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Shirley Soloway
New York Times, Tuesday, December 17, 1991
Author:
Shirley Soloway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K W X }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 35.5
Grid has duplicate clues.
Shirley Soloway has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 G | 2 A | 3 N | 4 G | 5 P | 6 L | 7 I | 8 E | 9 D | 10 S | 11 P | 12 A | 13 S |
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14 A | B | E | L | 15 R | A | N | D | I | 16 A | L | I | T |
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17 R | O | S | A | 18 I | R | O | N | S | 19 M | A | M | A |
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20 P | U | T | S | 21 O | N | A | N | A | C | 22 T | 23 Y | E | N |
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24 S | A | T | S | 25 L | A | 26 P | S | E | D |
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27 I | 28 N | 29 F | E | R | S | 30 G | 31 L | O | R | I | A | |||
32 L | E | A | S | E | 33 E | R | A | S | 34 A | P | 35 E | 36 D |
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37 S | O | N | 38 D | 39 E | V | I | C | E | 40 S | 41 A | L | E |
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42 A | N | T | 43 A | 44 N | A | P | E | 45 P | 46 E | R | S | E |
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47 A | L | 48 I | G | N | S | 49 T | E | N | T | E | R |
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50 C | 51 O | S | T | A | R | 52 T | E | A | R | |||||
53 A | M | I | 54 M | A | 55 S | 56 Q | U | E | R | A | 57 D | 58 E | 59 S |
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60 R | A | Z | 61 E | 62 V | A | U | L | T | 63 G | A | M | E |
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64 T | H | E | M | 65 E | M | I | L | E | 66 E | R | M | A |
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67 S | A | S | S | 68 D | E | T | E | R | 69 D | E | A | L |
© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,379
Across
1
Unruly mob : GANG
5
Wielded : PLIED
10
Dieters' retreats : SPAS
14
Walter of Hollywood : ABEL
15
Oakes of "CHiPs" : RANDI
16
Got off a steed : ALIT
17
"Madame ___," 1977 film : ROSA
18
Mangles : IRONS
19
Irene Dunne role : MAMA
20
PRETENDS : PUTSONANACT
23
Desire : YEN
24
Precollege exams : SATS
25
Ran out : LAPSED
27
Deduces : INFERS
30
Gena Rowlands film: 1980 : GLORIA
32
Rent : LEASE
33
Historical periods : ERAS
34
Mimicked : APED
37
Nathan, to David : SON
38
Gadgets : DEVICES
41
Beer alternative : ALE
42
Rectangular pier : ANTA
44
Scarf holder : NAPE
45
By itself : PERSE
47
Straightens : ALIGNS
49
Cloth-stretching framework : TENTER
50
A first banana : COSTAR
52
Eye drop : TEAR
53
Porthos, to Athos : AMI
54
PRETENDS : MASQUERADES
60
Level : RAZE
62
Leap : VAULT
63
Willing : GAME
64
Movie re ants: 1954 : THEM
65
"South Pacific" hero : EMILE
66
Author Calderon : ERMA
67
Impudence : SASS
68
Hold back : DETER
69
Negotiate : DEAL
Down
1
Robin Williams role : GARP
2
___ Ben Adhem : ABOU
3
Tree house of sorts : NEST
4
Bifocals : GLASSES
5
Snapshots : PRINTS
6
"___ Theme" : LARAS
7
Part of the scheme : INON
8
Best of films : EDNA
9
Make public : DISCLOSE
10
P.I. Spade : SAM
11
PRETENDS : PLAYSAPART
12
___ Semple McPherson : AIMEE
13
Lectern : STAND
21
Propelled a dinghy : OARED
22
Roof topping : TAR
26
Singer Zadora : PIA
27
Visitor to Rick's place : ILSA
28
Bright lights : NEON
29
PRETENDS : FANTASIZES
30
Holds tightly : GRIPS
31
Fancy fabric : LACE
33
Author Hunter : EVAN
35
Otherwise : ELSE
36
Forest forager : DEER
39
Impressed deeply : ENGRAVED
40
Primitive weapon : SPEAR
43
Ht. : ALT
46
Infuriated : ENRAGED
48
"___ a Dancer," 1973 film : IAM
49
Wobble : TEETER
50
Wagons : CARTS
51
Neb. metropolis : OMAHA
52
Veiling : TULLE
55
Identical : SAME
56
Leave the job : QUIT
57
Challenge : DARE
58
Mme. Bovary : EMMA
59
Ball balancer : SEAL
61
Rheine's river : EMS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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