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Rhonda Kraus
New York Times, Friday, September 16, 1988
39-Down : Obvious
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 |
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15 L | I | T | E | R | A | L | 16 G | O | R | I | L | L | A |
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17 E | M | A | N | A | T | E | 18 H | U | M | B | L | E | S |
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19 A | L | T | A | 20 A | 21 B | A | S | E | 22 I | R | T |
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23 N | E | I | L | 24 A | M | U | S | E | 25 A | C | T | I |
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26 S | S | S | 27 F | L | I | R | T | 28 V | O | I | L | E |
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29 S | T | 30 A | R | I | N | G | 31 M | A | R | T | Y | R |
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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 |
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44 E | V | E | R | 45 B | R | E | T | T | 46 T | R | I | G |
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47 R | E | L | 48 R | E | I | S | E | 49 W | I | D | E |
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50 P | R | A | 51 L | I | N | E | 52 R | 53 A | 54 C | I | N | E | S |
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55 A | N | N | A | B | E | L | 56 E | M | I | N | E | N | T |
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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.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.