This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Rhonda Kraus
Rhonda Kraus

New York Times, Friday, September 16, 1988

13-Down : In a wide-awake manner

Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 94, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Rhonda Kraus has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
G
2
A
3
S
4
P
5
I
6
N
7
G
8
A
9
R
10
A
11
B
12
I
13
A
14
N
15
L
I
T
E
R
A
L
16
G
O
R
I
L
L
A
17
E
M
A
N
A
T
E
18
H
U
M
B
L
E
S
19
A
L
T
A
20
A
21
B
A
S
E
22
I
R
T
23
N
E
I
L
24
A
M
U
S
E
25
A
C
T
I
26
S
S
S
27
F
L
I
R
T
28
V
O
I
L
E
29
S
T
30
A
R
I
N
G
31
M
A
R
T
Y
R
32
L
O
D
G
E
33
M
E
N
T
34
S
35
T
36
I
G
M
A
37
S
U
R
N
A
38
M
39
E
40
H
A
R
E
M
41
O
S
T
I
A
42
A
V
43
E
44
E
V
E
R
45
B
R
E
T
T
46
T
R
I
G
47
R
E
L
48
R
E
I
S
E
49
W
I
D
E
50
P
R
A
51
L
I
N
E
52
R
53
A
54
C
I
N
E
S
55
A
N
N
A
B
E
L
56
E
M
I
N
E
N
T
57
S
A
D
I
S
T
S
58
D
I
V
E
R
T
S
© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,192
Across
1
Like many a marathon finisher : GASPING
8
Kind of horse or camel : ARABIAN
15
Prosaic : LITERAL
16
Goon : GORILLA
17
Spring : EMANATE
18
Mortifies : HUMBLES
19
Utah ski resort : ALTA
20
Defame : ABASE
22
N.Y.C. transit line : IRT
23
Playwright Simon : NEIL
24
Tell good jokes : AMUSE
25
Curtain raiser : ACTI
26
Draft org : SSS
27
Act the coquette : FLIRT
28
Semisheer fabric : VOILE
29
Rubberneck's activity : STARING
31
St. Sebastian, for one : MARTYR
32
Accommodations : LODGEMENT
34
Mark of shame : STIGMA
37
Bush or Dukakis, e.g. : SURNAME
40
Where a kadein lives : HAREM
41
Port for Pompey : OSTIA
42
Rosary bead : AVE
44
At any time : EVER
45
George of the Royals : BRETT
46
Math dept. subject : TRIG
47
Fam. member : REL
48
Journey on an Autobahn : REISE
49
Broad : WIDE
50
New Orleans confection : PRALINE
52
Wis. city and county : RACINES
55
Poe's "___ Lee" : ANNABEL
56
Noted : EMINENT
57
Cruel ones : SADISTS
58
Entertains : DIVERTS
Down
1
Gathers leftovers : GLEANS
2
Random : AIMLESS
3
Advocate of centralized government : STATIST
4
Kind of code : PENAL
5
Ethan Allen's brother : IRA
6
___ Turner, Styron hero : NAT
7
Lustrous : GLEAMING
8
Horrified : AGHAST
9
Awaken : ROUSE
10
Flic's weapon : ARME
11
Necessity for a baby : BIB
12
Unlawful : ILLICIT
13
In a wide-awake manner : ALERTLY
14
Meaner : NASTIER
21
Colonial Va.'s House of ___ : BURGESSES
24
Actress Valli : ALIDA
25
Large blood vessel : AORTA
27
Psychoanalyst Erich : FROMM
28
Letter-turner White : VANNA
30
"Phil the Fiddler" author : ALGER
31
Kind of badge : MERIT
33
Grumbled indistinctly : MUTTERED
34
Himalayan guides : SHERPAS
35
Athens cafe : TAVERNA
36
Jill or John of films : IRELAND
38
U.S. space probe : MARINER
39
Obvious : EVIDENT
41
Miradors : ORIELS
43
Discharges : EGESTS
45
Poet Stephen Vincent : BENET
46
Plaything for a kitten : TWINE
48
Teases : RIBS
51
Chou En-___ : LAI
53
Pierre's friend : AMI
54
Ovid's 104 : CIV

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.

Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

Previous puzzle | Next puzzle
XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2024, Jim Horne
51 ms