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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Tuesday, October 18, 1988

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K P Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 20.4
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,224
Across
1
Zsa Zsa, e.g. : GABOR
6
Game of no chance : SCAM
10
Canadian Indian : CREE
14
Better than : ABOVE
15
Christmas pageant prop : HALO
16
Auditorium : HALL
17
Quick : FLEET
18
Served perfectly on a court : ACED
19
"Hallelujah! I'm ___" : ABUM
20
Carnival fun for some : FERRISWHEELRIDE
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Part : ROLE
24
Glider section : RUDDER
25
Speed up : HASTEN
29
Columnist Landers : ANN
30
Kind of sax : ALTO
31
Pianist Templeton : ALEC
34
Shapeless forms of matter : GASES
39
Thoroughly : TOAFARETHEEWELL
42
Play a banjo : STRUM
43
Norman city : CAEN
44
Discovery's agcy. : NASA
45
Cry of delight : OOH
47
Mickey's creator : DISNEY
49
Near : ATHAND
53
Fruit of the ___ : LOOM
55
Diplomatic officer : CHARGEDAFFAIRES
61
Seamstress Betsy : ROSS
62
Lobster tail, to a diner : SURF
63
Orchard : GROVE
64
Words of relativity : ISTO
65
Except : SAVE
66
Bit of burning coal : EMBER
67
Rusk or Martin : DEAN
68
Winged : ALAR
69
Rapier's big brother : SABRE
Down
1
Barbed spear : GAFF
2
Competent : ABLE
3
Afrikaner : BOER
4
Ended : OVER
5
Head for bed : RETIRE
6
Serape, e.g. : SHAWL
7
Hide the loot : CACHE
8
Sheltered, at sea : ALEE
9
Up-to-date : MODERN
10
Garden green : CHARD
11
Fanatical : RABID
12
Avoid : ELUDE
13
Lewis's Gantry : ELMER
21
Sub finder : SONAR
22
Sudden thrust : LUNGE
25
Stetsons or shakos : HATS
26
Very much : ALOT
27
Marshal's badge : STAR
28
Bean-curd product : TOFU
29
Yearning : ACHE
32
Labor leader Walesa : LECH
33
Airline abbr. : ETA
35
Barley bristles : AWNS
36
Actor Connery : SEAN
37
In addition : ELSE
38
Highly amuse: Colloq. : SLAY
40
Surrounded by : AMONG
41
"Till the ___ Time" : ENDOF
46
Ukrainian seaport : ODESSA
48
Reflections : IMAGES
49
Stinging : ACRID
50
"___ were the days" : THOSE
51
"___ luego" : HASTA
52
Criminal act : ARSON
53
Polliwog, for one : LARVA
54
Present : OFFER
56
Twofold : DUAL
57
Role for Shirley or Marie : IRMA
58
Charles or Lynda Bird : ROBB
59
Perpetually : EVER
60
Dried up : SERE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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