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Shirley Soloway
Shirley Soloway

New York Times, Wednesday, July 23, 1986

52-Across : Star over Madrid

Author:
Shirley Soloway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { B J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Shirley Soloway has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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P
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A
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G
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E
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R
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I
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D
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M
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A
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U
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D
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A
L
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X
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A
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O
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F
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E
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C
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C
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K
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K
O
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R
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R
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D
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V
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A
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S
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T
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I
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M
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N
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D
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T
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H
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V
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E
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R
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O
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M
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N
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N
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E
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O
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F
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C
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W
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C
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H
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O
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O
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L
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L
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R
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F
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H
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F
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R
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N
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H
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S
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S
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O
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,406
Across
1
Capitol guide : PAGE
5
Exterminates : RIDS
9
Actress Adams of TV : MAUD
13
Antihero in 17 Across : ALEX
14
Remote : ALOOF
16
River to the Seine : EURE
17
Burgess satire, with "A" : CLOCKWORKORANGE
20
Shire of "Rocky" : TALIA
21
Showed indignation : RESENTED
22
Sen. Norris project : TVA
24
Got off one's feet : SAT
25
Wolfe saga, with "Of" : TIMEANDTHERIVER
34
Spanish wave : OLA
35
Metric measure : STERE
36
Venus de ___ : MILO
37
Zilch : NONE
39
"McSorley's Bar" painter : SLOAN
41
Within: Comb. form : ENTO
42
Individuals : ONES
43
___ order (not functioning) : OUTOF
45
Pro's opposite : CON
46
Hellman play : WATCHONTHERHINE
50
Pierre's affirmative : OUI
51
Old card game : LOO
52
Star over Madrid : ESTRELLA
57
Pang : THROE
61
Two days in a Murphy movie : FORTYEIGHTHOURS
64
Chimney shaft : FLUE
65
Showed again : RERAN
66
Dog-days topic : HEAT
67
Spore : SEED
68
Season : SALT
69
Norwegian capital : OSLO
Down
1
Covenant : PACT
2
Actress Nazimova : ALLA
3
College subj. : GEOL
4
Stir up : EXCITE
5
Blustery : RAW
6
U.N. arm : ILO
7
R. I. rebel: 1842 : DORR
8
Jurisdiction, in Anglo-Saxon days : SOKE
9
Interim : MEANTIME
10
"Charley's ___" : AUNT
11
Press : URGE
12
Ownership paper : DEED
15
"Redhead" director : FOSSE
18
Australasian peppers : KAVAS
19
Kind of admiral : REAR
23
Aardvark's meal : ANTS
25
Up ___ (so far) : TONOW
26
Actress Massey : ILONA
27
Artist Zola defended : MANET
28
Star of "Mr. Klein" : DELON
29
Game fish : TROUT
30
Former British prime minister : HEATH
31
Leonardo da ___ : VINCI
32
Singer John : ELTON
33
___ Arledge, TV executive : ROONE
38
Chaperoned : ESCORTED
40
Carol : NOEL
44
Foam : FROTH
47
A La. Long : HUEY
48
Tanker : OILER
49
Santa sounds : HOHOHO
52
Results: Abbr. : EFFS
53
Dover ___ : SOLE
54
Factual : TRUE
55
Tall tales : LIES
56
Taj Mahal site : AGRA
58
Regrets : RUES
59
Kind of history : ORAL
60
This, in Cádiz : ESTO
62
Linden or Holbrook : HAL
63
Explosive : TNT

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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