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Shirley Soloway
Shirley Soloway

New York Times, Wednesday, June 24, 1987

53-Down : Moslem Bible

Author:
Shirley Soloway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,742
Across
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Wound mark : SCAR
5
Garner : AMASS
10
Sugar serving : LUMP
14
Spanish movie house : CINE
15
Religious garb : HABIT
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" ... Baked in ___" : APIE
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Iron and Industrial : AGES
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Engraved pillar : STELE
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Friar : MONK
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Judge : RATER
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Rosario ___, Argentine town : TALA
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"Picnic" penner : INGE
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Crockett and Boone : FRONTIERSMEN
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Half a score : TEN
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Trapped : SNARED
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___ carte : ALA
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River in Me. : SACO
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Japanese port : OTARU
40
A conditioning exercise : SIDESTRADDLEHOP
44
Peace goddess : IRENE
45
___ code : AREA
46
Reno-to-Las Vegas dir. : SSE
47
Justice O'Connor : SANDRA
49
"___ Boot" : DAS
52
Effusive greeters : BACKSLAPPERS
59
Rural event : FAIR
62
Soft drink : COLA
63
Seer's card : TAROT
64
"___ Christie" : ANNA
65
Obliterate : ERASE
67
Used a saddle : RODE
68
Southern France : MIDI
69
Was frugal : SAVED
70
Mrs. Kovacs : EDIE
71
College in N.C. : ELON
72
Bergen's Mortimer : SNERD
73
Transmit : SEND
Down
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Ascot : SCARF
2
Cheroot : CIGAR
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Pico de ___, Spain : ANETO
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Take exception to : RESENT
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Expressions of pleasure : AHS
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Dull finish : MATTE
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"Fuzzy Wuzzy was ___ ... " : ABEAR
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Diva Beverly : SILLS
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Gets hot under the collar : STEAMS
10
Coat with plastic : LAMINATE
11
Atop : UPON
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Valuable vase : MING
13
Oriental dog, for short : PEKE
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Hwy. : RTE
25
"Meet Me ___ Louis" : INST
26
Organic compound : ENOL
29
Cheers : RAHS
30
Psyche's beloved : EROS
31
Trick : DUPE
32
Sale-tag notation : ASIS
33
Trevi coin : LIRA
34
Capital of South Yemen : ADEN
36
A constellation : ARA
37
Cord or Oakland : CAR
38
Canzone : ODE
41
Telencephalon : ENDBRAIN
42
Wheys : SERA
43
Art movement : DADA
48
Approach : ACCESS
50
Liable : APT
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Keglers' consolations : SPARES
53
Moslem Bible : KORAN
54
Harriet Tubman was one : SLAVE
55
Beneficial beam : LASER
56
Subject to planation : ERODE
57
He sculpted G.B.S. : RODIN
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Lippizaner, e.g. : STEED
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"___ is the spur ... ": Milton : FAME
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Dye plant : ANIL
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___-Aryan : INDO
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Actor Byrnes : EDD

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

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