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Rhonda Kraus
Rhonda Kraus

New York Times, Thursday, December 13, 1984

23-Down : Stiff

Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, 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. 12,819
Across
1
Actress Stevens : STELLA
7
Crude : COARSE
13
Dagger : PONIARD
15
Transportation system : CONRAIL
16
Likeness : ANALOGY
17
Ballroom dance : ONESTEP
18
Faint : DIM
19
Voiced sounds : SONANTS
21
Genetic component : RNA
22
Personality aspects : EGOS
24
Brief : TERSE
25
Taboos : BANS
26
Closes : SHUTS
28
Visit : SEE
29
Chocolate tree : CACAO
30
Rugby plays : TRIES
32
Takes 40 winks : SNOOZES
34
Mother of Apollo : LETO
36
Josip Broz : TITO
37
Take away : DETRACT
40
Cities in Mexico and Spain : LEONS
43
Urticaria : HIVES
44
Bounder : CAD
46
Omits : SKIPS
48
Latin poet : OVID
49
Twisted : SLUED
51
Above : ATOP
52
Halfway : MID
53
Sound of a dying engine : SPUTTER
55
Freeway: Abbr. : RTE
56
Type of barometer : ANEROID
58
Abu Dhabi is one : EMIRATE
60
Authentic : GENUINE
61
Turned : ROTATED
62
Depside and nitrite : ESTERS
63
Table linen : NAPERY
Down
1
Black suit : SPADES
2
"West Side Story" song : TONIGHT
3
Charm, in Chelsea : ENAMOUR
4
West role : LIL
5
Country bordering the Mekong : LAOS
6
Dialect : ARGOT
7
Adventure tale : CONTE
8
Dicer's "snake eyes" : ONES
9
Horace's "___ Poetica" : ARS
10
Hectic routine : RATRACE
11
Certain pigments : SIENNAS
12
Border city : ELPASO
14
Units of force : DYNES
15
Agree : CONSENT
20
Rider on Phobos : ARES
23
Stiff : STILTED
25
Instrument played by Bob Burns : BAZOOKA
27
Cryptesthetic persons : SEERS
29
Sheep shelters : COTES
31
As written: Mus. dir. : STA
33
Safflower by-product : OIL
35
Block : OCCLUDE
37
Clergymen : DIVINES
38
Obvious : EVIDENT
39
Tight : TAUT
41
Fertilizer : NITRATE
42
Shoplifter's nemesis : SPOTTER
43
Vassal's pledge of allegiance : HOMAGE
45
Hold back : DETER
47
Rapid : SPEEDY
49
Aerial maneuvers : SPINS
50
Incubus, e.g. : DEMON
53
Evening in Evian : SOIR
54
Santa ___, city in Brazil : RITA
57
Bitter herb : RUE
59
Hit : RAP

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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