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Shirley Soloway
Shirley Soloway

New York Times, Wednesday, March 30, 1988

19-Across : "Clair de ___," Dupré painting

Author:
Shirley Soloway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 245 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, 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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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,022
Across
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Rebuff : SLAP
5
Twinklers : STARS
10
A theater award : OBIE
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Capsule : PILL
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Red dye : EOSIN
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Crucifix : ROOD
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Talented terrier : ASTA
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Skirt style : ALINE
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"Clair de ___," Dupré painting : LUNE
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Ancient British monument : STONEHENGE
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Bates or Thicke : ALAN
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Jog : TROT
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Durban currency : RAND
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Unpaid debt : ARREAR
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Lived : RESIDED
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Thunderous god : THOR
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First king of Israel : SAUL
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Andrea ___, Italian statesman : DORIA
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Ad ___ committee : HOC
38
Flintstone tot : PEBBLES
40
Women's org. : DAR
41
Tarsus : ANKLE
43
Exuberance : ELAN
44
River to the Indian Ocean : TANA
45
Hard rubber : EBONITE
47
Bizet beauty : CARMEN
49
Kiln : OAST
50
Tiptop : AONE
51
English statesman: 18th century : PITT
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Sea urchin : SANDDOLLAR
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Lillian or Philip : ROTH
60
Curtail : ELIDE
61
Exec's car : LIMO
62
Midwest tribesman : OTOE
63
Solitary one : LONER
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"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
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Dawber and Shriver : PAMS
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Nourishes : FEEDS
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City of the Huguenots : SENS
Down
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Dieters' retreats : SPAS
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Roster : LIST
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Choral member : ALTO
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Greenery holder : PLANTER
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Pipefish's kin : SEAHORSE
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Vacancy sign : TOLET
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"It's ___ to Tell a Lie" : ASIN
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Engagement symbol : RING
9
Scoffs : SNEERS
10
Disney World site : ORLANDO
11
Former name of a Colorado River barrier : BOULDERDAM
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Scottish isle : IONA
13
First place . : EDEN
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The Roaring Twenties, e.g. : ERA
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Helps : AIDS
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Baile ___ Cliath (Dublin) : ATHA
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French waterway : RHONE
28
Lowest point : ROCKBOTTOM
29
Moscow money : RUBLE
30
Queen of scat : ELLA
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Actress Keaton : DIANE
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Help a hood : ABET
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___ Islands, off Galway : ARAN
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Writes : PENS
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Cryptographers : ENCODERS
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Detests : LOATHES
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Garden structure : TRELLIS
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"Thou art the thing ___": Shak. : ITSELF
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Year, in Sevilla : ANO
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Totaled : ADDED
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Telephone onstage, e.g. : PROP
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Smidgen : IOTA
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Lotion ingredient : ALOE
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Raul Julia musical : NINE
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Queue : LINE
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Former African leader : AMIN
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Decays : ROTS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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