One-Letter Clues
About the Puzzle
I constructed this puzzle back in 2016, but this is the first time I've posted it anywhere. The New York Times called it a "near-miss". They liked the gimmick and said that 7-Down gave the puzzle a "wow factor". Unfortunately, they thought 20-Across should be the last theme entry, which I understand. Then the interlock doesn't work though.
Publishing myself means giving up on trying to resubmit, but I've finally come to peace with that. I hope you enjoy!
Active Square
- Arrow keys:
- Move active square.
- Enter/Return:
- Next square.
- Backspace/Delete:
- Delete input from active square and move to previous square.
- Ctrl + C:
- Cheat on letter.
- Ctrl + R:
- Toggle rebus entry.
- Ctrl + E:
- Toggle errors.
Active Clue
- Tab:
- Next clue.
- Shift + Tab:
- Previous clue.
- Shift + Right Arrow:
- Next unsolved clue.
- Shift + Left Arrow:
- Previous unsolved clue.
- Spacebar:
- Toggle direction.
- Escape:
- Escape puzzle.
Well done!
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Across
- 1 Smith who penned "The Wealth of Nations"
- 5 Part-time Prof.
- 8 Fruits of all-nighters
- 14 Prefix with -byte
- 15 Corporate bigwig, briefly
- 16 Pig of children's lit
- 17 Russian mogul
- 19 Fair share, in wartime
- 20 Any of the one-letter clues
- 22 In the style of
- 23 2010 FIFA World Cup host
- 24 Royal Navy letters
- 26 W
- 33 Crowd
- 34 Chicago exchange (for short)
- 35 50/50, say
- 36 Somewhat, slangily
- 38 Biathlete's gear
- 40 This ____ (phrase on boxes)
- 41 Black sheep and sacrificial lamb
- 43 Pitcher
- 45 U2 producer Brian
- 46 J
- 48 Biblical vessel
- 49 Salon purchase
- 50 Go for the gold, in a way
- 52 L
- 59 Bad for enamel
- 61 Directly, in family trees
- 62 This, among others
- 63 Double-ues, upside down
- 64 Empties
- 65 Pointer and boxer
- 66 Singer Carly ____ Jepsen
- 67 Cathedral part
Down
- 1 It has a nucleus
- 2 Place to get pastrami sandwich
- 3 Bone dry
- 4 Eldest Gabor sister and others
- 5 Land
- 6 One-tenth, in a lab
- 7 D
- 8 Bypass white water
- 9 Jai ____
- 10 Side pocket?
- 11 "Austin Powers" doctor
- 12 2016 Olympic city
- 13 Japanese honorific
- 18 Tide competitor
- 21 Lebanon neighbor: Abbr.
- 24 Swiss girl played by Shirley Temple
- 25 Feverish
- 27 Places with RNs and MDs
- 28 Penultimate word in many fairy tales
- 29 Neurosurgeon Carson
- 30 Anesthetized
- 31 Made an embarrassed exit (with "out")
- 32 Syringe, informally
- 33 Give a once-over
- 34 Baby's first word, often
- 37 Homer Simpson interjection
- 39 Site of World War II battle (with 55-Down)
- 42 Sings the Siren's song
- 44 Agoraphobe's fear, perhaps
- 47 Sodium hydroxide
- 48 Turkish capital
- 51 Hole in one
- 52 Assess (with "up")
- 53 Woodworking tool
- 54 Like young cheddar
- 55 See 39-Down
- 56 Woman's undergarment
- 57 Auto magnate Ransom ____
- 58 Big Board of Wall St.
- 59 Announcement to a PD
- 60 Scoundrel