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Rhonda Kraus
Rhonda Kraus

New York Times, Friday, November 25, 1988

51-Down : "___ ever so humble ... "

Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Rhonda Kraus has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,262
Across
1
Rest : RECLINE
8
Household necessity in Kiev : SAMOVAR
15
Sticks : ADHERES
16
Ordinary soldier : PRIVATE
17
Dangerous influences : MIASMAS
18
Changed the title : RENAMED
19
Union org. : AFL
20
Kind of horse or camel : ARABIAN
22
Long in the tooth : OLD
23
Item to be cast : DIE
24
At this time : YET
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Strasbourg goose : OIE
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Misbehave : ACTUP
29
Choler : IRE
30
Certain curves : ESSES
32
Nide occupant : NESTLING
34
Highly skilled : EXPERT
35
___ Hsiao-ping : TENG
36
French cheese district : BRIE
37
Peruse anew : REREAD
40
In school, it sometimes counts : NEATNESS
44
Turn inside out : EVERT
45
Soak: Dial. : SOG
46
Term for a germ : STREP
47
Scot's cap : TAM
48
Nothin' but a pound dog? : CUR
49
Nigerian native : ARO
50
Kind of bar : ISO
51
Alpine mountain group : BERNINA
55
Carbondale inst. : SIU
56
Where the jet set may get wet : RIVIERA
58
Actresses Wallace and Henderson : MARCIAS
60
Twilight time : EVENING
61
Friendly international understanding : ENTENTE
62
Calms : SEDATES
63
Pharmacists' concerns : DOSAGES
Down
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Fasting time for Moslems : RAMADAN
2
Structure : EDIFICE
3
Homes near 51 Across : CHALETS
4
Bandleader Brown : LES
5
"___ la Douce" : IRMA
6
Close : NEAR
7
Trying : ESSAYING
8
Ariel, e.g. : SPRITE
9
Zone : AREA
10
St. Paul's st. : MINN
11
Eggs, to Cato : OVA
12
Scram : VAMOOSE
13
Studio : ATELIER
14
Deepest, as a blush : REDDEST
21
Polar bear's perch : BERG
27
Absolute : UTTER
28
Skirt feature : PLEAT
30
Gates : EXITS
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Used up : SPENT
33
Ill. neighbor : IND
34
An objective of NOW : ERA
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Dirty : BEGRIMED
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Becomes superannuated : RETIRES
38
Doing some shuffling : EVASIVE
39
Taken away : REMOVED
40
Part of speech : NOUN
41
Activity of most puzzle constructors : ERASING
42
Sequential : SERIATE
43
Mates : SPOUSES
45
Very thin people : SCRAGS
51
"___ ever so humble ... " : BEIT
52
Former lightweight champ : ERNE
53
Billionth: Comb. form : NANO
54
Some are fine : ARTS
57
Actress Balin : INA
59
Presidential info group : CEA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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