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Rita Yelle
Rita Yelle

New York Times, Monday, July 27, 1987

68-Across : Smiling

Author:
Rita Yelle
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { H J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 39.6 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Rita Yelle has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,775
Across
1
First Arabic letter : ALIF
5
Indianapolis N.F.L. team : COLTS
10
Hamsters, guppies et al. : PETS
14
Artist Bonheur : ROSA
15
Not together : APART
16
Upon : ATOP
17
Type of bridge : TOLL
18
Knot again : RETIE
19
Island country near Key West : CUBA
20
Ghost : SPECTER
22
More annoying : PESKIER
24
Mountain nymph : OREAD
26
Singer Peggy : LEE
27
Pennant : BANNER
30
Not merited : UNEARNED
35
Obliterate : ERASE
36
Tutelary god : LAR
37
Identical : SAME
38
The late Mr. Onassis : ARI
39
Grief : SADNESS
43
Name for the sun : SOL
44
Roam : ROVE
46
Compete for : VIE
47
Lessen : ABATE
49
Adds sugar : SWEETENS
51
Stone monuments : STELES
52
Baseball tally : RUN
53
Suitor : SWAIN
55
Minnesota N.F.L. team : VIKINGS
59
Look-alikes : RINGERS
63
Actress Baxter : ANNE
64
Fairylike; delicate : ELFIN
66
Wings for an angelus : ALAE
67
Angers : IRES
68
Smiling : RIANT
69
Citrus fruit : LIME
70
Small amphibian : NEWT
71
Male deer : STAGS
72
Back talk : SASS
Down
1
Companion of crafts : ARTS
2
Circular area of a roadway : LOOP
3
Small land mass : ISLE
4
Atlanta N.F.L. team : FALCONS
5
One's life work : CAREER
6
"Norma" or "Carmen" : OPERA
7
Caesar's lang. : LAT
8
Journey : TRIP
9
Pittsburgh N.F.L. team : STEELERS
10
Green Bay N.F.L. team : PACKERS
11
Small case : ETUI
12
"Oh, ___ in England ... " : Browning : TOBE
13
Bowsprit : SPAR
21
Sylvan sights : TREES
23
Tar's milieu : SEA
25
Lack of luster : DULNESS
27
Chicago N.F.L. team : BEARS
28
Indian weapon : ARROW
29
Unsophisticated : NAIVE
31
Scottish denial : NAE
32
Of a facial feature : NASAL
33
Emulate Pearl White : EMOTE
34
Strikes out : DELES
40
"The ___," TV spy drama: 1966-69 : AVENGERS
41
Noise at Babel : DIN
42
Glossy fabric : SATIN
45
Most weird : EERIEST
48
Cincinnati N.F.L. team : BENGALS
50
Cask : TUN
51
New Orleans N.F.L. team : SAINTS
54
Squeeze out water : WRING
55
Conceited : VAIN
56
Concerning : INRE
57
Was aware of : KNEW
58
Small opening : SLIT
60
"Roast Pig" dissertator : ELIA
61
A Los Angeles N.F.L. team : RAMS
62
Perceives : SEES
65
Air-traffic org. : FAA

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

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