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Evelyn B. Rosenthal
Evelyn B. Rosenthal

New York Times, Friday, July 4, 1975

16-Across : Long tale

Author:
Evelyn B. Rosenthal
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Evelyn B. Rosenthal has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,456
Across
1
Certain G.I.'s : PFCS
5
Vestment : ALB
8
Retired : ABED
12
Lasso : RIATA
14
Narrow inlet : RIA
15
Balbo : ITALO
16
Long tale : ILIAD
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Charged atom : ION
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Kind of throat : STREP
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First-family names : MARTHAANDGEORGE
22
French city : ROUEN
23
Carriage, sometimes fringed on top : SURREY
24
Wipe out : ERASE
27
Poetic contraction : EEN
28
Pang : THROE
31
Picnic spoilers : ANTS
33
"See no ___" : EVIL
37
Santa's runway : ROOF
38
Ermine : STOAT
39
Elihu : YALE
40
Pastoral poem : IDYL
41
Monk's quarters : CELL
42
Miss Moorehead : AGNES
43
Japanese statesman : ITO
45
Not defunct : ALIVE
47
Ancient Italian : SABINE
50
Mistake : BONER
53
Kick-off time for summer : INDEPENDENCEDAY
57
Glides aloft : SOARS
58
John ___ : DOE
59
Heath genus : ERICA
60
Hoity___ : TOITY
61
Cloth measure : ELL
62
Old German coin : TALER
63
Nimble : SPRY
64
___ Moines : DES
65
___ majesty : LESE
Down
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Old-maidish : PRIM
2
Of a thread : FILAR
3
City in Egypt or Illinois : CAIRO
4
Bartholdi's creation : STATUEOFLIBERTY
5
Musical offering : ARIA
6
The Cowardly ___ : LION
7
Musical marchers : BANDS
8
Cabinet post : ATTORNEYGENERAL
9
Granite city of Vermont : BARRE
10
Churchyard piece : ELEGY
11
Info : DOPE
13
Cling : ADHERE
15
French river : ISERE
20
Collection of sayings : ANA
21
Edgar of verse : GUEST
25
Fill : SATE
26
___ Gay : ENOLA
28
Part of TNT : TRI
29
Container for bricks : HOD
30
Rob ___ : ROY
32
Kind of story : TALL
34
Heflin or Cliburn : VAN
35
___ de France : ILE
36
"___ Miserables" : LES
38
Stone of ___ : SCONE
42
Wading bird : AVOCET
44
Half-seas over : TIPSY
46
___ Saud : IBN
47
Pry : SNOOP
48
Robin ___ : ADAIR
49
Over : ENDED
51
Roman official : EDILE
52
Camptown events : RACES
53
Adherents: Suffix : ISTS
54
Deal out : DOLE
55
Adult elvers : EELS
56
Manageable, as a ship : YARE

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