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Shirley Soloway
Shirley Soloway

New York Times, Monday, January 2, 1984

53-Across : Passages sunk into the earth

Author:
Shirley Soloway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Shirley Soloway has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,473
Across
1
Detest : ABHOR
6
Air: Comb. form : ATMO
10
Musical ending : CODA
14
Norman Vincent ___ : PEALE
15
Stepped on : TROD
16
Spoken : ORAL
17
First name of a Wharton hero : ETHAN
18
Narrative : TALE
19
Julep additive : MINT
20
Second looies : SHAVETAILS
22
Baseball's Rose : PETE
23
Court issuance : WRIT
24
One who needs a buyer : SELLER
26
Price : COST
30
Yoko ___ : ONO
31
Former ring king : ALI
32
One who gives permission : APPROVER
34
Hurry off : SCOOT
38
Spotted : STAINED
39
Advocate at court : PLEADER
41
Senator Kefauver : ESTES
42
Still untouched : PRISTINE
43
Sparks or Buntline : NED
45
"___ Misérables" : LES
46
A son of Seth : ENOS
47
Aboriginal Australian group : ARUNTA
50
"___ boy!" : ATTA
52
Kind of skirt : MINI
53
Passages sunk into the earth : MINESHAFTS
59
Po feeder : ADDA
60
Oast : OVEN
61
Heron's kin : EGRET
62
Goering's greeting : HEIL
63
Gear at the Grand Banks : NETS
64
Gladiator's milieu : ARENA
65
"Golden ___ and girls ... ": Shak. : LADS
66
Basic nature : ESSE
67
___ Warbucks : DADDY
Down
1
Simians : APES
2
One of the "Little Women" : BETH
3
Laughter sounds : HAHA
4
Norwegian king : OLAV
5
Begin again : RENEW
6
Reached : ATTAINED
7
Arnold, e.g. : TRAITOR
8
Gangster's gal : MOLL
9
City in Texas or Russia : ODESSA
10
Make difficult : COMPLICATE
11
Bay window : ORIEL
12
___ Gabriel Rossetti : DANTE
13
Tailor : ALTER
21
Treasure ___ : TROVE
25
Red ___ (S African trees) : ELSES
26
Instance : CASE
27
Chooses : OPTS
28
Tiff : SPAT
29
Third anniversaries : TRIENNIALS
33
Start : ONSET
35
Norse god of war : ODIN
36
Wine: Comb. form : OENO
37
Uno, dos, ___ : TRES
39
Make-believe : PRETENSE
40
Rosters : LISTS
42
Venus and Mars : PLANETS
44
Singer Vic : DAMONE
47
Menotti hero : AMAHL
48
"___ cockhorse ... " : RIDEA
49
Loosened a knot : UNDID
51
Farther along : AHEAD
54
Currier's companion : IVES
55
Taj Mahal site : AGRA
56
Mr. Flintstone : FRED
57
Take care of : TEND
58
Collar gadget : STAY

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

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