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Rhonda Kraus
Rhonda Kraus

New York Times, Thursday, June 11, 1987

3-Down : Pest

Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, 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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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,729
Across
1
One way up : STAIRS
7
Pardoned : SPARED
13
Large basket : PANNIER
15
Tableland : PLATEAU
16
Elevate : ENNOBLE
17
Part of E.S.T. : EASTERN
18
Balanchine ballet : AGON
19
Burglars, e.g. : FELONS
21
Keep the ___ on (suppress) : LID
22
Campanella or Rogers : ROY
23
Serge-suit foe : LINT
24
Eat in style : DINE
25
Appear : SEEM
27
Optical item : LENS
28
Scope : RANGE
29
Shipyard area : DRYDOCK
31
"And thereby ___ a tale" : HANGS
32
Evict : OUST
33
Painful feeling : PANG
34
Calcutta cash : RUPEE
36
Early Mexican Indians : TOLTECS
39
Send back : REMIT
40
Sir Thomas, the writer : MORE
41
Roasted: Fr. : ROTI
43
Place of exile: 1814-15 : ELBA
44
Esth, for one : BALT
45
Nylons mishap : RUN
46
Needlefish : GAR
47
Groups of lions : PRIDES
49
Steiger and Stewart : RODS
50
Language of Leonardo : ITALIAN
52
Convention V.I.P. : NOMINEE
54
Denies : NEGATES
55
Neptune's spear : TRIDENT
56
Skillful ones : ADEPTS
57
Puts forth effort : EXERTS
Down
1
Asparagus shoots : SPEARS
2
Danced in Argentine style : TANGOED
3
Pest : ANNOYER
4
Not excluded : INON
5
Tease : RIB
6
Ego : SELF
7
Bias : SLANT
8
Freebie : PASS
9
Envelope abbr. : ATT
10
In a spin : REELING
11
Sailors' short ropes : EARINGS
12
Firth of Tay port : DUNDEE
14
Choose the incumbent : REELECT
15
Unskilled laborers : PEONS
20
Connection : LINK
24
Peril : DANGER
26
Nearsightedness : MYOPIA
27
Mislay : LOSE
28
Throw a tantrum : RANT
30
Piano music for four hands : DUET
31
Golfer Irwin : HALE
33
Omen : PORTENT
34
Akin : RELATED
35
Offense : UMBRAGE
36
Took effect : TOLD
37
Inquest official : CORONER
38
Romberg's "The ___ Prince" : STUDENT
39
Mezzo-soprano Resnik : REGINA
40
Conduits : MAINS
42
Map sections : INSETS
44
Hillsides, to Burns : BRAES
47
The Great Commoner : PITT
48
Angry : SORE
49
Sally of space fame : RIDE
51
Once around : LAP
53
Tom of old westerns : MIX

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

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