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Rhonda Kraus
Rhonda Kraus

New York Times, Tuesday, January 7, 1986

Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Grid flow: 31.9
Rhonda Kraus has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,209
Across
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Cellulose-based fiber : ACETATE
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Railroad bridge : VIADUCT
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Unlawful : ILLEGAL
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Printing error : ERRATUM
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Error : MISTAKE
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Relate : NARRATE
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Dax, for one : SPA
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Basis of jellies and jams : PECTIN
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At the time : THEN
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Perle of hostess fame : MESTA
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Suffix with expert : ISE
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Helmsman's command : ALEE
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___ Mujeres, Mexico : ISLA
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Garbage : TRASH
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Term of address for a duke : MILORD
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Lethargic : LOGY
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Bishopric : SEE
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Place to read : BETWEENTHELINES
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Conceit : EGO
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Global landmass : ASIA
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Town on the Loire and Nièvre : NEVERS
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Nephritic : RENAL
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Property map : PLAT
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Cato's 2001 : MMI
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Greece to Greeks : ELLAS
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Smack : SLAP
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Set up avian housekeeping : NESTED
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Highway sign : SLO
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Collapsed : CAVEDIN
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Corrected : AMENDED
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Vespucci : AMERIGO
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Set free : RELEASE
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Shipworms : TEREDOS
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Exercise shoe : SNEAKER
Down
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Designs : AIMS
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Rapid pace : CLIP
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Maxwell or Lanchester : ELSA
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Asian holiday : TET
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Wide open : AGAPE
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Show partiality : TAKESIDES
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Chooses : ELECTS
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I came, to Caesar : VENI
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Native of Isfahan : IRANI
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O'Hare abbr. : ARR
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Snakebird : DARTER
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Part of Deseret : UTAH
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Cunning : CUTE
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Certain Govt. agents : TMEN
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Fish stories : TALLTALES
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Cat call : MEOW
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Fashion : STYLE
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Fossil resin : AMBER
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Loyal subject : LIEGE
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Singer John : ELTON
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Irish group: Abbr. : AOH
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Actor Ed : ASNER
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Prophets : SEERS
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W. German state : HESSE
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Domain : REALM
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Chivalrous chaps : GENTLEMEN
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Pinch : NIP
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Burl ___ : IVES
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Electrical unit : AMPERE
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Places for burnt offerings : ALTARS
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English architect ___ Jones : INIGO
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Maid in "Die Fledermaus" : ADELE
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Jazz style : SCAT
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Glittery fabric : LAME
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Assert : AVER
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Baseball great ___ Slaughter : ENOS
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Pierre's state: Abbr. : SDAK
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___-majesté : LESE
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River to the Baltic Sea : ODER
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Accomplished : DID
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Teachers' org. : NEA

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