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Rhonda Kraus
Rhonda Kraus

New York Times, Monday, July 16, 1984

10-Down : Type of bridge

Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, 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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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,669
Across
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Argues in court : PLEADS
7
What push sometimes comes to : SHOVE
12
Inconsequential : TRIVIAL
13
Exceptional : SPECIAL
15
Car gear : REVERSE
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Freight : PORTAGE
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Lendl of tennis : IVAN
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Exodus : HEGIRA
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Cozy nook : DEN
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Pen part : NIB
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Product of Oporto : PORT
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Voiceless sound : SURD
24
Morays : EELS
26
Cable : LINE
27
Period : CYCLE
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Gardener's chore : WEEDING
30
St. Joan, for one : MARTYR
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Bell sound : DING
32
Southern France : MIDI
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Transfer wine to another bottle : DECANT
36
Roof style : MANSARD
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Furious : IRATE
40
Allot : METE
41
Catch a crook : NAIL
43
Pier : MOLE
44
Dispatched : SENT
45
Society-page word : NEE
46
Between chi and omega : PSI
47
Trend change : UPTURN
49
Legal records : ACTA
50
West African country : LIBERIA
52
Made of fired clay : EARTHEN
54
Gospel : EVANGEL
55
Trappers : SNARERS
56
Come in : ENTER
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Lascivious ones : SATYRS
Down
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Advance showing : PREVIEW
2
Fit for habitation : LIVABLE
3
Tied : EVEN
4
Ventilate : AIR
5
Olympics event : DASH
6
"Let ___ dogs lie" : SLEEPING
7
Soccer, e.g. : SPORT
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Queen on Mt. Ida : HERA
9
Fall mo. : OCT
10
Type of bridge : VIADUCT
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With avidity : EAGERLY
12
Triple : TRINE
13
Steeple : SPIRE
14
Banker, at times : LENDER
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Percussion instrument : GONG
23
Native of Damascus : SYRIAN
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Dignified : SEDATE
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Cotton fiber for yarn : LINT
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Antitheses of gentlemen : CADS
29
Sup : DINE
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"___ eyes have seen the glory ... " : MINE
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"Once Upon a ___," 1959 play : MATTRESS
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Smiler's hollow : DIMPLE
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Tending to abrade : EROSIVE
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Shakespearean slave : CALIBAN
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Carte : MENU
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Cattleman : RANCHER
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They choose to lose : DIETERS
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Good conductor of electricity : METAL
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Inclines : LEANS
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Screen in a manor house : SPIER
47
Encourage : URGE
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Darling dog : NANA
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Give it ___ (attempt) : ATRY
51
Suffix with differ : ENT
53
Word with race or trap : RAT

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

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