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Rhonda Kraus
Rhonda Kraus

New York Times, Thursday, March 22, 1984

38-Down : Author Willa and family

Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { B F G J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 245 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Rhonda Kraus has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,553
Across
1
Job : CHORE
6
Thesis : PAPER
11
___ Gandolfo, Italy : CASTEL
12
Ready : ALLSET
14
Spendthrift : WASTREL
15
Young pig or chicken : ROASTER
17
Cuckoo : ANI
18
Food : ALIMENT
20
Anger : IRE
21
Dog in "Peter Pan" : NANA
23
Backbone : SPINE
24
Cousin of a beluga : ORCA
25
One's pledged word : TROTH
27
Explosive : TNT
28
Concorde's asset : SPEED
29
Affecting the body generally : SYSTEMIC
31
Hardens : STEELS
32
Area above an earthquake's origin : EPICENTER
34
Average : NORMAL
37
Facial décor : MUSTACHE
41
Take up and use : ADOPT
42
Allow : LET
43
Mme. de ___ : STAEL
44
Rampage : RIOT
45
" ... idle ___": Tennyson : TEARS
47
To be, in Orléans : ETRE
48
Aurora, to Agamemnon : EOS
49
Ciceronian activity : ORATION
51
Ad ___ committee : HOC
52
Surgeons' threads : SUTURES
54
Einsteinium, e.g. : ELEMENT
56
Moon goddess : SELENE
57
Christeners : NAMERS
58
Music symbols : RESTS
59
Jogs : TROTS
Down
1
Las Vegas meccas : CASINOS
2
D.D.E.'s predecessor : HST
3
Norwegian river : OTRA
4
Hoedowns' kin : REELS
5
Ovate : ELLIPTIC
6
Sire or dam : PARENT
7
Solo : ALONE
8
Map of a city : PLAT
9
Curve shape : ESS
10
Pensioner, perhaps : RETIREE
11
Singer or color : CANARY
13
___ gentle (trained male falcon) : TERCEL
14
Needs : WANTS
16
Peruses : READS
19
Pie filling : MINCEMEAT
22
Try : ATTEMPT
24
Work : OPERATE
26
Liver: Comb. form : HEPAT
28
Cancels a deletion : STETS
30
One-thousandth of an inch : MIL
31
Abbrs. on 8 Down : STS
33
Nourishing : NUTRIENT
34
Nostrils : NARES
35
Hateful : ODIOUS
36
Morning "announcer" : ROOSTER
38
Author Willa and family : CATHERS
39
Long-necked waders : HERONS
40
Choose : ELECT
42
Rental contracts : LEASES
45
Council of ___: 1545-63 : TRENT
46
Type of energy : SOLAR
49
Minerals : ORES
50
Verne captain : NEMO
53
Diminutive suffix : ULE
55
Encountered : MET

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

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