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William S. McIlrath
William S. McIlrath

New York Times, Wednesday, December 14, 1988

40-Down : Try

Author:
William S. McIlrath
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { B K Q W X }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
William S. McIlrath has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,281
Across
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Bluefin : TUNA
5
Separate : APART
10
Liberate : FREE
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Chemical compound : ENOL
15
Cherish : VALUE
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Scintilla : IOTA
17
Train : LINE
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Eschew : AVOID
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Decays : ROTS
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Always jealous? : EVERGREEN
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Attack : SETAT
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Crop : TRIM
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Similar : SUCH
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Before, to the Bard : ERE
29
Summer treats : ICES
31
Red Guard, e.g. : MAOIST
35
The last one is not least : JUDGMENT
37
Reliable : TRUSTY
38
Arabian prince : EMIR
39
Due follower : TRE
41
Hogwash : SLOP
42
Large, showy herb : COLEUS
45
Augment : INCREASE
48
Event at Versailles: 1919 : TREATY
49
Hewing tool : ADZE
50
Writers' output, for short : MSS
51
Piquant : TART
53
Comfort : EASE
55
Alberta item : PEACH
58
Sending nary a note on Feb. 14? : HEARTLESS
63
Vapor: Comb. form : ATMO
64
"Middling" bones: Comb. form : PELVI
65
"Behold," dear Brutus : ECCE
66
Sector : AREA
67
Why some carry a torch? : ARSON
68
Singe : CHAR
69
Split : RENT
70
Stiller's partner : MEARA
71
Lug : TOTE
Down
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Part of TV : TELE
2
Inst. of higher learning : UNIV
3
One minus one : NONE
4
Sharp : ALERT
5
Cupidity : AVARICE
6
Flagging : PAVEMENT
7
Ubiquitous puzzle plant : ALOE
8
These often attract tourists : RUINS
9
Weems or Williams : TED
10
Personnel office, to some? : FIREHOUSE
11
What fans do : ROOT
12
Kett of comics : ETTA
13
Orient : EAST
21
Horrid : GRIM
22
Indentification mark : SCAR
25
Former draft initials : UMT
26
Do a bouncer's job : EJECT
27
Grapevine morsel : RUMOR
28
Roman official : EDILE
30
Groove : STRIA
32
Moslem's religion : ISLAM
33
Facing a glacier : STOSS
34
Ilk and sort : TYPES
36
House painter's excellent job? : GREATCOAT
40
Try : ENDEAVOR
43
Orem is here : UTAH
44
Isr. neighbor : SYR
46
Spouse of Ivan or Peter : CZARINA
47
Interval : REST
52
"Over ___," Cohan song : THERE
54
Choose : ELECT
55
Early late-night host : PAAR
56
To be, in Toulon : ETRE
57
Church corner : AMEN
59
Lohengrin's wife : ELSA
60
Canyon phenomenon : ECHO
61
Git! : SCAT
62
Arid : SERE
64
Jack of clubs : PAM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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.

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