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Rhonda Kraus
New York Times, Friday, September 15, 1989
14-Down : Moister
Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 66, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.64, Missing: { F J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 235 (avg 1.26)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 38.4
Rhonda Kraus has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 R | 2 T | 3 E | 4 U | 5 N | 6 L | 7 E | 8 S | 9 S | ||||||
10 R | E | H | A | 11 N | 12 G | 13 N | O | O | N | T | I | 14 D | 15 E |
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16 O | B | I | T | E | R | 17 V | E | N | T | U | R | E | S |
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18 L | A | N | S | D | A | 19 L | E | 20 S | E | R | O | W | S |
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21 L | T | I | 22 N | A | I | 23 L | 24 M | C | I | I |
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25 S | E | C | 26 O | 27 N | D | C | L | A | 28 S | 29 S | 30 C | E | E |
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31 R | E | N | O | I | R | 32 T | A | I | 33 L | O | R | S |
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34 E | R | O | O | 35 H | I | L | O | |||||||
36 C | 37 U | 38 I | R | A | S | S | 39 E | N | T | R | 40 A | 41 P | ||
42 A | N | T | 43 D | E | S | 44 E | R | T | S | O | I | L | 45 S |
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46 R | I | E | 47 R | 48 E | D | E | L | 49 R | O | W |
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50 A | T | R | I | 51 U | 52 M | 53 G | R | I | 54 M | 55 A | L | D | I |
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56 R | E | A | S | S | U | 57 R | E | 58 E | M | B | E | D | S |
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59 A | S | T | E | N | D | E | R | 60 R | E | E | S | E | S |
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61 E | R | A | S | E | S | 62 S | S | R |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,556
Across
1
Road-map abbr. : RTE
4
Except : UNLESS
10
Put the curtains back up : REHANG
13
Midday : NOONTIDE
16
___ dictum : OBITER
17
Speculative enterprises : VENTURES
18
Suburb of Philadelphia : LANSDALE
20
Tibetan goat antelopes : SEROWS
21
Mass. engineering sch. : LTI
22
Fastener : NAIL
24
Year in the papacy of Paschal II : MCII
25
Inferior : SECONDCLASS
30
Fair grade : CEE
31
French film director-actor-writer : RENOIR
32
Savile Row group : TAILORS
34
Ending for a buck : EROO
35
Hawaiian port : HILO
36
Piece of armor : CUIRASS
39
Set up a sting : ENTRAP
42
Colony dweller : ANT
43
Ground coverings having sparse vegetation : DESERTSOILS
46
Whaler's oil cask : RIER
48
Noble, in Nürnberg : EDEL
49
Line : ROW
50
Basilica's courtyard : ATRIUM
53
Noble name in Monaco : GRIMALDI
56
Give back confidence : REASSURE
58
Surrounds tightly : EMBEDS
59
" ... ___ to me as my soul!": Shak. : ASTENDER
60
Della, Pee Wee et al. : REESES
61
Rubs out : ERASES
62
Armenia, e.g. : SSR
Down
1
Discounter, in a way : REBATER
2
No place for skating : THINICE
3
Gobbles : EATS
4
Reveal : UNVEIL
5
Noah, in Nogales : NOE
6
Two Chaneys : LONS
7
Duck, in Düsseldorf : ENTE
8
___ und Drang : STURM
9
Hot wind from Africa : SIROCCO
10
___-Royce : ROLLS
11
Actor Beatty : NED
12
Pompous : GRANDIOSE
14
Moister : DEWIER
15
Little Esthers : ESSIES
19
Wis. city : LACROSSE
23
Shaver, frequently : LATHERER
26
Unique person : ONER
27
Defense-pact acronym : NORAD
28
More like Mother Seton : SAINTLIER
29
Sediments : SILTS
33
Parrot fish : LORO
36
Swine-cress genus : CARARA
37
Joins together : UNITES
38
Battologize : ITERATE
40
Needing ventilation : AIRLESS
41
Hard-working, so-so student : PLODDER
44
Gardeners' tools : EDGERS
45
Word with cheese or chocolate : SWISS
47
Perron part : RISER
51
Annapolis inst. : USNA
52
Spa-bath materials : MUDS
54
Mrs., in Marseille : MME
55
Lincoln, Beame et al. : ABES
57
Female ruff : REE
Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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