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Rhonda Kraus
Rhonda Kraus

New York Times, Wednesday, March 12, 1986

1-Across : Mulligrubs

Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Rhonda Kraus has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,273
Across
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Mulligrubs : COLIC
6
Sting : SCAM
10
Steep rock : CRAG
14
Spanish province : AVILA
15
Rich material : LAME
16
Hearty's companion : HALE
17
Shopping places : MALLS
18
"___ la Douce" : IRMA
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Not in use : IDLE
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Show no anxiety : PLAYITCOOL
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Falsifies : LIES
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Playwright Coward : NOEL
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Antiseptic : IODINE
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Tail : SHADOW
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Tinker to ___ ... : EVERS
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Stanley Steamer, e.g. : AUTO
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Saarinen : EERO
35
Cop ___ : APLEA
39
Coffee residue : GROUNDS
41
Vocation : CALLING
43
Court excuse : ALIBI
44
Pastries : PIES
46
Rocco's "Halt!" : ALTO
47
Actor Harold : LLOYD
49
Sri Lanka, previously : CEYLON
51
Meryl from Summit, N.J. : STREEP
54
College in N.C. : ELON
56
Abdul-Jabbar's target : HOOP
57
Cut classes : PLAYTRUANT
63
Teraph : IDOL
64
Grain for a trotter : OATS
65
Eyeballer : OGLER
66
Pram pusher : NANA
67
"Peter Pan" pirate : SMEE
68
Trumpet call : BLARE
69
Like Swiss cheese : EYEY
70
Mississippi River bridge : EADS
71
High nest : EYRIE
Down
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Bivouac : CAMP
2
Orbit shape : OVAL
3
Actress Lee of old films : LILA
4
Badly : ILLY
5
Place for gambling : CASINO
6
Golfer's goof : SLICE
7
Yule singer : CAROLER
8
Mil. supplies : AMMO
9
African maize : MEALIE
10
Simple task : CHILDSPLAY
11
Rays : RADII
12
Woody or Steve : ALLEN
13
Gaggle members : GEESE
21
Moved by a tug : TOWED
25
By word of mouth : ORAL
26
Tale of derring-do : SAGA
27
Throw : HURL
28
Yours, to Pierre : ATOI
29
Maneuver by 30 Across : DOUBLEPLAY
31
Sotto ___ : VOCE
34
Catch a glimpse : ESPY
36
Tiny pin : LILL
37
Within: Comb. form : ENTO
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Stravinsky ballet : AGON
40
Lake Nasser's river : NILE
42
Scarf : ASCOT
45
Formed concepts : IDEATED
48
Resist : OPPOSE
50
Clothe : ENROBE
51
Excel : SHINE
52
Now : TODAY
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___ Arledge, TV official : ROONE
55
Remissions of fever : LYSES
58
Sam Jaffe role : LAMA
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"The ___ Duckling" : UGLY
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Winglike : ALAR
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Faction that exiled Dante : NERI
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Hackmatack or tamarack : TREE

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

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