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William S. McIlrath
William S. McIlrath

New York Times, Monday, July 4, 1988

16-Across : Becomes hortatory

Author:
William S. McIlrath
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, 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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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,118
Across
1
Money spent in an agora : OBOL
5
At the bottom : BASAL
10
Fort Worth inst. : TCU
13
Emulate an orant : PRAY
14
Faye of films : ALICE
15
Humbug : SHAM
16
Becomes hortatory : TAKESTOTHESTUMP
19
Suffix with rest : IVE
20
" ... lovely as ___" : ATREE
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Bails : LADES
22
Sometime Roman followers : CANDLES
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Deface : MAR
25
Comparative ending : IER
26
Certain wave crest : WHITECAP
31
Concerning : ASTO
34
Pan fry : SAUTE
35
In the manner of : ALA
36
Old Glory features : STARSANDSTRIPES
40
Poetic contraction : EEN
41
River's little cousin : CREEK
42
What a jay invades : NEST
43
Like some candies in boxes : ASSORTED
45
Spot for a developer : LOT
47
Fam. member : SIS
48
Sounds of shots : REPORTS
52
Popular fabric : DENIM
55
Rhone feeder : ISERE
57
Cry of discovery : OHO
58
Declaration commemoration : INDEPENDENCEDAY
61
Bellow : ROAR
62
" ... home of the ___" : BRAVE
63
Capp's Hyena : LENA
64
Sambar : ELK
65
Certain exerciser : BIKER
66
Gates and Burgoyne : FOES
Down
1
Kind of nerve : OPTIC
2
Music to a diva's ears : BRAVA
3
Holmlike : OAKEN
4
Caustic : LYE
5
Pitcher's opponent : BATTER
6
Then, in Toulon : ALORS
7
Location : SITE
8
Twinge : ACHE
9
Light-Horse Harry : LEE
10
It's usually dull : THUD
11
Arrived : CAME
12
Refs' cousins : UMPS
15
Rubberneck : STARE
17
Vendition : SALE
18
Roofer, at times : SLATER
23
Fashionable name : DIOR
24
Glove for Mattingly : MITT
26
Forded : WADED
27
Coat for corn : HUSK
28
Mantilla, at times : CAPE
29
Bitters : ALES
30
Over : PAST
31
Bewildered : ASEA
32
Fr. holy women : STES
33
Thrashes : TANS
34
Snick-or-___ : SNEE
37
Cut corners : SCRIMP
38
Partner of crafts : ARTS
39
Double preposition : INTO
44
Willow : OSIER
45
Loewe's lyrist : LERNER
46
Oily acronym : OPEC
48
Bailiff : REEVE
49
Copland composition : RODEO
50
A title for Macbeth : THANE
51
Certain beans : SOYAS
52
Dreadful : DIRE
53
Chemical compound : ENOL
54
Minn. neighbor : NDAK
55
Inits. at Calvary : INRI
56
See 54 Down : SDAK
59
Wane : EBB
60
Brownie : ELF

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