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Rhonda Kraus
Rhonda Kraus

New York Times, Thursday, March 3, 1988

38-Down : Revolutionary War mercenary

Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 5, 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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S
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U
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T
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T
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E
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R
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A
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M
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P
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P
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N
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P
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P
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L
A
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R
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A
R
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N
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L
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O
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G
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D
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M
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D
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A
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C
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B
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B
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L
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A
R
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T
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G
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M
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N
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R
C
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F
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T
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H
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N
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O
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P
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C
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A
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A
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R
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T
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N
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U
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R
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,995
Across
1
Gold-rush name : SUTTER
7
Collectors' items : STAMPS
13
Contemplative : PENSIVE
14
Having social success : POPULAR
16
Place for matériel : ARSENAL
17
Herb for the cook : OREGANO
18
Party fare : DIP
19
Mighty hunter : NIMROD
21
Cicero's 104 : CIV
22
Buck's mate : DOE
23
Scarf : ASCOT
24
___ in arms : BABE
25
Word with eclipse or module : LUNAR
27
Spruce : TRIG
29
Roman road : ITER
30
Regard highly : ESTEEM
32
Glad tidings : EVANGEL
34
Some W.W. II fliers : RCAF
36
Give off : EMIT
37
Part of vitamin B complex : THIAMIN
40
"She ___ to Conquer": Goldsmith : STOOPS
44
Indian of Manitoba : CREE
45
Winglike : ALAR
47
Corpus Christi native : TEXAN
48
Minus : LESS
49
Peninsular country : ITALY
51
Biographer Winslow : OLA
52
Mornings: Abbr. : AMS
53
Large merchant ship : ARGOSY
55
Abner's father : NER
56
Carouse : ROISTER
58
Mineral from a Russian range : URALITE
61
Silk fabric : ALAMODE
62
Warms up again : REHEATS
63
Not encroaching, in football : ONSIDE
64
Ancient Palestinian ascetic : ESSENE
Down
1
Earnest : SERIOUS
2
Left over, as a shopper's money : UNSPENT
3
Literary monogram : TSE
4
Word with ear or can : TIN
5
Dwight of the Red Sox : EVANS
6
Living remnant : RELICT
7
Playful : SPORTIVE
8
Matador's victim : TORO
9
Mimicked : APED
10
Phiz : MUG
11
Pacify : PLACATE
12
Fla. island : SANIBEL
13
Implement for Hiawatha : PADDLE
15
Red ___, children's game : ROVER
20
"Utopia" author : MORE
23
Source of betel nuts : ARECA
24
Hallux : BIGTOE
26
Houses on peaks : AERIES
28
Pins : GAMS
31
"I Remember ___" : MAMA
33
___-gritty : NITTY
35
Ornamental open work : FILIGREE
37
Vibrato : TREMOLO
38
Revolutionary War mercenary : HESSIAN
39
Euro-American defense gp. : NATO
41
Rival of a Cantabrigian : OXONIAN
42
Atelier item : PALETTE
43
Traps : SNARES
44
Bow or Barton : CLARA
46
Obliteration : RASURE
50
Trichords : LYRES
53
Yours, in Tours : ATOI
54
Foxx from St. Louis : REDD
57
Some sweater sizes: Abbr. : SMS
59
Sighs of contentment : AHS
60
Actress Remick : LEE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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