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Rita Yelle
New York Times, Friday, July 1, 1988
50-Across : Stellar
Author:
Rita Yelle
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Rita Yelle has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 W | 2 I | 3 S | 4 H | 5 R | 6 I | 7 F | 8 L | 9 E | 10 A | 11 G | 12 H | 13 A |
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14 A | N | T | A | 15 E | L | I | A | S | 16 G | R | A | B |
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17 G | R | A | Y | 18 B | E | A | R | D | S | 19 R | A | Z | E |
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20 S | E | N | S | E | D | 21 D | E | 22 L | A | Y | E | D |
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23 E | R | E | 24 C | 25 T | S | 26 O | F | F | ||||||
27 E | 28 N | 29 G | E | N | D | E | R | 30 A | V | E | R | 31 T | 32 S |
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33 Y | A | R | D | 34 L | I | 35 T | R | E | 36 I | O | N |
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37 R | I | A | 38 V | 39 E | L | U | R | E | S | 40 A | P | E |
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41 I | V | Y | 42 I | N | O | N | E | 43 B | R | E | E |
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44 R | E | L | 45 I | N | E | 46 E | N | 47 C | 48 L | O | S | E | D |
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49 A | N | Y | 50 A | S | T | R | A | L | ||||||
51 S | 52 E | D | U | L | 53 A | E | 54 I | N | S | 55 E | 56 R | 57 T |
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58 E | M | I | R | 59 G | R | 60 A | 61 Y | M | A | T | T | E | R |
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62 S | M | E | E | 63 A | I | N | E | E | 64 E | N | E | E |
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65 S | A | S | S | 66 R | E | N | T | S | 67 R | A | F | T |
© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,115
Across
1
Desire : WISH
5
Mauser, e.g. : RIFLE
10
Ottoman leader : AGHA
14
Pilaster : ANTA
15
Inventor Howe : ELIAS
16
Snatch : GRAB
17
Elderly ones : GRAYBEARDS
19
Level : RAZE
20
Felt : SENSED
21
Tardy : DELAYED
23
Builds : ERECTS
26
Part of OTB : OFF
27
Give rise to : ENGENDER
30
Prevents : AVERTS
33
Sale or stick type : YARD
34
Cubic decimetre : LITRE
36
Charged particle : ION
37
Inlet : RIA
38
Hatter's plush pads : VELURES
40
Simian : APE
41
Brown's league : IVY
42
Hole-___ : INONE
43
Broth, to Burns : BREE
44
Striate anew : RELINE
46
Fenced off : ENCLOSED
49
Indeterminate amount : ANY
50
Stellar : ASTRAL
51
Puellae ___ (diligent girls): Lat. : SEDULAE
54
Interpolate : INSERT
58
Mideast bigwig : EMIR
59
Intellect : GRAYMATTER
62
Pintail duck : SMEE
63
Père's eldest daughter : AINEE
64
"Les Troyens" role : ENEE
65
Impudence : SASS
66
Hires : RENTS
67
Slew : RAFT
Down
1
Wits : WAGS
2
Concerning : INRE
3
Mikita of hockey : STAN
4
Rube : HAYSEED
5
Thatched : REEDED
6
Maritime org. : ILA
7
Softwood : FIR
8
Cheryl and Alan : LADDS
9
Being : ESSE
10
Ornamental clasp : AGRAFE
11
Franciscans : GRAYFRIARS
12
Cousin of mist : HAZE
13
Under covers : ABED
18
City with a bear pit : BERN
22
Attachments : LOVES
24
Rostropovich's instrument : CELLO
25
Groups of three : TRIUNES
27
Icelandic coin : EYRIR
28
Artless : NAIVE
29
Red Cross volunteers : GRAYLADIES
30
"You ___ There" : ARE
31
Pith helmet : TOPEE
32
Golfer Ed : SNEED
35
Humber feeder : TRENT
38
Kind of plastic : VINYL
39
Wind dir. : ENE
43
Narrow pillow : BOLSTER
45
Hardens : INURES
47
Blotter entries : CRIMES
48
Lang of Smallville : LANA
50
Osprey's abode : AERIE
51
School term: Abbr. : SESS
52
Soprano Nevada : EMMA
53
Culture medium : AGAR
55
Lab burner : ETNA
56
Marine hazard : REEF
57
Waste allowance : TRET
60
Harding of "Holiday" : ANN
61
Still : YET
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.