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Shirley Soloway
Shirley Soloway

New York Times, Tuesday, March 21, 1989

Author:
Shirley Soloway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Grid flow: 27.3 Grid is asymmetric.
Shirley Soloway has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,378
Across
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Johann or Barbara : BACH
5
British dandy : TOFF
9
Attacked : HADAT
14
Light beige : ECRU
15
Site of the Taj Mahal : AGRA
16
Worship : ADORE
17
Part of a list : ITEM
18
Coin depository : SLOT
19
Hemmed, but not hawed : SEWED
20
Homophone for knot : NOT
21
Bud holder : STEM
22
Pedestals : STANDS
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Ali, to Ali : GREATEST
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Snaky swimmers : EELS
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Secreted : HID
27
Type of tournament : OPEN
29
Highland hat : TAM
32
Hero : IDOL
34
Neat as ___ : APIN
35
Chantilly, e.g. : LACE
36
Reading route : FROMLEFTTORIGHT
39
Edmund of films : LOWE
40
Cambodian neighbor : LAOS
41
Follows orders : OBEYS
42
Miller or Jillian : ANN
43
Apparel : GARB
44
Roof topping : TAR
45
"___ Central Park" : UPIN
47
Run : OPERATE
51
Eddy or Edward : ARNOLD
53
Acquisitions at the beach : TANS
54
Cantor's wife : IDA
56
Made over : REDID
57
Elevator man : OTIS
58
Be adjacent to : ABUT
59
Corpulent : OBESE
60
Zilch : NONE
61
Art ___ : DECO
62
Propelled a shell : OARED
63
Iowa college town : AMES
64
Footfall : STEP
Down
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Creature : BEING
2
Thespian : ACTOR
3
Greek island : CRETE
4
Sing wordlessly : HUM
5
Sampled : TASTED
6
Eyeballs : OGLES
7
Elevator route, at times : FROMTOPTOBOTTOM
8
Suet : FAT
9
Rush : HASTEN
10
TV's "Let's Make ___" : ADEAL
11
Nearest the audience : DOWNSTAGE
12
Cézanne's "Boy in ___ Vest" : ARED
13
Williams and Kennedy : TEDS
21
Moonshine container : STILL
22
"___ evil ... " : SEENO
24
"A House Is Not ___": P. Adler : AHOME
28
Seeds : PITS
30
Hurting : ACHY
31
Dodgers' victims in 1988 playoffs : METS
32
Press : IRON
33
Australia or New Zealand : DOWNUNDER
34
At a distance : AFAR
35
Zodiacal sign : LIBRA
36
Loc. of Tampa : FLA
37
Large African antelope : ELAND
38
Crowd sounds : ROARS
43
___ Age (1870-98 in U.S.) : GILDED
44
Past and present : TENSES
46
Aplomb : POISE
48
"Common Sense" author : PAINE
49
Site of "Lost Horizon" : TIBET
50
Draw out : EDUCE
51
Buck chaser : AROO
52
Country singer McEntire : REBA
55
Surmounting : ATOP
57
Actress Munson : ONA
58
Promos : ADS

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