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Rhonda Kraus
New York Times, Saturday, September 2, 1989
Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.41, Missing: { G H J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 235 (avg 1.28)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 26.7
Rhonda Kraus has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 L | 3 O | 4 T | 5 S | 6 S | 7 I | 8 T | 9 E | 10 S | |||||
11 E | M | I | R | A | T | 12 E | 13 M | A | N | A | T | E | 14 E |
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15 D | E | S | E | R | E | T | 16 U | N | A | I | R | E | D |
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17 M | A | S | S | T | R | A | 18 N | S | I | T | 19 U | D | I |
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20 A | R | O | 21 S | E | L | E | C | T | 22 O | R | F | E |
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23 N | E | M | 24 O | 25 I | O | L | A | 26 P | I | U | S |
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27 D | E | U | 28 S | 29 I | N | E | R | 30 T | I | A | L | |||
31 T | O | 32 R | 33 Y | O | N | |||||||||
34 T | 35 A | B | L | E | 36 T | 37 O | 38 P | 39 V | E | 40 R | 41 S | |||
42 T | O | R | I | 43 P | U | R | R | 44 D | E | L | 45 L |
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46 A | R | I | D | 47 E | S | T | O | 48 P | 49 S | 50 P | I | E |
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51 R | T | S | 52 M | A | S | S | P | R | O | 53 D | U | C | E |
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54 O | U | T | 55 F | A | L | L | 56 R | O | T | A | T | E | D |
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57 T | R | A | I | N | E | E | 58 E | M | O | T | E | R | S |
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59 E | S | T | E | R | 60 S | L | E | D | S |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,543
Across
1
Las Vegas attractions : SLOTS
6
Locations : SITES
11
Middle East form of government : EMIRATE
13
Aquatic mammal : MANATEE
15
Mormon region : DESERET
16
Stuffy : UNAIRED
17
People movers : MASSTRANSIT
19
North Caucasic language : UDI
20
Nigerian native : ARO
21
Choice : SELECT
22
Golden fish; ide : ORFE
23
Jules Verne hero : NEMO
25
Kan. city : IOLA
26
Name for a pontiff : PIUS
27
Jupiter, to Justinian : DEUS
29
Relating to resistance to change : INERTIAL
31
Peak : TOR
33
Hither's companion : YON
34
Place for the place setting : TABLETOP
39
___ libre : VERS
42
Architectural moldings : TORI
43
Engine noise : PURR
44
Dingle : DELL
46
Dry : ARID
47
Bars legally : ESTOPS
50
Pandowdy : PIE
51
Abbr. with civil or human : RTS
52
Manufacture on a wide scale : MASSPRODUCE
54
Drain opening : OUTFALL
56
Turned : ROTATED
57
Entry-level employee : TRAINEE
58
Hams : EMOTERS
59
Depside is one : ESTER
60
Vehicles for the Iditarod : SLEDS
Down
1
Besmirched : SMEARED
2
Svelte : LISSOME
3
Mine products : ORES
4
Dessert items : TARTS
5
Kiloliter : STERE
6
Clean : SANITARY
7
___ the finish : INAT
8
Randy's skating partner : TAI
9
Ancient country in central Italy : ETRURIA
10
Generative : SEEDFUL
11
Irwin ___, American philosopher : EDMAN
12
And others: Lat. : ETALII
13
Strength : MUSCLE
14
Sedgwick and Adams : EDIES
18
Night light : NEON
22
Editorialized : OPINED
24
Surpass others at an auction : OUTBID
28
Sun : SOL
30
Mazel ___ : TOV
32
Voter for the 21st Amendment : REPEALER
34
Extreme cruelty : TORTURE
35
Beards of grain : ARISTAS
36
Scuffle : TUSSLE
37
Scraps : ORTS
38
Amour-___ (self-esteem) : PROPRE
40
Generally accepted : REPUTED
41
Deli implements : SLICERS
42
Card for a seer : TAROT
45
City in Yorkshire : LEEDS
48
High-school events : PROMS
49
Desert plant : SOTOL
52
Encolure : MANE
53
Chinese ___ (jujube) : DATE
55
Healthy : FIT
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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