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Rhonda Kraus
Rhonda Kraus

New York Times, Thursday, June 2, 1988

Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 38.8
Rhonda Kraus has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,086
Across
1
Cicatrix : SCAR
5
___ San Lucas, Baja Calif. : CABO
9
Earthy pigment : OCHER
14
Hardy cabbage : KALE
15
Waves, at 5 Across : OLAS
16
English county : SHIRE
17
News, to Sun city editor John B. Bogart : IFAMANBITESADOG
20
Dried up : DESICCATED
21
Place for the birds : NEST
22
Lou Hoover, ___ Henry : NEE
23
Trig : NEAT
25
Wire nail : BRAD
28
Monetary unit in S. Africa : RAND
31
Rental agreement : LEASE
35
Decay : ROT
36
Gudrun's husband : ATLI
37
Defects : FAULTS
38
Life, to lyricist Lew Brown : ABOWLOFCHERRIES
41
Certain substances : SOLIDS
42
Ship's wheel : HELM
43
Spelling event : BEE
44
Commemorative stone : STELE
45
Order to a broker : SELL
46
Bothers : AILS
47
Annoying sound in a kitchen : DRIP
49
Likely : APT
51
Hebrew A : ALEF
54
Measuring thicknesses : CALIPERING
60
Man, to Aristotle : POLITICALANIMAL
62
Steeple : SPIRE
63
At any time : EVER
64
Equal : SAME
65
Ruhr city : ESSEN
66
Take five : REST
67
Kind of jerk : KNEE
Down
1
Slide precariously : SKID
2
Place to have a "cuppa" : CAFE
3
Word of regret : ALAS
4
Stimulate recall : REMIND
5
Pieces for Pinchas Zukerman : CONCERTOS
6
Goya's duchess : ALBA
7
Chum, e.g. : BAIT
8
Belgian city : OSTEND
9
C.I.A.'s predecessor : OSS
10
Montand or Aznavour : CHANTEUR
11
Conceal : HIDE
12
A friend of Antony : EROS
13
Mil. group : REGT
18
One-spot card : ACE
19
Dutch commune : EDE
24
Morning sound : ALARM
25
Nerve : BRASS
26
Mechanical man : ROBOT
27
Latin American gruel : ATOLE
29
TV sitcom : ALF
30
Special place : NICHE
32
Pretext, possibly : ALIBI
33
Structural material : STEEL
34
Mississippi quartet : ESSES
36
Tree of the birch family : ALDER
37
Went to pieces : FELLAPART
39
Sheet lightning : WILDFIRE
40
Loki's daughter : HEL
45
Typewriter bar : SPACER
46
In danger : ATRISK
48
Here, to Henri : ICI
50
Corral : PEN
51
Cathedral section : APSE
52
Cuts, with "off" : LOPS
53
Yalies : ELIS
55
Bathe : LAVE
56
Islands in the Seine : ILES
57
Novel by Ramón José Sender : IMAN
58
Appellation : NAME
59
Mirth : GLEE
61
X, to Cicero : TEN

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

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