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Rhonda Kraus
Rhonda Kraus

New York Times, Friday, September 15, 1989

14-Down : Moister

Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 66, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.64, Missing: { F J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 235 (avg 1.26)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Rhonda Kraus has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,556
Across
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Road-map abbr. : RTE
4
Except : UNLESS
10
Put the curtains back up : REHANG
13
Midday : NOONTIDE
16
___ dictum : OBITER
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Speculative enterprises : VENTURES
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Suburb of Philadelphia : LANSDALE
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Tibetan goat antelopes : SEROWS
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Mass. engineering sch. : LTI
22
Fastener : NAIL
24
Year in the papacy of Paschal II : MCII
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Inferior : SECONDCLASS
30
Fair grade : CEE
31
French film director-actor-writer : RENOIR
32
Savile Row group : TAILORS
34
Ending for a buck : EROO
35
Hawaiian port : HILO
36
Piece of armor : CUIRASS
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Set up a sting : ENTRAP
42
Colony dweller : ANT
43
Ground coverings having sparse vegetation : DESERTSOILS
46
Whaler's oil cask : RIER
48
Noble, in Nürnberg : EDEL
49
Line : ROW
50
Basilica's courtyard : ATRIUM
53
Noble name in Monaco : GRIMALDI
56
Give back confidence : REASSURE
58
Surrounds tightly : EMBEDS
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" ... ___ to me as my soul!": Shak. : ASTENDER
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Della, Pee Wee et al. : REESES
61
Rubs out : ERASES
62
Armenia, e.g. : SSR
Down
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Discounter, in a way : REBATER
2
No place for skating : THINICE
3
Gobbles : EATS
4
Reveal : UNVEIL
5
Noah, in Nogales : NOE
6
Two Chaneys : LONS
7
Duck, in Düsseldorf : ENTE
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___ und Drang : STURM
9
Hot wind from Africa : SIROCCO
10
___-Royce : ROLLS
11
Actor Beatty : NED
12
Pompous : GRANDIOSE
14
Moister : DEWIER
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Little Esthers : ESSIES
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Wis. city : LACROSSE
23
Shaver, frequently : LATHERER
26
Unique person : ONER
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Defense-pact acronym : NORAD
28
More like Mother Seton : SAINTLIER
29
Sediments : SILTS
33
Parrot fish : LORO
36
Swine-cress genus : CARARA
37
Joins together : UNITES
38
Battologize : ITERATE
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Needing ventilation : AIRLESS
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Hard-working, so-so student : PLODDER
44
Gardeners' tools : EDGERS
45
Word with cheese or chocolate : SWISS
47
Perron part : RISER
51
Annapolis inst. : USNA
52
Spa-bath materials : MUDS
54
Mrs., in Marseille : MME
55
Lincoln, Beame et al. : ABES
57
Female ruff : REE

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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