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Shirley Soloway
Shirley Soloway

New York Times, Wednesday, October 8, 1986

43-Across : Amass

Author:
Shirley Soloway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Shirley Soloway has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,483
Across
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King Kong and kin : APES
5
Humiliate : ABASH
10
Out of energy : WEAK
14
Memo : NOTE
15
Magna ___ : CARTA
16
Level a Soho flat : RASE
17
Maine resident : NORTHERNER
19
Belgian waterway : YSER
20
Steep ridge : ARETE
21
Harvests : REAPS
23
Seaman : TAR
24
Relaxation : EASE
26
Melba or Dudley : MOORE
28
Offensive maneuver, in hockey : POWERPLAY
32
Bilko, familiarly : SARGE
35
The honest one : ABE
36
Observed : SEEN
37
Dirty : SOILED
38
He went after Capone : NESS
40
Skilled : ADEPT
42
Half a panda's name : LING
43
Amass : GATHER
45
A/k/a Mars : ARES
47
Golf position : LIE
48
Remove wool : SHEAR
49
Like a certain monster : GREENEYED
51
Harper spinoff : RHODA
53
Cousin of egad : DRAT
54
Room extension : ELL
56
Bacteria fighter : SULFA
58
Military material : KHAKI
62
Destroy : RUIN
64
Aden is its capital : SOUTHYEMEN
66
Kind of club : GLEE
67
Painted metals : TOLES
68
South African tender : RAND
69
Bounce : OUST
70
German government unit : STADT
71
Vamoose! : SHOO
Down
1
Actress Sten : ANNA
2
In need : POOR
3
To be, in Paree : ETRE
4
Small sofa : SETTEE
5
Card or pilot : ACE
6
Moved rapidly : BARRELED
7
Mother of Aeolus : ARNE
8
Saunalike : STEAMY
9
Marx man : HARPO
10
Droll : WRY
11
Seasonal bloom : EASTERLILY
12
On a cruise : ASEA
13
Actress Deborah : KERR
18
Eavesdrops : HEARS
22
Mediocre : SOSO
25
Asparagus unit : SPEAR
27
Bannister : RAIL
28
Feelings of anguish : PANGS
29
West Indian sorcery : OBEAH
30
Some winds : WESTERLIES
31
Lend ___ (hearken) : ANEAR
33
Aladdin's benefactor : GENIE
34
Bordered : EDGED
37
Bovine creature : STEER
39
Pahlevi's title : SHAH
41
Like some documents : PREDATED
44
Cupid : EROS
46
Sinuous : SNAKY
49
Lummox : GALOOT
50
Highly flammable liquids : ETHERS
52
Cleans the furniture : DUSTS
54
Therefore : ERGO
55
Doozy : LULU
57
Sudanese people : FULA
59
Oriental nurse : AMAH
60
Vegas challenge : KENO
61
___-European : INDO
63
After-expenses total : NET
65
Presidential monogram : HST

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

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