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Rita Yelle
Rita Yelle

New York Times, Monday, July 13, 1987

24-Down : Communion plate

Author:
Rita Yelle
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { B J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has duplicate clues.
Rita Yelle has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,761
Across
1
Omaha Beach craft : LCTS
5
Soaks flax : RETS
9
Long walks : HIKES
14
Opera highlight : ARIA
15
Upon : ATOP
16
Nylon constituent : AMIDE
17
Copy : REPLICATE
19
Standish : MILES
20
Flavorful seed : SESAME
21
Musical half step : SEMITONE
23
Moderately moist : DAMP
25
Facts and figures : DATA
26
Feminine suffix : ESS
29
Implements : GEAR
31
Sharp answer : RETORT
35
Irritate : CHAFE
37
Layer : TIER
39
Composer Stravinsky : IGOR
40
Volcanic output : LAVA
41
Untidy : MESSY
42
Filet border : ORLE
43
Sir ___ Guinness : ALEC
44
Singles : ONES
45
Anoint, old style : ANELE
46
Shorter : TERSER
48
Agts. : REPS
50
Distress signal : SOS
51
Small French land masses : ILES
53
Part of a plane : NOSE
55
Type of painter : ENAMELER
59
Coddle : PAMPER
63
Memento of a saint : RELIC
64
Copy : DUPLICATE
66
Long-legged shore bird : STILT
67
On the ocean : ASEA
68
Mild expletive : EGAD
69
Kefauver : ESTES
70
Adjacent : NEAR
71
Congers : EELS
Down
1
Small apes : LARS
2
Canadian Indian : CREE
3
Tilts : TIPS
4
Mixed dish of greens : SALAD
5
Unbranched flower cluster : RACEME
6
Greek letter : ETA
7
Small children : TOTS
8
Swiftness : SPEED
9
Descendant of a son of Noah : HAMITE
10
Copy : IMITATION
11
Unit of weight, for short : KILO
12
Adams's address : EDEN
13
President Mobutu ___ Seko of Zaire : SESE
18
Likeness : IMAGE
22
Take a spouse : MARRY
24
Communion plate : PATEN
26
Acclamation : ECLAT
27
Fragile layered rock : SHALE
28
Thrifty one : SAVER
30
Stair part : RISER
32
Monsters : OGRES
33
Norse chieftain : ROLLO
34
Kilmer classic : TREES
36
Copy : FACSIMILE
38
Big Bertha's birthplace : ESSEN
41
Edible mushroom : MOREL
45
Brazilian palm : ASSAI
47
Votes into office : ELECTS
49
Abele : POPLAR
52
Family car : SEDAN
54
V.I.P. at a fete : EMCEE
55
Gaelic : ERSE
56
Seines : NETS
57
Landed : ALIT
58
Artifice : RUSE
60
Senate aide : PAGE
61
And others: Abbr. : ETAL
62
Muscovites : REDS
65
Pod occupant : PEA

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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