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Shirley Soloway
New York Times, Wednesday, October 21, 1987
27-Down : Showed again
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.
1 M | 2 O | 3 I | 4 S | 5 T | 6 D | 7 A | 8 S | 9 H | 10 A | 11 B | 12 E | 13 L |
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14 A | N | S | E | R | 15 I | N | T | O | 16 M | A | M | A |
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17 S | T | O | N | E | 18 S | T | A | R | 19 E | N | I | D |
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20 C | O | N | D | E | 21 S | C | E | N | D | 22 I | N | G | L | Y |
23 E | D | E | R | 24 C | E | N | ||||||||
25 B | 26 U | 27 R | R | 28 R | E | 29 T | E | 30 T | 31 I | 32 R | 33 E | |||
34 A | V | E | 35 B | A | E | R | 36 B | R | O | I | L | 37 S |
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38 S | U | R | 39 R | E | P | T | I | 40 T | I | O | U | S | L | Y |
41 E | L | A | I | N | E | 42 B | U | S | S | 43 E | I | N |
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44 A | N | D | S | 45 P | E | R | T | 46 S | N | E | E |
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47 O | 48 A | R | 49 B | R | 50 A | T | ||||||||
51 U | 52 N | 53 C | 54 O | N | D | I | 55 T | I | O | N | A | 56 L | 57 L | 58 Y |
59 R | E | A | D | 60 A | M | A | N | 61 A | L | I | A | S |
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62 S | A | N | D | 63 P | E | R | E | 64 M | I | N | C | E |
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65 A | R | T | S | 66 T | R | E | S | 67 E | N | T | E | R |
© 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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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.