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Charlotte Shore
Charlotte Shore

New York Times, Thursday, December 10, 1987

Author:
Charlotte Shore
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 50.9
Charlotte Shore has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,911
Across
1
Smears : DAUBS
6
Tut's home : TOMB
10
Mosque minister : IMAM
14
Shoelace tip : AGLET
15
20th-cen. calamity : WWII
16
Dayukku, for one : MEDE
17
Matthau-Jackson film : HOUSECALLS
19
Jewish month : ADAR
20
Hudson River city : TROY
21
German dramatist-critic: 1729-81 : LESSING
23
Action onstage during an ovation : BOWING
26
Hunt's partner : PECK
27
Miler Sebastian : COE
28
Word denoting excess : OVER
29
Ostrich's look-alike : EMU
31
Small monkey : TITI
33
Gov. or sen. : POL
34
Receive a benediction : KNEEL
36
Infamous collar item : RING
38
The cold shoulder : SILENTTREATMENT
42
Pedestal part : DADO
43
Breathing passage : SINUS
44
Do gardening : HOE
45
___ contendere : NOLO
47
Nautical notes : LOG
48
Willing : GAME
49
Blue : SAD
51
Guitar's kin : LUTE
53
Was impassioned : EMOTED
55
Capital of Me. : AUGUSTA
57
Theme-dominated times : ERAS
58
Perfumery input : ODOR
59
Streisand-O'Neal film : WHATSUPDOC
64
Rialto light : NEON
65
A Hebrides island : IONA
66
Early American patriot : DEANE
67
Termination points : ENDS
68
Triangular structure : TENT
69
Broncos' QB : ELWAY
Down
1
Lah-di-___ : DAH
2
Of yore : AGO
3
Eskimo's curved knife : ULU
4
Move : BESTIR
5
Area to the rear : STERN
6
P.G.A. champ: 1986 : TWAY
7
Temple athlete : OWL
8
___-feuille (type of pastry) : MILLE
9
Halve : BISECT
10
"___ corny as ... " : IMAS
11
City in SE Alberta : MEDICINEHAT
12
Hersey town : ADANO
13
On-ramp sign : MERGE
18
Convincing, polemically : COGENT
22
Circles around : SKIRTS
23
Conks : BOPS
24
Elliptical : OVOID
25
Fine! : WELLANDGOOD
26
Inane : PUERILE
30
Giants' successors : METS
32
Conway or Holt : TIM
34
Hummocks : KNOLLS
35
Jay of comedy : LENO
37
Fanciful being : GNOME
39
Tokyo, formerly : EDO
40
Boring tools : AUGERS
41
Emulated 6 Down, with "up" : TEED
46
Think faster : OUTWIT
48
Evangel : GOSPEL
49
River to the Rhone : SAONE
50
"The Ascent of F6" co-author : AUDEN
52
Western resort : TAHOE
54
Bea Arthur role : MAUDE
56
Vases : URNS
57
Suzette's state : ETAT
60
Actress Harding : ANN
61
Crow's cousin : DAW
62
Three ___ match : ONA
63
Baseballer Ron : CEY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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