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Rhonda Kraus
Rhonda Kraus

New York Times, Friday, December 1, 1989

58-Across : Actuality, in Arles

Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 31.5
Rhonda Kraus has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,633
Across
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Decisive moments : CRISES
7
Couch ___ (TV addict) : POTATO
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Frangible : BRITTLE
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Burdensome : ONEROUS
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Small meat pastry : RISSOLE
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___ bomber (new U.S. plane) : STEALTH
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I love: Lat. : AMO
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Word with play or flower : PASSION
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Son of Gad : ERI
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Ich bin, du bist, er ___ : IST
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Article : THE
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Rather of CBS : DAN
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Hitchcock film: 1946 : NOTORIOUS
29
Word with coach or fright : STAGE
31
Made immobile by a blizzard : SNOWEDIN
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Control a market : CORNER
33
No, in Novgorod : NYET
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Tops : AONE
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Binges : SPREES
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Reach a destination : ARRIVEAT
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Listens and considers : HEEDS
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Classical scholars : HUMANISTS
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Gab : RAP
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Nickname for Onassis : ARI
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Haggard novel : SHE
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Medit. country : ISR
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Set up : ARRANGE
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Knead, old style : ELT
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Passed off as genuine : FOISTED
55
Actress Judge et al. : ARLINES
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Related to coughing : TUSSIVE
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Actuality, in Arles : REALITE
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Metal alloy : PEWTER
60
Endanger; threaten : MENACE
Down
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Deep red : CRIMSON
2
Rice dish : RISOTTO
3
"___ up to you, New York" : ITS
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Discontinue : STOP
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Actress Raines : ELLA
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Takes charge : SEESTOIT
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Nosegays : POSIES
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Aware of : ONTO
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Kind of ager : TEEN
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Ex-coach Parseghian : ARA
11
El Greco became one : TOLEDAN
12
Act of wanton cruelty : OUTRAGE
13
Computers' controlling mechanisms : BRAINS
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Small fish : SHINER
20
Avoid : SHUN
26
Possessed : OWNED
27
Spanish kings : REYES
28
January 13, e.g. : IDES
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___-law (daughter's husband) : SONIN
30
A fountain of Rome : TREVI
32
J. F. Cooper heroine : CORA
34
Linked together, as friends : ARMINARM
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Short ___ (summary treatment) : SHRIFT
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Dense fog : PEASOUP
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Musical iteration : REPRISE
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Mystic air : AURA
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Of ancient ascetics : ESSENIC
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Jim Thorpe was one : ATHLETE
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African pest : TSETSE
43
" ... the ___ they fall" : HARDER
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Keep ___ (continue) : ATIT
49
Dream, in Dijon : REVE
50
Mastery, to a Scot : GREE
51
High spirits : ELAN
54
Vienna-to-Graz dir. : SSW
56
Dockworkers' org. : ILA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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