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Rhonda Kraus
New York Times, Saturday, July 15, 1989
Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 66, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.58, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 16, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 28.4
Rhonda Kraus has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 T | 3 R | 4 O | 5 P | 6 T | 7 A | 8 P | 9 E | 10 R | |||||
11 S | U | R | I | N | A | 12 M | 13 O | R | E | A | D | E | 14 S |
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15 C | L | I | M | A | T | E | 16 P | U | R | S | U | I | T |
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17 I | L | P | E | N | S | E | 18 R | O | S | O | 19 C | G | A |
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20 O | I | L | 21 D | Y | S | A | R | T | 22 P | A | N | T |
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23 N | E | E | 24 R | 25 E | S | T | I | 26 M | A | T | E | S |
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27 S | D | A | 28 K | 29 H | O | N | O | R | E | D | ||||
30 B | I | 31 D | 32 G | O | D | |||||||||
33 R | 34 O | I | L | I | 35 N | 36 G | 37 D | O | 38 M | 39 E | ||||
40 S | E | V | E | N | S | E | A | 41 S | 42 N | A | T | 43 E |
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44 A | G | E | S | 45 C | A | R | L | 46 A | 47 S | 48 D | E | P |
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49 L | A | R | 50 I | L | T | R | O | V | A | 51 T | O | R | E |
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52 A | L | U | 53 M | N | A | E | 54 B | A | R | O | N | N | E |
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55 D | E | S | P | A | I | R | 56 S | I | E | N | N | A | S |
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57 D | E | I | S | M | 58 L | E | G | A | L |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,494
Across
1
Razor sharpener : STROP
6
Candle : TAPER
11
S.A. country, old style : SURINAM
13
Mountain nymphs: Var. : OREADES
15
Atmosphere : CLIMATE
16
Career : PURSUIT
17
"L'Allegro" companion : ILPENSEROSO
19
U.S. inst., New London, Conn. : CGA
20
Lubricant : OIL
21
Actor Richard of "L.A. Law" : DYSART
22
Huff and puff : PANT
23
___-do-well : NEER
25
Figures : ESTIMATES
27
Pierre's state: Abbr. : SDAK
29
Showed reverence : HONORED
30
Invitation : BID
32
Fast's "The Naked ___" : GOD
33
Muddying : ROILING
37
Xanadu structure : DOME
40
Waters of the world : SEVENSEAS
42
Nickname for Nathan : NATE
44
Matures : AGES
45
Ballerina Fracci et al. : CARLAS
48
Sta. : DEP
49
Gibbon : LAR
50
Verdi opus : ILTROVATORE
52
Most Vassar graduates : ALUMNAE
54
Member of the French nobility : BARONNE
55
Hopelessness : DESPAIR
56
Certain pigments : SIENNAS
57
Religion based on reason : DEISM
58
Licit : LEGAL
Down
1
Soils : SULLIES
2
Made one of baseball's rare hits : TRIPLED
3
Frost : RIME
4
___ on (continuously) : ONAND
5
Fall guy : PATSY
6
Having confidence in : TRUSTING
7
Combining form with plane or sol : AERO
8
"N'est-ce ___?" : PAS
9
School : EDUCATE
10
Held sway : REIGNED
11
Descendant : SCION
12
Former Attorney General : MEESE
13
Portuguese port : OPORTO
14
E.r.a. and r.b.i. : STATS
18
Madcap : RASH
22
Forgive : PARDON
24
Hydrophobia : RABIES
26
Feeling : MOOD
28
Pottery oven : KILN
31
Deny : DISCLAIM
33
Entertained : REGALED
34
Excessive employment : OVERUSE
35
More orderly : NEATER
36
Actress Teri : GARR
38
Pop singing star : MADONNA
39
Everlasting : ETERNAL
40
Caesar, for one : SALAD
41
Messy ones : SLOBS
43
Dueling swords : EPEES
46
Be of use : AVAIL
47
Bombay fashion item : SAREE
50
Actress Balin and namesakes : INAS
51
Secret society : TONG
53
Org. for physicists : MPI
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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