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Rita Yelle
Rita Yelle

New York Times, Wednesday, November 2, 1988

Author:
Rita Yelle
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 29.5
Rita Yelle has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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R
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,239
Across
1
Sub ___ (clandestine) : ROSA
5
Tranquil : SERENE
11
Dampen : WET
14
Desert-dry : ARID
15
Brightly-colored tropical bird : TROGON
16
Eggs for Cato : OVA
17
Verbatim : WORDFORWORD
19
Edge : RIM
20
Sights off France : ILES
21
Confuse : ADDLE
23
Put in new cable : REWIRED
27
What Salk vaccine prevents : POLIO
29
Battery's negative terminal : ANODE
30
Transports by plane : AIRLIFTS
33
Young haddocks : SCRODS
35
Misfortunes : ILLS
36
Cut with an ax : HEW
37
Scoundrels : CADS
38
Large spoon : LADLE
40
Apple heart : CORE
41
In the past : AGO
42
A seasoning : SAGE
43
Pelted with rocks : STONED
45
Remnant : LEFTOVER
47
Put on an act : EMOTE
48
Beasts of burden : MULES
49
Pays no attention to : IGNORES
51
Vegetation of an area : BIOTA
53
Scotsman's "from" : FRAE
54
Old French coin : ECU
55
Latest, most modern thing : THELASTWORD
62
A holiday in Asia : TET
63
A chemical salt : IODATE
64
Rialto org. : ANTA
65
Fire residue : ASH
66
Clay bricks : ADOBES
67
Plant beginning : SEED
Down
1
Uncooked : RAW
2
Gold, to Coronado : ORO
3
Title Chaplin held : SIR
4
Total up : ADD
5
Long scarf : STOLE
6
Made a mistake : ERRED
7
Tiers : ROWS
8
Self : EGO
9
Neither's companion : NOR
10
Ultimate conclusions : ENDALLS
11
Solemn promise : WORDOFHONOR
12
Satan's delight : EVIL
13
Domesticate : TAME
18
Discharged : FIRED
22
Nero's 502 : DII
23
Mischievous person : RASCAL
24
Confine, as a canary : ENCAGE
25
Hearsay : WORDOFMOUTH
26
Wedding vows : IDOS
27
Dose of medicine : PILL
28
Fillet borders : ORLES
30
First-___ (A.R.C. worker) : AIDER
31
Slightly tapering : TERETE
32
Stockholm citizens : SWEDES
34
Nat Turner was one : SLAVE
39
Eons : AGES
40
Perry from Pa. : COMO
42
Compensations for losses, etc. : SOLATIA
44
Precept : TENET
46
Egyptian king, for short : TUT
49
Wrathful : IRATE
50
Butane and methane : GASES
51
Greek letter : BETA
52
Cool desserts : ICES
53
Loose body tissue : FLAB
56
Coal carrier : HOD
57
Former name of Tokyo : EDO
58
"Eadie ___ a Lady" : WAS
59
Single : ONE
60
Hwy. : RTE
61
Pop : DAD

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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