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William S. McIlrath
William S. McIlrath

New York Times, Tuesday, December 24, 1985

Author:
William S. McIlrath
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 17.7
William S. McIlrath has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,195
Across
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Poet Lazarus : EMMA
5
Miami Dolphins' coach : SHULA
10
Tcha or Twankay : TEA
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Thug : GOON
14
Yearned : PINED
15
Brothers : FRAS
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"But I was ___ ... ": Yeats : YOUNGANDFOOLISH
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Prefix with school or war : PRE
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Cereal disease : ERGOT
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Warm and welcoming : HOMEY
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Willful? : TESTATE
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Wonder plus fear : AWE
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Novelist Levin : IRA
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Forebear : ANCESTOR
31
Rose's love : ABIE
34
Visayan island : LEYTE
35
Silkworm : ERI
36
Low-calorie margarine? : MIDDLEAGESPREAD
40
He bested Adlai : IKE
41
" ... Time,/Will one day ___": Shak. : ENDIT
42
Small land mass : ISLE
43
Leaves a peak : DESCENDS
45
Fitting : APT
47
A feast ___ famine : ORA
48
Friendly : AMIABLE
52
Musical transition : SEGUE
55
Unspoken : TACIT
57
One, in Aberdeen : AIN
58
Patently Paleozoic? : ASOLDASTHEHILLS
61
No longer new : USED
62
Grow toward evening : LATEN
63
Biblical twin : ESAU
64
___ Moines, Iowa : DES
65
Cheekiness : BRASS
66
Futurity, for one : RACE
Down
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Lake Burullus is there : EGYPT
2
Garry or Roger : MOORE
3
Grimaces : MOUES
4
Sothern or Sheridan : ANN
5
Rival of Athens : SPARTA
6
Door attachment : HINGE
7
Loosen a knot : UNDO
8
Radical's position : LEFT
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Stir; flurry : ADO
10
Festoon : TRIM
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Leisure : EASE
12
Cinereal : ASHY
15
Arctic sights : FLOES
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Equipment : GEAR
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"___ no more today!": S. Foster : OHWEEP
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All even : TIED
24
Romans precursor : ACTS
26
Shield : AEGIS
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No, in Nizhni Tagil : NYET
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Spots on the links : TEES
29
Kind of hygiene : ORAL
30
Emulate Shoemaker : RIDE
31
Surrounded by : AMID
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Kid's vehicle : BIKE
33
Dec. 13, e.g. : IDES
34
Alan or Cheryl : LADD
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Looked lasciviously : LEERED
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Sicilian resort : ENNA
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Actress Moreno : RITA
44
"The Little Engine That ___" : COULD
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Somme's capital : AMIENS
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Essence : PITH
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Pains' partners : ACHES
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Float : BALSA
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Shade of purple : LILAC
51
Result : ENSUE
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Ibn-___ : SAUD
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Basic Latin verb : ESSE
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Departs : GOES
55
Autocrat : TSAR
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
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A vestment : ALB
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Suffix with cash : IER

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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