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Rita Yelle
Rita Yelle

New York Times, Wednesday, June 20, 1990

41-Across : Paves the way

Author:
Rita Yelle
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has duplicate clues.
Rita Yelle has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,834
Across
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Colonies of bees : SWARMS
7
Like Shelley's works : POETIC
13
Pertaining to annual winds : ETESIAN
14
S Arabian desert region : ARRIMAL
16
Bridge support : TRESTLE
17
Having spikes, as a plant : SPICATE
18
Secreted : HID
19
Able to be stretched : ELASTIC
21
Alcott heroine : MEG
22
Capital of Western Samoa : APIA
24
Yarn quantity : SKEIN
25
Show concern : CARE
26
Requirements : NEEDS
28
Orange vegetable : YAM
29
Hauler : TOTER
30
Moving aimlessly : ERRANT
32
Fit to be tied? Call these people : SECURERS
34
Soil fertilizer : MARL
36
River deposit : SILT
37
Pertaining to farming : AGRARIAN
41
Paves the way : CLEARS
45
Kind of geometry : PLANE
46
Large snake : BOA
48
Plumed bird : EGRET
49
Fight for breath : PANT
50
Game of chance : LOTTO
52
Feudal serf : ESNE
53
Ref. book : ENC
54
Clergyman's hat : BIRETTA
56
Greek letter : ETA
57
Accomplish : ACHIEVE
59
Everlasting : ETERNAL
61
Go in again : REENTER
62
Daytime TV shows : SERIALS
63
Fears greatly : DREADS
64
Courtroom dramas : TRIALS
Down
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Candy ___ (nurse's aide) : STRIPER
2
Less tended, as a garden : WEEDIER
3
Burro : ASS
4
Ceremony : RITE
5
Shopping plazas : MALLS
6
Furtive : SNEAKY
7
Entertainments : PASTIMES
8
One of the stonecrops : ORPIN
9
___ the Red : ERIC
10
Twitch : TIC
11
Moslem ruler's territory : IMAMATE
12
Merchant who feeds feasters : CATERER
13
Colorless, odorless gas : ETHANE
15
Family of a French artist : LEGERS
20
A proverbial septet : SEAS
23
Firm in one's view : ADAMANT
25
Retinue : CORTEGE
27
Entrap : SNARE
29
Fine net : TULLE
31
Three: Prefix : TRI
33
Title for G.H.W.B. : CIC
35
Workers : LABORERS
37
Seem to be : APPEAR
38
Took a quick look : GLANCED
39
Cattleman : RANCHER
40
Short letter : NOTE
42
Arms storehouse : ARSENAL
43
Landlords' income : RENTALS
44
Pilfers : STEALS
47
Depose : ATTEST
50
Existed : LIVED
51
Fur-bearing animal : OTTER
54
Greek letter : BETA
55
Air: Comb. form : AERI
58
Suffix with alp or river : INE
60
Inlet : RIA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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