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Rhonda Kraus
New York Times, Saturday, February 1, 1986
11-Down : Dutch archeological site
Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Rhonda Kraus has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 F | 2 A | 3 C | 4 I | 5 L | 6 E | 7 C | 8 A | 9 R | 10 E | 11 T | 12 H |
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13 E | M | A | N | A | T | 14 E | 15 P | A | R | O | L | E | E |
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16 W | I | L | T | I | N | G | 17 R | U | T | G | E | R | S |
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18 E | L | I | 19 C | A | L | 20 L | I | T | H | U | M | P | S |
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21 R | E | P | 22 S | 23 S | I | N | C | E | R | E | ||||
24 H | A | 25 T | 26 S | G | E | R | 27 C | 28 I | 29 E |
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30 A | 31 V | A | R | I | 32 C | E | 33 D | I | 34 S | 35 B | A | R | S |
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36 D | E | T | A | C | H | 37 Z | E | A | L | O | T |
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38 D | R | E | S | S | E | 39 S | 40 D | E | N | T | I | N | E |
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41 S | S | S | 42 C | H | 43 E | R | 44 D | E | B | |||||
45 S | 46 A | K | A | R | Y | 47 A | 48 D | R | 49 A | 50 B |
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51 C | 52 A | 53 L | I | F | O | R | N | I | U | 54 M | 55 A | R | E |
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56 A | M | A | T | I | V | E | 57 C | R | E | 58 A | T | O | R |
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59 R | E | L | I | N | E | D | 60 E | A | R | N | E | S | T |
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61 D | R | O | N | E | R | 62 S | E | N | S | E | S |
© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,234
Across
1
Superficial : FACILE
7
"The Lord ___ for the strangers": Psalm 146 : CARETH
13
Spring : EMANATE
15
Conditionally released prisoner : PAROLEE
16
Droopy : WILTING
17
New Brunswick university : RUTGERS
18
A descendant of Aaron : ELI
19
Noisy demonstrations : CALLITHUMPS
21
Some are Dems. : REPS
23
Truthful : SINCERE
24
Pillbox, e.g. : HAT
26
Bavaria's locale: Abbr. : SGER
27
French co. : CIE
30
Cupidity : AVARICE
33
Expels an LL.B. : DISBARS
36
Separate : DETACH
37
Fanatic : ZEALOT
38
Frocks : DRESSES
40
Tooth tissue : DENTINE
41
Draft org. : SSS
42
Loire feeder : CHER
44
Society girl, for short : DEB
45
River near the Bosporus : SAKARYA
48
Dingy : DRAB
51
Radioactive element : CALIFORNIUM
55
"You ___ old, Father William ... " : ARE
56
Inclined to love : AMATIVE
57
Jehovah, to some : CREATOR
59
Made certain repairs on a coat : RELINED
60
Far from flippant : EARNEST
61
Boring speaker : DRONER
62
Feels : SENSES
Down
1
Not so many : FEWER
2
___ a minute : AMILE
3
Dominions of some Islamic leaders : CALIPHATES
4
Bank abbr. : INT
5
Secular : LAIC
6
Lab burners : ETNAS
7
Sear with a corrosive : CAUTERIZE
8
Joint: Comb. form : ARTHR
9
Lone, savage elephant : ROGUE
10
Type of sch. : ELEM
11
Dutch archeological site : TERP
12
Spandau inmate : HESS
14
Notre Dame, for one : EGLISE
15
Set the cost : PRICED
20
Highly volatile gas, for short : LNG
22
Group in the Central African Republic : SARAS
25
Spasms : TICS
27
Adjusts a measuring instrument : CALIBRATES
28
Ferrous metal : IRON
29
East, to Carlos : ESTE
30
Increases : ADDS
31
___ libre : VERS
32
Examine : CHECKOVER
34
Ship : SEND
35
Moderated : BATED
39
Was eleemosynary : SHARED
40
A refrigerant : DRYICE
43
Kin of a bonebreaker : ERN
45
Type of strike : SITIN
46
"___ Romance," 1936 Fields-Kern song : AFINE
47
Airs : AURAS
49
Originated : AROSE
50
Parks and Wheeler : BERTS
51
Wag : CARD
52
U.S. citizen : AMER
53
"Namouna" composer : LALO
54
Only : MERE
58
Dancer Reinking : ANN
Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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