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Rhonda Kraus
Rhonda Kraus

New York Times, Friday, October 27, 1989

45-Down : "The ___ Principle"

Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { B Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 36.3
Rhonda Kraus has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,598
Across
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Lethargy : TORPOR
7
Silent screen's Novarro et al. : RAMONS
13
Free : RELEASE
14
Structure : EDIFICE
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On in years : ELDERLY
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Relate : PERTAIN
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Valley in NW Wyo. : JACKSONHOLE
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Obtain : GET
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___, amas, amat : AMO
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Seine feeder : OISE
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Punjabi potentate : RANA
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Hussein's queen : NOOR
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Mirth : GLEE
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"La Belle Dame Sans ___": Keats : MERCI
28
Journalized : ENTERED
30
Middle Eastern country : ISRAEL
31
Consequently : THUS
32
Being, in Barcelona : ENTE
33
Save : REDEEM
36
Street, in Stuttgart : STRASSE
40
Irregular : EROSE
41
Roman statesman : CATO
43
Dingle : DELL
44
Pole : PUNT
45
Ritzy : POSH
46
Calm, in Caen : COI
47
Dutch commune : EDE
48
Major seaport in Va. : NEWPORTNEWS
52
Type of coal : LIGNITE
54
Proposal in the Gary Hart campaign : NEWIDEA
55
Furniture finisher, at times : STAINER
56
Frigidity : ICINESS
57
Composer Sir Edward and family : ELGARS
58
Bear witness : ATTEST
Down
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Sculptural figure of a man used as a column : TELAMON
2
Codger : OLDCOOT
3
Smell : REEK
4
Scores at Pebble Beach : PARS
5
Capital of Norway : OSLO
6
English painter : REYNOLDS
7
Rest : REPOSE
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Dress designer Simpson : ADELE
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Muck's companion : MIRE
10
Frequently, in poesy : OFT
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Torrent : NIAGARA
12
Word with fiction or Christian : SCIENCE
13
French actress: 1856-1920 : REJANE
15
Involve necessarily : ENTAIL
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Hasten : HIE
23
Peruse again : REREAD
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Second checkup : RETEST
26
Perennial herb : GEUM
27
Skilled craftsman: Abbr. : MSTR
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Former Korean president : RHEE
30
"___ each life some rain ... " : INTO
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Tallinn's locale, old style : ESTHONIA
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Forces back : REPELS
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Learned : ERUDITE
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Eire county : DONEGAL
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Withdraws from a union : SECEDES
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Most sluggish : SLOWEST
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Soprano roles in operas by Cherubini and Giordano : ELISAS
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Crouches in fear : COWERS
42
Serpent : ASP
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"The ___ Principle" : PETER
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Actress Foch : NINA
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Straight: Comb. form : RECT
50
Taunt : TWIT
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___ days' wonder : NINE
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An Afr. republic : NIG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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