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Rhonda Kraus
Rhonda Kraus

New York Times, Friday, March 21, 1986

Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 62.0 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Rhonda Kraus has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,282
Across
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Navigator's need : CHART
6
Biting : ACRID
11
Brown or Keaton : BUSTER
12
Bell tones : CHIMES
14
Riviera spa, to Sardinians : MENTONE
15
Small car : COMPACT
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Prince Valiant's son : ARN
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Annoys : PESTERS
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Small ape : LAR
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Baseball stats : RBIS
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Horatian poem : EPODE
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Progenitor : SIRE
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Washroom-entry sign : GENTS
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Eris's mischievous child : ATE
28
Chop finely : MINCE
29
Church musician : ORGANIST
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Speculators' maneuvers : HEDGES
32
Telegraph-signals system : MORSECODE
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P.R. projects : PROMOS
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Greed : RAPACITY
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"If I ___ You," 1945 song : LOVED
42
Transgress : SIN
43
Cabinet-maker's item : LATHE
44
___-Neisse Line : ODER
45
Dollars' companion : CENTS
47
___ avis : RARA
48
Architect ___ Scutt : DER
49
Type of mint : OREGANO
51
Allow : LET
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Spoke sharply : SNAPPED
54
Hot rum drinks : TODDIES
56
Actors' group : TROUPE
57
Punta ___, Chilean port : ARENAS
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Scrooge : MISER
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City on the Meuse : SEDAN
Down
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Delicately attractive : CUNNING
2
An F.D.R. V.P. : HST
3
At the pinnacle : ATOP
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Adorée or Taylor : RENEE
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Unlawful entry : TRESPASS
6
Comply : ACCEDE
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Job : CHORE
8
Tire mounts : RIMS
9
Scamp : IMP
10
Activity at Reno : DEALING
11
An African Moslem : BERBER
13
Like farmland in Ethiopia : SCARCE
14
Actress in "Viva Zapata" : MARGO
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Tulip and tupelo : TREES
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Ready to collapse : TOTTERING
22
Speech defect : STAMMER
24
A cocktail : SIDECAR
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Hairnet : SNOOD
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Award : MEDAL
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U.S. Treasury Dept. agcy. : IRS
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Lindy ___ : HOP
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Choral compositions : CANTATAS
34
Trudges : PLODS
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Paca, e.g. : RODENT
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Swimmer's ___ stroke : OVERARM
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Kind of hand : ITALIAN
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TV's "___ Company" : THREES
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Abbey Theatre pioneer : YEATS
42
Farm implement : SEEDER
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Kind of paper : CREPE
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Saw logs in bed : SNORE
49
Work : OPUS
50
Old Testament prophet : ODED
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Taro-root product : POI
55
Genetic component : DNA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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