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Rhonda Kraus
Rhonda Kraus

New York Times, Saturday, February 1, 1986

Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 45.2
Rhonda Kraus has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,234
Across
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Superficial : FACILE
7
"The Lord ___ for the strangers": Psalm 146 : CARETH
13
Spring : EMANATE
15
Conditionally released prisoner : PAROLEE
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Droopy : WILTING
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New Brunswick university : RUTGERS
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A descendant of Aaron : ELI
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Noisy demonstrations : CALLITHUMPS
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Some are Dems. : REPS
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Truthful : SINCERE
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Pillbox, e.g. : HAT
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Bavaria's locale: Abbr. : SGER
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French co. : CIE
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Cupidity : AVARICE
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Expels an LL.B. : DISBARS
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Separate : DETACH
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Fanatic : ZEALOT
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Frocks : DRESSES
40
Tooth tissue : DENTINE
41
Draft org. : SSS
42
Loire feeder : CHER
44
Society girl, for short : DEB
45
River near the Bosporus : SAKARYA
48
Dingy : DRAB
51
Radioactive element : CALIFORNIUM
55
"You ___ old, Father William ... " : ARE
56
Inclined to love : AMATIVE
57
Jehovah, to some : CREATOR
59
Made certain repairs on a coat : RELINED
60
Far from flippant : EARNEST
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Boring speaker : DRONER
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Feels : SENSES
Down
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Not so many : FEWER
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___ a minute : AMILE
3
Dominions of some Islamic leaders : CALIPHATES
4
Bank abbr. : INT
5
Secular : LAIC
6
Lab burners : ETNAS
7
Sear with a corrosive : CAUTERIZE
8
Joint: Comb. form : ARTHR
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Lone, savage elephant : ROGUE
10
Type of sch. : ELEM
11
Dutch archeological site : TERP
12
Spandau inmate : HESS
14
Notre Dame, for one : EGLISE
15
Set the cost : PRICED
20
Highly volatile gas, for short : LNG
22
Group in the Central African Republic : SARAS
25
Spasms : TICS
27
Adjusts a measuring instrument : CALIBRATES
28
Ferrous metal : IRON
29
East, to Carlos : ESTE
30
Increases : ADDS
31
___ libre : VERS
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Examine : CHECKOVER
34
Ship : SEND
35
Moderated : BATED
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Was eleemosynary : SHARED
40
A refrigerant : DRYICE
43
Kin of a bonebreaker : ERN
45
Type of strike : SITIN
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"___ Romance," 1936 Fields-Kern song : AFINE
47
Airs : AURAS
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Originated : AROSE
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Parks and Wheeler : BERTS
51
Wag : CARD
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U.S. citizen : AMER
53
"Namouna" composer : LALO
54
Only : MERE
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Dancer Reinking : ANN

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

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