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Shirley Soloway
Shirley Soloway

New York Times, Tuesday, January 3, 1989

63-Across : Flower segment

Author:
Shirley Soloway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Shirley Soloway has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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H
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O
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A
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N
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R
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P
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O
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A
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K
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O
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K
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G
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,301
Across
1
Mountain sound : ECHO
5
Lemony flavor : TANG
9
Speedy : RAPID
14
Shortly : SOON
15
Solo in 19 Across : ARIA
16
Keep away from : EVADE
17
Ibis's kin : SPOONBILL
19
Massenet work : MANON
20
Houston fly catcher : ASTRO
21
Far from altruistic : SELFISH
23
Okay! : YES
24
Giant Met : OTT
26
Canadian capital : OTTAWA
29
Breathing aids : INHALERS
32
Short snooze : NAP
33
Wild time : SPREE
35
Half an antiaircraft weapon : ACK
36
Bettors' concerns : ODDS
37
Machine for weaving : LOOM
38
River to the Indus : KABUL
40
Kind of club : GLEE
41
Broadway org. : ANTA
42
Mil. man : NCO
43
Some resort areas : ISLES
45
Rush : HIE
46
Pellet shooter : AIRRIFLE
48
Produced copies : RANOFF
50
Penn, e.g. : STA
51
___ Baba : ALI
54
Tested for a fit : TRIEDON
57
Claw : TALON
59
Phrase of wisdom : ADAGE
61
Lincoln's topper : STOVEPIPE
63
Flower segment : PETAL
64
Quote : CITE
65
"Be it ___ so ... " : EVER
66
Indication : TREND
67
Ella's specialty : SCAT
68
Musical stop : REST
Down
1
School project : ESSAY
2
Thicket : COPSE
3
Hollers' companions : HOOTS
4
___ about (date-setting phrase) : ONOR
5
Check : TAB
6
Grain appendage : ARISTA
7
Locale of a Christie book : NILE
8
Nerve : GALL
9
Sends in payment : REMITS
10
Nautical shout : AVAST
11
Texas region : PANHANDLE
12
Berlin's "What'll ___?" : IDO
13
Hideaway : DEN
18
Nary a soul : NOONE
22
Warehouse vehicle : FORKLIFT
25
Mack's nickname : THEKNIFE
27
Walks wetly : WADES
28
Church projection : APSE
29
"___ la Douce" : IRMA
30
Toil : LABOR
31
Old French coin : ECU
33
Actress Braga of "Moon Over Parador" : SONIA
34
Ruler : POTENTATE
36
Eyeball : OGLE
37
Actor in "Waiting for Godot" : LAHR
39
Top: Comb. form : ACR
44
Root covering : SLATE
46
Out-of-the-way : AFIELD
47
"A House ___ Home": P. Adler : ISNOTA
49
Ceremonial instrument : ORGAN
51
Animated : ALIVE
52
Davey of baseball : LOPES
53
Motionless : INERT
55
Mil. awards : DSCS
56
Of one's hearing : OTIC
58
Rich Little, e.g. : APER
59
Quick to learn : APT
60
"___ Rosenkavalier" : DER
62
D.V.M. : VET

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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