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Rhonda Kraus
Rhonda Kraus

New York Times, Friday, December 1, 1989

12-Down : Act of wanton cruelty

Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, 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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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,633
Across
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Decisive moments : CRISES
7
Couch ___ (TV addict) : POTATO
13
Frangible : BRITTLE
14
Burdensome : ONEROUS
16
Small meat pastry : RISSOLE
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___ bomber (new U.S. plane) : STEALTH
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I love: Lat. : AMO
19
Word with play or flower : PASSION
21
Son of Gad : ERI
22
Ich bin, du bist, er ___ : IST
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Article : THE
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Rather of CBS : DAN
25
Hitchcock film: 1946 : NOTORIOUS
29
Word with coach or fright : STAGE
31
Made immobile by a blizzard : SNOWEDIN
32
Control a market : CORNER
33
No, in Novgorod : NYET
34
Tops : AONE
35
Binges : SPREES
38
Reach a destination : ARRIVEAT
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Listens and considers : HEEDS
43
Classical scholars : HUMANISTS
44
Gab : RAP
45
Nickname for Onassis : ARI
46
Haggard novel : SHE
47
Medit. country : ISR
48
Set up : ARRANGE
52
Knead, old style : ELT
53
Passed off as genuine : FOISTED
55
Actress Judge et al. : ARLINES
57
Related to coughing : TUSSIVE
58
Actuality, in Arles : REALITE
59
Metal alloy : PEWTER
60
Endanger; threaten : MENACE
Down
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Deep red : CRIMSON
2
Rice dish : RISOTTO
3
"___ up to you, New York" : ITS
4
Discontinue : STOP
5
Actress Raines : ELLA
6
Takes charge : SEESTOIT
7
Nosegays : POSIES
8
Aware of : ONTO
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Kind of ager : TEEN
10
Ex-coach Parseghian : ARA
11
El Greco became one : TOLEDAN
12
Act of wanton cruelty : OUTRAGE
13
Computers' controlling mechanisms : BRAINS
15
Small fish : SHINER
20
Avoid : SHUN
26
Possessed : OWNED
27
Spanish kings : REYES
28
January 13, e.g. : IDES
29
___-law (daughter's husband) : SONIN
30
A fountain of Rome : TREVI
32
J. F. Cooper heroine : CORA
34
Linked together, as friends : ARMINARM
35
Short ___ (summary treatment) : SHRIFT
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Dense fog : PEASOUP
37
Musical iteration : REPRISE
38
Mystic air : AURA
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Of ancient ascetics : ESSENIC
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Jim Thorpe was one : ATHLETE
41
African pest : TSETSE
43
" ... the ___ they fall" : HARDER
48
Keep ___ (continue) : ATIT
49
Dream, in Dijon : REVE
50
Mastery, to a Scot : GREE
51
High spirits : ELAN
54
Vienna-to-Graz dir. : SSW
56
Dockworkers' org. : ILA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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