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Rhonda Kraus
Rhonda Kraus

New York Times, Saturday, August 22, 1987

33-Down : Priestly garment

Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, 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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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,801
Across
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Squamous : SCALED
7
Instrument for Michelangelo : CHISEL
13
Signal for a parley with a foe : CHAMADE
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Recipient of an award : HONOREE
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Basic : RADICAL
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Acrimonious activity : ARGUING
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A 1958 Oscar winner : IVES
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Gyrene : MARINE
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Word of politesse : SIR
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Bara film: 1915 : SIN
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Rabbi of note : WISE
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Fit to ___ : ATEE
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Other preceder : EACH
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County in Ga. : DADE
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Rictuses : GRINS
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Bird's footwear : SNEAKERS
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Flower parts : BRACTS
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River through Sudan : NILE
33
Corn bin : CRIB
34
Mess : MUDDLE
37
William Christopher's "M*A*S*H" role : CHAPLAIN
41
Mirador : ORIEL
42
Occiput's site : HEAD
43
Loser to Gans: 1902 bout : ERNE
44
Adjective for Ralph Sampson : TALL
45
Famed Haarlem name : HALS
46
Map abbr. : MTS
47
Brady's "Paris ___": 1976 : ONE
48
Incarcerated : PENTUP
50
Bacchanal : TOOT
51
Action on a green : RIMMING
53
Element from sea water : BROMINE
55
Part of Indonesia : SUMATRA
56
Brought down : LOWERED
57
Saint Sebastian, e.g. : MARTYR
58
Tied : EVENED
Down
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Of the author of "Candida" : SHAVIAN
2
Beat : CADENCE
3
He wrote "One Fat Englishman" : AMIS
4
Genève's ___ Léman : LAC
5
Dutch treat? : EDAM
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Ohio city, birthplace of President Hayes : DELAWARE
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Lounge that's longue : CHAISE
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Marilyn of the Met : HORNE
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Little Sheba's creator : INGE
10
Trifle : SOU
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Disputatious : ERISTIC
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Mild : LENIENT
13
Nixon's sextet : CRISES
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Barnum's fake animal : EGRESS
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Disencumbers : RIDS
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Land that is tilled : ARABLE
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"Water Music" composer : HANDEL
27
Galley word : DELE
28
Stagehand : GRIP
30
Dispatch : KILL
31
Park of hockey fame : BRAD
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Priestly garment : CHASUBLE
34
General follower : MOTORS
35
Manhattan Project element : URANIUM
36
"Horned" problem : DILEMMA
37
Highland Scot, for one : CELT
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Wardrobe or cupboard : ARMOIRE
39
Chanted : INTONED
40
Homesteaded : NESTED
42
Love Field feature : HANGAR
45
Entertainer Buck : HENRY
48
The Great Commoner : PITT
49
Alta. or Que. : PROV
50
Secret Service personnel : TMEN
52
Impair : MAR
54
Be liable to garnishment : OWE

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

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