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Shirley Soloway
Shirley Soloway

New York Times, Tuesday, August 30, 1988

Author:
Shirley Soloway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { H J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 31.3
Shirley Soloway has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,175
Across
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Wound mark : SCAR
5
Tall-tale tellers : LIARS
10
Sour : ACID
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First-rate : AONE
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Aileen Quinn role : ANNIE
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Fast-food fizzer : SODA
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Insurance, e.g. : PROTECTION
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Was aware of : KNEW
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Sir, in Sevilla : SENOR
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Giant Mel : OTT
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Range roamer : BISON
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Actor Torn : RIP
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Takeoff : ASCENT
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Reading desk : LECTERN
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Church instrument : ORGAN
33
Lotion ingredient : ALOE
34
Doing a lube job : OILING
37
Need of 68 Across : BOW
39
Transmit : SEND
40
Treads heavily : PLODS
41
Blackthorn : SLOE
42
Explosive : TNT
43
Weak : FEEBLE
44
Quaker William : PENN
45
"Tempest" sprite : ARIEL
47
Boxed : ENCASED
49
Treated badly : ABUSED
52
Sailor : TAR
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Receded : EBBED
55
Actress Scala : GIA
57
Sag : DROOP
61
Zoo sound : ROAR
62
Owner : PROPRIETOR
64
Skirt style : MINI
65
Judith Anderson vehicle : MEDEA
66
Barrett or Jaffe : RONA
67
Gershwin portrayer : ALDA
68
Isaac of music : STERN
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Garment closing : SEAM
Down
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Enervates : SAPS
2
Center : CORE
3
After a while : ANON
4
Answered sharply : RETORTED
5
Varnish ingredient : LAC
6
"___ each life ... " : INTO
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Santa ___, Calif. track : ANITA
8
Noisy disturbances : RIOTS
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Indonesian coin : SEN
10
Activity for Barbara Walters : ASKING
11
Peacekeepers : CONSTABLES
12
Thought: Comb. form : IDEO
13
Early morning : DAWN
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Pa. port of entry : ERIE
22
TV's Gertrude : BERG
24
Urges onward : PROPELS
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Permission : CONSENT
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At the end of the line : LAST
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Verdugo of "Marcus Welby, M.D." : ELENA
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Illegally transported goods : CONTRABAND
30
Christie's "Death on the ___" : NILE
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Nary a soul : NOONE
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Evert maneuver : LOB
36
Relaxing : IDLE
38
Travel : WEND
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Bout rehearsers : SPARRERS
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Ongoing hostility : FEUD
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European peninsula : IBERIA
48
Moslem judge : CADI
50
Plumed heron : EGRET
51
Electron tube : DIODE
53
Writer Bombeck : ERMA
54
Bring to a bubble : BOIL
56
Mimic : APER
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Midwestern tribesman : OTOE
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Chaplin's widow : OONA
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Baby buggy : PRAM
62
A.M. followers : PMS
63
Operated : RAN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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