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Shirley Soloway
Shirley Soloway

New York Times, Monday, November 9, 1987

29-Down : Butcher-shop items

Author:
Shirley Soloway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, 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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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,880
Across
1
Spill the beans : BLAB
5
___ California : ALTA
9
Michael Caine role : ALFIE
14
Theater section : LOGE
15
Char : SEAR
16
Bearings : MIENS
17
Spanish seaport : ADRA
18
Vocalized : SANG
19
Clumsy : INEPT
20
Very generous nature : HEARTOFGOLD
23
Calendar abbr. : TUE
24
Suffix with quack : ERY
25
Showy neckpieces : ASCOTS
27
Mississippi explorer : JOLIET
31
"The ___ Everything," 1959 film : BESTOF
33
Alter : AMEND
34
Land map : PLAT
35
Western campus : UCLA
38
Henpecks : NAGS
39
Plants' beginnings : SEEDS
40
Winter vehicle : SLED
41
Old tongue : ERSE
42
Gridiron play : PASS
43
Filmdom's Keaton : DIANE
44
Planets' paths : ORBITS
46
Long, narrow valley : CANYON
47
Ceiling beam : RAFTER
49
Eggs' companion : HAM
50
___ at ease : ILL
51
Government leader : HEADOFSTATE
58
Winged : ALATE
60
Wheeler or Lahr : BERT
61
Saharan : ARID
62
Lexicons, e.g. : TOMES
63
Armbone : ULNA
64
Pealed : RANG
65
Facing Darling : ATBAT
66
Burger buyer : TEEN
67
"An apple ___ ... " : ADAY
Down
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Tasteless : BLAH
2
Miner's strike : LODE
3
Indian tourist city : AGRA
4
Yogi, e.g. : BEAR
5
Classify : ASSORT
6
Like elms in summer : LEAFY
7
Sharp flavor : TANG
8
Ex-constellation : ARGO
9
In the hub of : AMIDST
10
Writer Yutang : LIN
11
Weakness of character : FEETOFCLAY
12
Computer data : INPUT
13
Baritone Simon ___ : ESTES
21
___ off (annoyed) : TEED
22
Endures : LASTS
26
"My ___ Rachel," 1952 film : COUSIN
27
Fonda or Wyman : JANE
28
The Tentmaker : OMAR
29
Butcher-shop items : LEGSOFLAMB
30
Envelope enclosure : INSERT
31
Sanctify : BLESS
32
Bridge at St. Louis : EADS
34
___ moss : PEAT
36
Jay of comedy : LENO
37
Capital of South Yemen : ADEN
39
Steeple top : SPIRE
43
Coulee and Boulder : DAMS
45
Command : BEHEST
46
Loose garment : CAFTAN
47
Cowboy's rope : RIATA
48
Apportion : ALLOT
49
Lena or Marilyn : HORNE
52
Be adjacent to : ABUT
53
Remove : DELE
54
Home near Twelve Oaks : TARA
55
City on the Mures : ARAD
56
Singer Turner : TINA
57
Tense : EDGY
59
Social : TEA

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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