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Shirley Soloway
Shirley Soloway

New York Times, Wednesday, October 21, 1987

24-Across : 100-yr. period

Author:
Shirley Soloway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 250 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Shirley Soloway has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,861
Across
1
Damp : MOIST
6
Bravura : DASH
10
Third man : ABEL
14
Goose genus : ANSER
15
Division word : INTO
16
Doll's word : MAMA
17
Pelt : STONE
18
Nova, e.g. : STAR
19
Writer Bagnold : ENID
20
"Let the prisoner come down," said Tom ___ : CONDESCENDINGLY
23
German river : EDER
24
100-yr. period : CEN
25
Vidal novel : BURR
28
Plexus : RETE
30
Spare, e.g. : TIRE
34
Rosary bead : AVE
35
Boxer Max : BAER
36
Prepares steak : BROILS
38
"I'm wearing sneakers," said Tom ___ : SURREPTITIOUSLY
41
Skater Zayak : ELAINE
42
Kiss : BUSS
43
German article : EIN
44
Ampersands : ANDS
45
Saucy : PERT
46
Cut, old style : SNEE
47
Sculler : OAR
49
Unruly child : BRAT
51
"No ifs," said Tom ___ : UNCONDITIONALLY
59
Peruse : READ
60
"___ and a Woman" : AMAN
61
Fictitious name : ALIAS
62
Beach cover : SAND
63
___ Noël : PERE
64
Holiday pie : MINCE
65
Fine ___ : ARTS
66
Dos chaser : TRES
67
Inscribe : ENTER
Down
1
Opposite of fem. : MASC
2
Not fooled by : ONTO
3
"The heat ___" : ISON
4
Mailer : SENDER
5
Cornered : TREED
6
Prudent : DISCREET
7
Stake : ANTE
8
Position : STANCE
9
Vast number : HORDE
10
So be it! : AMEN
11
Gun sound : BANG
12
Actor Jannings : EMIL
13
Noblewoman : LADY
21
Tijuana blanket : SERAPE
22
Pop-song lead-ins : INTROS
25
Military station : BASE
26
Lobe in the mouth : UVULA
27
Showed again : RERAN
29
Fox or Crow : TRIBE
31
Chit : IOU
32
Gone up : RISEN
33
Miss ___ of "Dallas" : ELLIE
35
Robert Guillaume series : BENSON
36
Cafe : BISTRO
37
"Auld Lang ___" : SYNE
39
Exterminate : RID
40
Certain engines : TURBINES
45
Preliminary coat of paint : PRIMER
46
A Yalta conferee : STALIN
48
Conform : ADAPT
50
"What's in ___?" : ANAME
51
___ Major : URSA
52
Close-by : NEAR
53
Whine : CANT
54
Race-track listings : ODDS
55
Darnel : TARE
56
Fuzz : LINT
57
Intertwine : LACE
58
North Sea feeder : YSER

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

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