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Gloria Evans
Gloria Evans

New York Times, Thursday, February 25, 1988

25-Across : Least

Author:
Gloria Evans
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3
Gloria Evans has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,988
Across
1
Holy Grail, e.g. : RELIC
6
Crocks or shocks : JARS
10
Initial quartet : ABCD
14
Mennonite : AMISH
15
Declare openly : AVOW
16
Lunar sea : MARE
17
Old Latin American coin : MEDIO
18
Whit : IOTA
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Draftee's status : ONEA
20
Sydney swim stroke? : AUSTRALIANCRAWL
23
U.N. member : USSR
24
Small hole : EYELET
25
Least : MEREST
29
___ diem : PER
30
Catchall abbr. : ETAL
31
Bellow : ROAR
34
That is, to Cato : IDEST
39
Dangerous Donetsk gamble? : RUSSIANROULETTE
42
Treacherous person : VIPER
43
Congressional creations : LAWS
44
"Man of ___," 1934 film classic : ARAN
45
Lowell or Alcott : AMY
47
Zealous : ARDENT
49
Mistakes on paper : ERRATA
53
Profoundly wise : SAGE
55
Manchurian marble game? : CHINESECHECKERS
61
Polonius advised against this : LOAN
62
Tamarack or tamarind : TREE
63
"Zoo Story" dramatist : ALBEE
64
Theater org. : ANTA
65
Sicilian city : ENNA
66
Jewish month : SEBAT
67
Kind of mate or work : TEAM
68
"The Third Man" director : REED
69
Niagara power-system designer : TESLA
Down
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A Vishnu incarnation : RAMA
2
Ostrich's cousin : EMEU
3
Toppers : LIDS
4
"Lord, ___ I?" : ISIT
5
Kind of line : CHORUS
6
Incarcerates : JAILS
7
Weight system, for short : AVOIR
8
Tournament agenda : ROTA
9
S. C. Foster's river : SWANEE
10
Love, in Livorno : AMORE
11
Devoid of originality : BANAL
12
"Sara ___," 1887 children's classic : CREWE
13
Apportioned : DEALT
21
Stars over the Forum : ASTRA
22
Actor Ritchard : CYRIL
25
First name in talk shows : MERV
26
Small case : ETUI
27
Abrade : RASP
28
Additional : ELSE
29
Locale for a figurehead : PROW
32
"Drink to me ___ ... " : ONLY
33
Altar on high : ARA
35
Kind of end or heat : DEAD
36
To be, in Toulon : ETRE
37
Jazzman Getz : STAN
38
Big top : TENT
40
Hot under the collar : IRATE
41
Established practice : USAGE
46
Piece or mind preceder : MASTER
48
Fashion anew : RECAST
49
Fanfare : ECLAT
50
Lyon's department : RHONE
51
Cow catcher : RIATA
52
Former Indochinese kingdom : ANNAM
53
___ of the crime : SCENE
54
In the lead : AHEAD
56
Marine raptor : ERNE
57
"The Twittering Machine" painter : KLEE
58
Declines : EBBS
59
Authentic : REAL
60
___ good example : SETA

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

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