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Shirley Soloway
Shirley Soloway

New York Times, Monday, October 15, 1984

Author:
Shirley Soloway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 41.8
Shirley Soloway has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,760
Across
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Mark of battle : SCAR
5
Deride : SCOFF
10
Gang : CREW
14
Put on cargo : LADE
15
Coveted prize : NOBEL
16
Heavenly headgear : HALO
17
"The jig ___!" : ISUP
18
Pico de ___, in the Pyrenees : ANETO
19
Exchange premium : AGIO
20
Stupid person : DULLARD
22
Of the skull : CRANIAL
24
New businessman's activity : ESTABLISHING
26
Basket used at a fronton : CESTA
27
Representatives : AGENTS
31
Sign on a vacancy : TOLET
34
Ridiculous : INANE
36
Sup : EAT
37
Too bad! : ALAS
38
Unusual : ODD
39
___ Hari : MATA
40
Follower of avril : MAI
41
Region of Indochina : ANNAM
43
Asian peninsula : MALAY
44
Put under glass : ENCASE
46
Maximum : LIMIT
48
Sever ties, as with a group : DISASSOCIATE
53
Makeups of books : FORMATS
56
Sign painter's pattern : STENCIL
57
His, to Henri : ALUI
58
A nephew of Donald Duck : LOUIE
60
Etc. kin : ETAL
61
Dam : WEIR
62
Sign up : ENROL
63
Chartres's river : EURE
64
Zero : NONE
65
Bridle parts : REINS
66
Bridge : SPAN
Down
1
Playground device : SLIDE
2
___ belli : CASUS
3
Mature : ADULT
4
Supplants : REPLACES
5
Sounds of an angry dog : SNARLS
6
State : CONDITION
7
Decoration in G.B. : OBE
8
Bring : FETCH
9
Violinist ZaBach : FLORIAN
10
Alter : CHANGE
11
E. Indian cereal grass : RAGI
12
Director Kazan : ELIA
13
Sweater material : WOOL
21
Assist an arsonist : ABET
23
French cherub : ANGE
25
Warm-weather footwear : SANDALS
28
Actress Patricia : NEAL
29
Bye-bye : TATA
30
Collar insertion : STAY
31
Domesticate : TAME
32
Buck heroine : OLAN
33
Secular : LAIC
35
Right to enter : ADMISSION
39
Afternoon performances : MATINEES
41
Largest continent : ASIA
42
Would-be fledgling : NESTLER
43
Mickey and Minnie : MICE
45
Have high regard for : ADMIRE
47
Stopovers on highways : MOTELS
49
Together : ASONE
50
Create a fuss : ACTUP
51
Queenly headdress : TIARA
52
Heroine of "The Lady of the Lake" : ELLEN
53
Forest young one : FAWN
54
Sandwich spread : OLEO
55
Knock into a cocked hat : RUIN
59
Swiss canton : URI

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

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