | U | 85 B | I | A | 86 D | R | A | 87 W | S | S | I | 88 N | A | I | 89 M | U | Y | |||
90 P | A | R | T | 91 V | 92 S | N | I | P | 93 V | O | X | 94 M | M | E | S | |||||
95 R | E | A | I | 96 R | 97 U | N | U | 98 S | E | D | 99 G | A | I | |||||||
100 S | 101 I | 102 L | E | N | T | S | U | 103 P | P | O | R | T | 104 O | 105 B | O | I | S | 106 T | ||
107 T | R | I | X | 108 I | M | A | 109 R | 110 I | F | L | E | 111 S | E | 112 E | ||||||
113 R | E | N | A | 114 U | 115 L | T | 116 S | 117 A | 118 I | 119 G | O | N | F | I | S | 120 H | I | N | G | |
121 E | N | E | M | I | E | S | 122 S | C | R | U | B | S | 123 S | A | M | O | S | A | ||
124 W | E | S | S | E | X | 125 T | E | N | E | T | 126 S | T | O | N | E | D |
© 2017, The New York Times9/10/17 ( No. 24,778 )
Across
1
"Watch yourself out there" : BESAFE
7
Comic Sweeney : JULIA
12
___ All-Star Race (annual event since 1985) : NASCAR
18
Getaway for meditation : ASHRAM
19
Rub oil on : ANOINT
21
Fruit dessert : COMPOTE
22
Spin class activity? : STATICCYCLING
24
City with one of the SUNY schools : ONEONTA
25
That craft : HER
26
TV host Gibbons : LEEZA
27
What Siri runs on : IOS
29
SC Johnson product with a lightning bolt in its logo : RAID
30
Wireless data and messaging company : SKYTEL
32
Number of appearances in a grain holder? : SILOFREQUENCY
38
___ Tomé (African capital) : SAO
39
Stuck at a ski lodge, say : ICEDIN
41
Wallops : SLUGS
42
Like long chances : SLIM
44
River near the start of an alphabetical list : AAR
45
Primordial universe matter : YLEM
47
What people sing when they don't know the words : LALAS
49
Au courant, once : HEP
50
Storms that don't offend? : PCCYCLONES
53
Actress Christina : RICCI
55
God, to Hebrews : YAHWEH
57
Staple of Hawaiian cuisine : POI
58
Mammals with webbed feet : OTTERS
60
Business with a guestbook : INN
62
French 101 verb : AVOIR
63
Appropriate rhyme for "cache" : STASH
65
Robust : HALE
66
RC, for one : COLA
67
Left college athletics, maybe : WENTPRO
69
Lesley of CBS News : STAHL
71
Nonsense : BLARNEY
73
Second hand: Abbr. : ASST
74
Loads : ALOT
76
2016 Disney hit : MOANA
78
George who founded Industrial Light & Magic : LUCAS
79
"___-hoo!" : YOO
80
Position on a steamship : STOKER
82
Schedule inits. : TBA
83
Europe's largest lake : LADOGA
84
Region of ancient Egypt : NUBIA
86
Makes a quick map of an Egyptian peninsula? : DRAWSSINAI
89
Very, in Veracruz : MUY
90
Sequel to a sequel to a sequel to a sequel : PARTV
92
Action at a bris : SNIP
93
Popular website that explains the news : VOX
94
Lille women: Abbr. : MMES
95
Not debut : REAIR
97
Mint : UNUSED
99
War su ___ (boneless chicken dish) : GAI
100
Opening performers that are all mimes? : SILENTSUPPORT
104
Orchestra tuner : OBOIST
107
Brand with a rabbit symbol : TRIX
108
"___ little confused" : IMA
109
It has a lock, stock and barrel : RIFLE
111
Take in : SEE
113
Citroën competitor : RENAULT
116
Rod-and-reel event in old Vietnam? : SAIGONFISHING
121
North and South Korea, e.g. : ENEMIES
122
Nurse's outfit : SCRUBS
123
Indian appetizer : SAMOSA
124
Prince Edward's earldom : WESSEX
125
Belief : TENET
126
High as a kite : STONED
Down
1
Big party : BASH
2
Photorealist painter Richard : ESTES
3
Order to a pool hustler to suck up some broth? : SHARKSIPHONSOUP
4
"So vast is ___, so narrow human wit": Alexander Pope : ART
5
Do not : FAILTO
6
Run the show : EMCEE
7
Rapper with the music streaming service Tidal : JAYZ
8
Take out, as wine bottles : UNCASE
9
"Haha" : LOL
10
Due east on an old clock dial : III
11
Common female middle name : ANN
12
Smoking or ___ : NON
13
Black church inits. : AME
14
Spot on a fern frond : SPORESAC
15
TBS late-night show : CONAN
16
Room with a slanted roof : ATTIC
17
All systems go : READY
20
Cry to kick off the weekend : TGIF
21
"Down goes Frazier!" sportscaster : COSELL
23
Relating to the abdominal cavity : CELIAC
28
Surg. locales : ORS
31
Nonstandard verb from Popeye : YAM
33
Pastoral poet : IDYLIST
34
"___ & Stitch" : LILO
35
Common opening bid in bridge : ONENO
36
Argument : QUARREL
37
Fruit with greenish-yellow rinds : UGLIS
40
TV's "Tales From the ___" : CRYPT
42
Suddenly start, as in fright : SHYAWAY
43
Strands, as a base runner : LEAVESON
44
German lament : ACH
46
Workplaces with a need for speed : METHLABS
48
Government group on offspring? : SCIONCOMMISSION
50
Felon, to a cop : PERP
51
Drink holders : COASTERS
52
Greyhound stop: Abbr. : STA
54
Plotting (with) : INLEAGUE
56
Alicia of "Urban Legend," 1998 : WITT
59
Ex-isle of exile : ELBA
61
Denies : NAYSAYS
63
Play alone : SOLO
64
Jerry Lewis, notably : HAM
66
"Oh, fudge" : CRUD
68
Snare drum sound : RATATAT
70
Rebel in "Henry IV, Part 1" : HOTSPUR
72
Jai ___ : ALAI
75
Green-lit : OKD
77
Green : NAIVE
80
Tornado warning : SIREN
81
Raised, as a flag : RANUP
83
Laissez-faire : LAX
85
Pre-practice tests? : BAREXAMS
87
Lush's favorite radio station? : WINO
88
Drowse : NODOFF
91
Santa makes millions of them every Christmas : VISITS
94
French month : MAI
96
Ingredient in an Aunt Agatha : RUM
98
Blinking light : STROBE
99
Attacks : GOESAT
100
Cast about : STREW
101
Chemistry Nobelist Joliot-Curie : IRENE
102
Understudy's study : LINES
103
Ticket : PASS
105
Ignorance, so they say : BLISS
106
Nerve-racking : TENSE
110
Think tank, e.g.: Abbr. : INST
112
"Heavens!" : EGAD
114
It may be pulled after a wrong turn : UIE
115
Old law : LEX
117
Do something : ACT
118
Heat : IRE
119
Heater : GUN
120
H.R. offering for employees : HMO
Answer summary:
13 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
