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Rhonda Kraus
Rhonda Kraus

New York Times, Thursday, February 11, 1988

1-Across : Maligns

Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { G H J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Rhonda Kraus has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,974
Across
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Maligns : DEFAMES
8
Howlers in the wild : LOBOS
13
Grammatical error : SOLECISM
14
In-and-outer on Wall Street : TRADER
16
Start : INITIATE
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Walked with determination : STRODE
18
Finished : ENDED
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"___ of Me," 1931 song : ALL
21
Freight-hauling trailers : SEMIS
22
Victory signs : VEES
23
Perfume component : ATTAR
25
Greek commune : DEME
26
Sounds of hesitation : ERS
27
Reached a high point : CRESTED
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Wallet item : TEN
30
Ingests : EATS
31
Plain : EVIDENT
33
Roman magistrate : CONSUL
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Puts forth effort : EXERTS
37
Piles up : AMASSES
39
Victim : PREY
40
Ribbed fabric : REP
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Accompanies : ESCORTS
43
Chart : MAP
46
Poorly proportioned : ALOP
48
Relief pitchers' goals : SAVES
49
Visit : CALL
50
Instruments for Yo Yo Ma : CELLI
52
Sleep researcher's abbr. : REM
53
Magna ___ : CARTA
54
Drill sergeant's command : ATEASE
56
Pertaining to a river bank : RIPARIAN
58
Device for removing cherry pits : STONER
59
Mailer novel, with "The" : DEERPARK
60
___ nous : ENTRE
61
Decrees : ORDAINS
Down
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Calif.'s ___ Pass : DONNER
2
Slurs : ELIDES
3
Celebrations : FETES
4
This turns litmus red : ACID
5
"___ Carlotta," T. A. Daly poem : MIA
6
Sights at Palm Springs : ESTATES
7
Extracts metal from ore : SMELTS
8
U.S.M.A. grads : LTS
9
Scraps : ORTS
10
Revealed : BARED
11
Mileage gauge : ODOMETER
12
Dregs : SEDIMENT
13
Strainer : SIEVE
15
Takes umbrage : RESENTS
20
Overdue : LATE
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Ingenuous : ARTLESS
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Turns back : REVERTS
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___ célèbre : CAUSE
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N.Y.'s First Family: 1873-75 : DIXES
30
Curve shape : ESS
32
An actress in "L.A. Law" : DEY
33
Bolívar's birthplace : CARACAS
34
Brunch item : OMELETTE
35
Pastry article : NAPOLEON
38
Cicatrix : SCAR
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Head of a Canadian province : PREMIER
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Expend too much effort : OVERDO
43
Contralto Anderson : MARIAN
44
Offerings places : ALTARS
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Part of a platform : PLANK
47
Factory : PLANT
49
Wrist bones : CARPI
51
Elbe feeder : ISER
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"A te, o ___," Bellini aria : CARA
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Homophone for air : ERE
57
Natural soil aggregate : PED

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