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Rhonda Kraus
Rhonda Kraus

New York Times, Friday, March 21, 1986

24-Down : A cocktail

Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 12, 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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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,282
Across
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Navigator's need : CHART
6
Biting : ACRID
11
Brown or Keaton : BUSTER
12
Bell tones : CHIMES
14
Riviera spa, to Sardinians : MENTONE
15
Small car : COMPACT
17
Prince Valiant's son : ARN
18
Annoys : PESTERS
20
Small ape : LAR
21
Baseball stats : RBIS
23
Horatian poem : EPODE
24
Progenitor : SIRE
25
Washroom-entry sign : GENTS
27
Eris's mischievous child : ATE
28
Chop finely : MINCE
29
Church musician : ORGANIST
31
Speculators' maneuvers : HEDGES
32
Telegraph-signals system : MORSECODE
34
P.R. projects : PROMOS
37
Greed : RAPACITY
41
"If I ___ You," 1945 song : LOVED
42
Transgress : SIN
43
Cabinet-maker's item : LATHE
44
___-Neisse Line : ODER
45
Dollars' companion : CENTS
47
___ avis : RARA
48
Architect ___ Scutt : DER
49
Type of mint : OREGANO
51
Allow : LET
52
Spoke sharply : SNAPPED
54
Hot rum drinks : TODDIES
56
Actors' group : TROUPE
57
Punta ___, Chilean port : ARENAS
58
Scrooge : MISER
59
City on the Meuse : SEDAN
Down
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Delicately attractive : CUNNING
2
An F.D.R. V.P. : HST
3
At the pinnacle : ATOP
4
Adorée or Taylor : RENEE
5
Unlawful entry : TRESPASS
6
Comply : ACCEDE
7
Job : CHORE
8
Tire mounts : RIMS
9
Scamp : IMP
10
Activity at Reno : DEALING
11
An African Moslem : BERBER
13
Like farmland in Ethiopia : SCARCE
14
Actress in "Viva Zapata" : MARGO
16
Tulip and tupelo : TREES
19
Ready to collapse : TOTTERING
22
Speech defect : STAMMER
24
A cocktail : SIDECAR
26
Hairnet : SNOOD
28
Award : MEDAL
30
U.S. Treasury Dept. agcy. : IRS
31
Lindy ___ : HOP
33
Choral compositions : CANTATAS
34
Trudges : PLODS
35
Paca, e.g. : RODENT
36
Swimmer's ___ stroke : OVERARM
38
Kind of hand : ITALIAN
39
TV's "___ Company" : THREES
40
Abbey Theatre pioneer : YEATS
42
Farm implement : SEEDER
45
Kind of paper : CREPE
46
Saw logs in bed : SNORE
49
Work : OPUS
50
Old Testament prophet : ODED
53
Taro-root product : POI
55
Genetic component : DNA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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