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Rhonda Kraus
Rhonda Kraus

New York Times, Wednesday, January 21, 1987

8-Across : "The ___ Always Rings Twice": Cain

Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Rhonda Kraus has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,588
Across
1
Sparkled : GLINTED
8
"The ___ Always Rings Twice": Cain : POSTMAN
15
Federal ___ Bank : RESERVE
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So-so : AVERAGE
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Part of a monogram : INITIAL
18
Withdraws : RETIRES
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A.M.A. members : MDS
20
Letter ending : ASEVER
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"___ we forget" : LEST
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Top-drawer : ELITE
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Arabic word for hill : TEL
26
Part of a Hope-Crosby film title : ROAD
29
Sell : VEND
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Fireplace residue : ASHES
35
___ State (New York) : EMPIRE
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Exciting flavor : TANG
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Islet : AIT
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Fruitful : FERTILE
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Medley : MELANGE
44
Conceit : EGO
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Org. : SYST
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Sex : GENDER
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Gamut : RANGE
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Show's companion : TELL
52
Phoenician seaport : TYRE
53
"Born in the ___" : USA
55
Forays : RAIDS
57
Laugh-getters : GAGS
60
Surrey topping : FRINGE
62
D-H connection : EFG
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Stir : AGITATE
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Basic : CENTRAL
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Akin : RELATED
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Trap : ENSNARE
71
Silk hats : BEAVERS
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Texan's hat : STETSON
Down
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Forbidding : GRIM
2
Give temporarily : LEND
3
Osiris's sister : ISIS
4
Bottom line : NET
5
Test : TRIAL
6
With equivocation : EVASIVELY
7
Erase : DELETE
8
Peel : PARE
9
Open : OVERT
10
Defeat a bridge contract : SET
11
Bird songs : TRILLS
12
Stable mate : MARE
13
Eons : AGES
14
Aerie, e.g. : NEST
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Air hole : VENT
23
Prepare for publication : EDIT
25
Golf thrill : EAGLE
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Allude (to) : REFER
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Alpha's antithesis : OMEGA
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Bib's cousin : APRON
30
Weir : DAM
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Close by : HANDY
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"The ___ Sanction": Trevanian : EIGER
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Cubic meter : STERE
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Stands up : RISES
38
Careless : NEGLIGENT
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Superlative ending : EST
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Leaf cutters : ANTS
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Actress Garr : TERI
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Composer Mahler : GUSTAV
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Jousters' weapons : LANCES
54
Later : AFTER
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Thick : DENSE
57
Attire : GARB
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Author James ___ : AGEE
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River or monster : GILA
61
Beatty film : REDS
62
Times : ERAS
63
Gambling game : FARO
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Valley : GLEN
66
Dined : ATE
68
Explosive : TNT

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

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