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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Tuesday, October 28, 1980

39-Across : "It's a Sin to Tell ___," 1936 song

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { K Q U X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 4
Jeanette K. Brill has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,312
Across
1
"___ Lisa," 1949 song : MONA
5
Summit : ACME
9
Darjeeling and oolong : TEAS
13
Coat part : LAPEL
14
Neat : TRIM
15
Roguish; sly : ARCH
16
Escargot : SNAIL
17
Architect Saarinen : EERO
18
"Rio ___," 1926 song : RITA
19
Goodbye song of 1918 : TILLWEMEETAGAIN
22
Telepathy, for short : ESP
23
Suffix with infant or percent : ILE
24
Goodbye song of 1922 : TOOTTOOTTOOTSIE
33
Facility : EASE
34
Wagnerian cycle : RING
35
Write a P.S. : ADD
36
Cookbook direction : STIR
37
Ballet exercises : PLIES
39
"It's a Sin to Tell ___," 1936 song : ALIE
40
Starting place, sometimes : TEE
41
Fiddler, e.g. : CRAB
42
Mighty mite : ATOM
43
Goodbye song from "Seven Hills of Rome" : ARRIVEDERCIROMA
48
Prefix with lead or read : MIS
49
Scull : OAR
50
Goodbye song of 1957 : JAMAICAFAREWELL
59
"He's ___ Picker," 1914 song : ARAG
60
Poet translated by FitzGerald : OMAR
61
Japanese born and raised in U.S. : NISEI
62
Cumulus : PILE
63
Radial, for one : TIRE
64
Kind of G.I. tag, for short : IDENT
65
Diner sign : EATS
66
Walked heavily : TROD
67
Gael : CELT
Down
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"The ___ Love," 1924 song : MANI
2
Iridescent gem : OPAL
3
Armstrong or Simon : NEIL
4
Kin to "full of baloney" : ALLWET
5
Resume regular speed: Mus. dir. : ATEMPO
6
Montana Indian : CREE
7
Bog : MIRE
8
Jealousy and anger : EMOTIONS
9
Butt : TARGET
10
Assam silkworm : ERIA
11
Playbill heading : ACTI
12
Thai language : SHAN
13
W.W. II landing craft : LST
20
Prefix meaning inner : ESO
21
Like a bump on ___ : ALOG
24
Integument of a seed : TESTA
25
Horse opera : OATER
26
Willow : OSIER
27
Three times, in prescriptions : TER
28
Five Nations group : TRIBE
29
Ascot : TIE
30
Meat-packing city in Uruguay : SALTO
31
Dialect : IDIOM
32
Swelling : EDEMA
37
Patriot who warned the minutemen at Concord : PRESCOTT
38
Stripling : LAD
39
Swiss river : AAR
41
A year in Trajan's reign : CVII
44
Mental pictures : IMAGES
45
Bellowed : ROARED
46
Gondola, e.g. : CAR
47
Conciliatory : IRENIC
50
Mock : JAPE
51
"The Bell Song" is one : ARIA
52
Brewer's purchase : MALT
53
Afghan bigwig : AMIR
54
Gambling game : FARO
55
Companion of high and handsome : WIDE
56
Dusseldorf donkey : ESEL
57
Period of 40 weekdays : LENT
58
Illuminated : LIT

Answer summary:
2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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