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William S. McIlrath
William S. McIlrath

New York Times, Wednesday, July 1, 1987

15-Across : Agave plants

Author:
William S. McIlrath
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F H J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
William S. McIlrath has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,749
Across
1
Nolo contendere, e.g. : PLEA
5
Decree : EDICT
10
Theda of silents : BARA
14
Is under the weather : AILS
15
Agave plants : PITAS
16
Nerve-cell process : AXON
17
Glance clandestinely : PEEP
18
Rhone tributary : ISERE
19
Lead for Chan : CLUE
20
New account on Madison Avenue? : ADVENTURE
22
Form of trapshooting : SKEET
23
An inert gas : NEON
24
Like a tortoise : SLOW
26
Home of Ohio Northern U. : ADA
29
Surrounded by : AMID
31
Place for a skeleton : CLOSET
35
Separate : DISCRETE
37
Fiddle with a flute : TOOTLE
38
Broadway org. : ANTA
39
Colloquial assent : YEP
41
"Giant" actor : DEAN
42
Puttee : GAITER
45
Pleasant banking actions : DEPOSITS
48
Corrigenda list : ERRATA
49
African village : STAD
50
Society-page word : NEE
51
Mom or Pop : MATE
53
Former Congolese prime minister : ILEO
55
Reel : SPOOL
58
Hold fellow at the club entrance? : DETERGENT
63
Aleutian island : ATTU
64
He said: Lat. : DIXIT
65
Glimmer : IDEA
66
Trotsky or Uris : LEON
67
High-hat : SNOOT
68
Cutlet meat : VEAL
69
Allowance for waste : TRET
70
Jazz drummer : MANNE
71
Grafted, in heraldry : ENTE
Down
1
Hemingway nickname : PAPA
2
German song : LIED
3
Alt. : ELEV
4
Quiverleaf : ASPEN
5
Volume about a finial? : EPITOME
6
Schism : DISUNITY
7
Way for Cato : ITER
8
Is solicitous : CARES
9
Lao-___, Chinese philosopher : TSE
10
Support drivers? : BACKWOODS
11
Car shaft : AXLE
12
Bounder : ROUE
13
Dill herb : ANET
21
Tight : NEAR
22
Savoyard's treat : SOLO
25
Utah Beach craft : LCT
26
Saw : ADAGE
27
Kuwaiti coin : DINAR
28
Up and about : ASTIR
30
Acts : DEEDS
32
Toasting item : STEIN
33
Perk up : ELATE
34
On edge : TENSE
36
Diet portion for Tabby? : CATAMOUNT
40
Implore : PETITION
43
Footnote abbr. : ETAL
44
Squealer : RAT
46
Female friend? : PALETTE
47
River to the Baltic : ODER
52
Twin City suburb : EDINA
54
Pointed arch : OGIVE
55
Season : SALT
56
Feather: Comb. form : PTER
57
County in Neb. : OTOE
59
Senator from Neb. : EXON
60
First place : EDEN
61
Trig : NEAT
62
Saga : TALE
64
Mil. award : DSM

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

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