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Rhonda Kraus
Rhonda Kraus

New York Times, Monday, July 16, 1984

23-Across : Voiceless sound

Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, 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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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,669
Across
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Argues in court : PLEADS
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What push sometimes comes to : SHOVE
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Inconsequential : TRIVIAL
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Exceptional : SPECIAL
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Car gear : REVERSE
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Freight : PORTAGE
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Lendl of tennis : IVAN
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Exodus : HEGIRA
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Cozy nook : DEN
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Pen part : NIB
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Product of Oporto : PORT
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Voiceless sound : SURD
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Morays : EELS
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Cable : LINE
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Period : CYCLE
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Gardener's chore : WEEDING
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St. Joan, for one : MARTYR
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Bell sound : DING
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Southern France : MIDI
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Transfer wine to another bottle : DECANT
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Roof style : MANSARD
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Furious : IRATE
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Allot : METE
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Catch a crook : NAIL
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Pier : MOLE
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Dispatched : SENT
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Society-page word : NEE
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Between chi and omega : PSI
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Trend change : UPTURN
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Legal records : ACTA
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West African country : LIBERIA
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Made of fired clay : EARTHEN
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Gospel : EVANGEL
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Trappers : SNARERS
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Come in : ENTER
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Lascivious ones : SATYRS
Down
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Advance showing : PREVIEW
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Fit for habitation : LIVABLE
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Tied : EVEN
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Ventilate : AIR
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Olympics event : DASH
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"Let ___ dogs lie" : SLEEPING
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Soccer, e.g. : SPORT
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Queen on Mt. Ida : HERA
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Fall mo. : OCT
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Type of bridge : VIADUCT
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With avidity : EAGERLY
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Triple : TRINE
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Steeple : SPIRE
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Banker, at times : LENDER
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Percussion instrument : GONG
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Native of Damascus : SYRIAN
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Dignified : SEDATE
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Cotton fiber for yarn : LINT
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Antitheses of gentlemen : CADS
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Sup : DINE
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"___ eyes have seen the glory ... " : MINE
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"Once Upon a ___," 1959 play : MATTRESS
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Smiler's hollow : DIMPLE
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Tending to abrade : EROSIVE
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Shakespearean slave : CALIBAN
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Carte : MENU
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Cattleman : RANCHER
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They choose to lose : DIETERS
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Good conductor of electricity : METAL
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Inclines : LEANS
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Screen in a manor house : SPIER
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Encourage : URGE
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Darling dog : NANA
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Give it ___ (attempt) : ATRY
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Suffix with differ : ENT
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Word with race or trap : RAT

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1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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