I ain't even in the same ballpark at 88, but it was fun to write :)

$,="\n";$a[6]='';for(1..3){$a[$_-1]=$a[-$_]=" "x(4-$_)."*"x(2*$_-1)}$a
+[3]="*"x7;print@a
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Cheers,
Ovid

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