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Shirley Soloway
Shirley Soloway

New York Times, Tuesday, April 14, 1987

8-Down : Weight measures, for short

Author:
Shirley Soloway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Shirley Soloway has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,671
Across
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Certain recording : DISC
5
Seeps : LEAKS
10
Papa's partner : MAMA
14
Native of Peru : INCA
15
Anchor position : ATRIP
16
"___ Old Cow Hand" : IMAN
17
Former governor of Alaska : EGAN
18
Roman robe : STOLA
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Force : DINT
20
Gaelic greeting : TOPOTHEMORNIN
23
Office wkr. : STENO
24
Concerning : ASTO
25
"___ la la!" : OOH
28
Recede : EBB
31
Video-games establishment : ARCADE
33
Hawaiian garland : LEI
36
Medicinal plant : ALOE
39
Attacked with a deterrent : MACED
40
Equilibrium point : CENTEROFGRAVITY
43
Photographer Adams : ANSEL
44
Minimum follower : WAGE
45
Asner and Wynn : EDS
46
Sound system : STEREO
48
Memorable impresario ___ Hurok : SOL
50
Male turkey : TOM
51
Louts : CADS
54
Kilns : OASTS
59
63
Discovery at Sutter's Mill : GOLD
65
Northern tribesmen : ERIES
66
Yugoslav hero: 1892-1980 : TITO
67
Served perfectly at Wimbledon : ACED
68
Moreno and Hayworth : RITAS
69
Algerian port : ORAN
70
Go by : PASS
71
Picture on a postcard : SCENE
72
Director Clair : RENE
Down
1
Counts calories : DIETS
2
Chunk of 63 Across : INGOT
3
Column shaft : SCAPE
4
Clergyman : CANON
5
Eye feature : LASH
6
Room or lay follower : ETTE
7
Bouquet : AROMA
8
Weight measures, for short : KILOS
9
Ancient rival of Athens : SPARTA
10
Southern France : MIDI
11
Important factor in growth : AMINOACID
12
Homo sapiens : MAN
13
Picnic pest : ANT
21
Kind of dance : TOE
22
"___ Rae," Field film : NORMA
26
"Sweet Smell of Success" author : ODETS
27
Actress Lamarr : HEDY
29
Refuse admission : BAR
30
Use a bubble pipe : BLOW
32
Mountain opening : CAVE
33
Slowly, in music : LENTO
34
Outfits : ENSEMBLES
35
Ancient road : ITER
37
One ___ kind : OFA
38
Omelet requirements : EGGS
40
Show roster : CAST
41
Choose : ELECT
42
Collectible car : REO
47
Westerns : OATERS
49
___ Alamos : LOS
52
Architectural style : DORIC
53
Strike down : SMITE
55
Former N.Y.C. meeting place : ASTOR
56
Steeple top : SPIRE
57
Mythical giant : TITAN
58
Pebble or boulder : STONE
60
Bettor's concerns : ODDS
61
Fatless : LEAN
62
To be, to Tacitus : ESSE
63
Opening : GAP
64
Wood sorrel : OCA

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