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Norma Steinberg
Norma Steinberg

New York Times, Monday, December 5, 1988

22-Across : Summer shoe

Author:
Norma Steinberg
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 48, Avg Word Len: 4.54, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Norma Steinberg has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,272
Across
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Rogues' gallery photo : MUG
4
Handel contemporary : BACH
8
Goad : SPUR
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Henry VIII's sixth wife : PARR
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Skin-cream ingredient : ALOE
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Fabulist of note : AESOP
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Goya's duchess's duchy : ALBA
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Golfer's warning : FORE
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Bleak : DREAR
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Getz or Laurel : STAN
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Overfastidious one : FUDDYDUDDY
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Summer shoe : SANDAL
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Pitcher Maglie : SAL
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Raced : SPED
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Alloy containing tin : PEWTER
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Didst strike : SMOTE
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Charity : ALMS
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Role for Shirley : IRMA
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Callas was one : DIVA
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Lake's big brother : SEA
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Gravy problem : LUMP
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Revival-meeting shout : AMEN
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Opposite of giddyap : WHOA
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Sound heard by a shepherd : BLEAT
45
Light : KINDLE
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Martin or Astor : MARY
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Fuzzy TV star : ALF
51
Hindu religious writing : TANTRA
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Comfort for a nyctophobe : NIGHTLIGHT
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Ayatollah's land : IRAN
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Circa : ABOUT
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Jollity : GLEE
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Give temporarily : LEND
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Uncle Miltie : BERLE
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Attila's followers : HUNS
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"The ___ Is a Tramp" : LADY
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Equipment : GEAR
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Quiz : TEST
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What QB's want to gain : YDS
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Melita, today : MALTA
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___ sprawl : URBAN
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Seating area at Aqueduct : GRANDSTAND
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Bewilder : BAFFLE
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Matty or Felipe of baseball : ALOU
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Dressing-gown adjunct : CORD
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Gives careful attention to : HEEDS
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Equestrian's perch : SADDLE
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Ecuador neighbor : PERU
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Secondhand : USED
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What a hobo hits : ROAD
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Marino option : PASS
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Snoop : PRY
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Puppy sounds : YAPS
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Copy : APE
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Elan : DASH
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Haphazard : WILLYNILLY
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Factual : TRUE
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Madame Bovary : EMMA
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Entranced : RAPT
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State north of Neb. : SDAK
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"La Bohème" heroine : MIMI
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Pizzeria appliance : OVEN
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Fifth sign of the zodiac : LEO
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Palindromic contraction : MAAM
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Healthy : WELL
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Bikini part : BRA
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___-day Saints : LATTER
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Swear : ATTEST
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Boxing match : FIGHT
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Tire part : TREAD
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South African coins : RANDS
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Rooney or Griffith : ANDY
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Snatch : NAB
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"___ mortality ... ": Shak. : IBEG
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Novelist Vidal : GORE
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Wahine's dance : HULA
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Epoxy : GLUE
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Coop matriarchs : HENS

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