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Shirley Soloway
Shirley Soloway

New York Times, Monday, October 10, 1983

31-Across : Mongolians

Author:
Shirley Soloway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Shirley Soloway has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,389
Across
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Went down a chute : SLID
5
Piles : HEAPS
10
Soviet river : URAL
14
Leaf : PAGE
15
Actress Dickinson : ANGIE
16
Wine valley : NAPA
17
Andy's partner : AMOS
18
Trot and gallop : GAITS
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Scott, of court decision : DRED
20
Easter purchase : SPRINGCOAT
22
Let up : EASE
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High-pitched, in music : ALT
24
Prophet : SEER
26
7:30 P.M. on B'way : SHOWTIME
31
Mongolians : TATARS
35
Corn concoction : PONE
36
Coming up : NEXT
38
Pleasurable event : TREAT
39
Mineral deposits : ORES
40
Chews like a beaver : GNAWS
42
Yen : URGE
43
Carries on : RANTS
45
Govt. workers : TMEN
46
Manner : MIEN
47
Most mature : ELDEST
49
Garden tools : SNIPPERS
51
Early autos : REOS
53
F.D.R. project : TVA
54
Actor Walter from St. Paul : ABEL
57
Minimized : PLAYEDDOWN
63
Pacific isle : BALI
64
Word-of-mouth : PAROL
65
Hershfield hero : ABIE
66
Get one's goat : RILE
67
Climber in a forest : LIANE
68
Nick's helpmate : NORA
69
Too bad! : ALAS
70
Done : ENDED
71
Retain : KEEP
Down
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Health clubs : SPAS
2
Device for Aladdin : LAMP
3
Prince in an opera : IGOR
4
Son of Arnaz and Ball : DESI
5
This goes on at some bazaars : HAGGLING
6
Action on Capitol Hill : ENACTMENT
7
Exchange premium : AGIO
8
Agave plants : PITAS
9
Six-line stanza : SESTET
10
Bridge maneuver : UNDERTRUMP
11
___ avis : RARA
12
Simians : APES
13
Put on cargo : LADE
21
___ King Cole : NAT
25
"I earn that I ___": Shak. : EAT
26
Seed : SPORE
27
Of a time period : HORAL
28
Upright : ONEND
29
Certain winds : WESTERLIES
30
Finals, e.g. : EXAMS
32
Hilltop home : AERIE
33
One in a fury : RAGER
34
British guns : STENS
37
Vegas challenge : TWENTYONE
41
Whined : SNIVELED
44
Reno-to-L.A. dir. : SSE
48
Fall : TOPPLE
50
Enlarge : PAD
52
Done in : SLAIN
54
"East of Eden" character : ABRA
55
Bucket handle : BAIL
56
Singer Fitzgerald : ELLA
58
Rumanian city : ARAD
59
Cold and wet : DANK
60
Clarinet's cousin : OBOE
61
Telegram : WIRE
62
One of the tides : NEAP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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