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Rhonda Kraus
New York Times, Monday, July 16, 1984
Author:
Rhonda Kraus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 29.1
Rhonda Kraus has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 L | 3 E | 4 A | 5 D | 6 S | 7 S | 8 H | 9 O | 10 V | 11 E | ||||
12 T | R | I | V | I | A | L | 13 S | P | E | C | I | A | 14 L |
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15 R | E | V | E | R | S | E | 16 P | O | R | T | A | G | E |
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17 I | V | A | N | 18 H | E | 19 G | I | R | A | 20 D | E | N |
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21 N | I | B | 22 P | O | R | T | 23 S | U | R | D |
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24 E | E | L | 25 S | 26 L | I | N | E | 27 C | Y | C | L | E |
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28 W | E | E | 29 D | I | N | G | 30 M | A | R | T | Y | R |
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31 D | I | N | G | 32 M | I | D | I | |||||||
33 D | 34 E | 35 C | A | N | T | 36 M | A | N | S | A | 37 R | 38 D | ||
39 I | R | A | T | E | 40 M | E | T | E | 41 N | A | I | 42 L |
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43 M | O | L | E | 44 S | E | N | T | 45 N | E | E |
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46 P | S | I | 47 U | P | T | U | R | 48 N | 49 A | C | T | A |
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50 L | I | B | 51 E | R | I | A | 52 E | A | 53 R | T | H | E | N |
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54 E | V | A | N | G | E | L | 55 S | N | A | R | E | R | S |
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56 E | N | T | E | R | 57 S | A | T | Y | R | S |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,669
Across
1
Argues in court : PLEADS
7
What push sometimes comes to : SHOVE
12
Inconsequential : TRIVIAL
13
Exceptional : SPECIAL
15
Car gear : REVERSE
16
Freight : PORTAGE
17
Lendl of tennis : IVAN
18
Exodus : HEGIRA
20
Cozy nook : DEN
21
Pen part : NIB
22
Product of Oporto : PORT
23
Voiceless sound : SURD
24
Morays : EELS
26
Cable : LINE
27
Period : CYCLE
28
Gardener's chore : WEEDING
30
St. Joan, for one : MARTYR
31
Bell sound : DING
32
Southern France : MIDI
33
Transfer wine to another bottle : DECANT
36
Roof style : MANSARD
39
Furious : IRATE
40
Allot : METE
41
Catch a crook : NAIL
43
Pier : MOLE
44
Dispatched : SENT
45
Society-page word : NEE
46
Between chi and omega : PSI
47
Trend change : UPTURN
49
Legal records : ACTA
50
West African country : LIBERIA
52
Made of fired clay : EARTHEN
54
Gospel : EVANGEL
55
Trappers : SNARERS
56
Come in : ENTER
57
Lascivious ones : SATYRS
Down
1
Advance showing : PREVIEW
2
Fit for habitation : LIVABLE
3
Tied : EVEN
4
Ventilate : AIR
5
Olympics event : DASH
6
"Let ___ dogs lie" : SLEEPING
7
Soccer, e.g. : SPORT
8
Queen on Mt. Ida : HERA
9
Fall mo. : OCT
10
Type of bridge : VIADUCT
11
With avidity : EAGERLY
12
Triple : TRINE
13
Steeple : SPIRE
14
Banker, at times : LENDER
19
Percussion instrument : GONG
23
Native of Damascus : SYRIAN
25
Dignified : SEDATE
26
Cotton fiber for yarn : LINT
27
Antitheses of gentlemen : CADS
29
Sup : DINE
30
"___ eyes have seen the glory ... " : MINE
32
"Once Upon a ___," 1959 play : MATTRESS
33
Smiler's hollow : DIMPLE
34
Tending to abrade : EROSIVE
35
Shakespearean slave : CALIBAN
36
Carte : MENU
37
Cattleman : RANCHER
38
They choose to lose : DIETERS
40
Good conductor of electricity : METAL
42
Inclines : LEANS
44
Screen in a manor house : SPIER
47
Encourage : URGE
48
Darling dog : NANA
49
Give it ___ (attempt) : ATRY
51
Suffix with differ : ENT
53
Word with race or trap : RAT
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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