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Bert H. Kruse
Bert H. Kruse

Fraidycat!

New York Times, Sunday, December 15, 1985

52-Across : One of the Dryads

Author:
Bert H. Kruse
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.29, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 541 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 112, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 35.3
Bert H. Kruse has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,186
Across
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Poe's "The ___ Cat" : BLACK
6
Bric-a-___ : BRAC
10
Judicial attire : ROBES
15
Atlantic route : SEALANE
17
Rushing sound : SWOOSH
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Portuguese wine city : OPORTO
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Fear of thinking : PHRONEMOPHOBIA
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Remained : STAYED
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Tantrum : RAGE
25
More tricky : WILIER
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Lots and lots of lots : ACRES
28
Due follower : TRE
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"___ Got a Secret" : IVE
30
Encircle : GIRT
31
Porticoes : STOAS
32
At that time : THEN
33
Exam : TEST
35
___ Islands, off New Guinea : AROE
36
Stick : CLING
37
Golfer Julius : BOROS
38
Lovers of beauty : ESTHETES
40
Folded part : PLICA
41
Rest : REPOSE
42
Breathing sound : RALE
43
Radar image : BLIP
44
Sharpen a pencil : RETIP
45
Place in proximity : APPOSE
48
Heart cherries : GEANS
49
Flamboyance : PANACHE
51
Minute : TEENY
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One of the Dryads : ERATO
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Bevels or whines : CANTS
54
Ethiopian river : OMO
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Tale start : ONCE
57
Fear of public places : AGORAPHOBIA
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Oriental bishop : ABBA
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Moccasin : PAC
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Item Polonius hid behind : ARRAS
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Deals with a discus : HURLS
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Handbill : FLIER
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Sailors' opposites : LANDMEN
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Mercutio's friend : ROMEO
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Monks : FRIARS
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Galsworthy novel : TOLET
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Construction piece : IBAR
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Dash : ELAN
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Omitted : ELIDED
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The Flying Scotsman, e.g. : TRAIN
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Abstruse : ESOTERIC
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Pollster or cowboy : ROPER
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Lobster claw : CHELA
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Counterfeit : FAKE
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Actress Merrill : DINA
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Fall cries : RAHS
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Seethes : BOILS
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Arnaz : DESI
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"Sprechen ___ Deutsch?" : SIE
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Excitement : ADO
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Reproduction : CLONE
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Indian symbols : TOTEMS
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Alveoli : PITS
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Leg bones : TIBIAE
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Fear of ridicule : KATAGELOPHOBIA
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Negatively charged particles : ANIONS
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Customs : USAGES
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Kind of performance : STELLAR
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Shoots the breeze : GASES
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Caresses : PETS
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Harden : STEEL
Down
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Isn't naughty : BEHAVES
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Adjective for Alaska : LARGEST
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Drug plant : ALOE
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Fire : CAN
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Was versed in : KNEW
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Party pooper : BOOR
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Hijack : ROB
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Oriental, e.g. : ASIATIC
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Old Spanish dance : CHACONA
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Picardy sight : ROSES
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Chooses : OPTS
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Neckpiece : BOA
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Fear of blushing : ERYTHROPHOBIA
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Fine players : STEREOS
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Elf : SPRITE
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U.S.S.R. fugitive, e.g. : EMIGREE
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Skyline feature : SPIRE
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Hone : WHET
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Andersen's birthplace : ODENSE
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Mixtures : OLIOS
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Part of a lemon : RAG
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Scions : SLIPS
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Theme : TOPIC
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Sovereignty : THRONE
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Salt tree : ATLE
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Fear of going to bed : CLINOPHOBIA
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Greek letters : BETAS
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This does it : EASY
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Last word of Mont.'s motto : PLATA
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Designer de la ___ : RENTA
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Teddy and honey : BEARS
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Indian queens : RANIS
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On : ATOP
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Kind of colony : PENAL
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Fear of sin : PECCATIPHOBIA
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Punster's evocation : GROAN
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Picasso or Casals : PABLO
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Grate sight : EMBER
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Plume producer : EGRET
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Kitchen utensil : CORER
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What tholes hold : OARS
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Mailed : ARMED
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Mistake maker : HUMAN
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Made true : ALINED
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Freud colleague : ADLER
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Campus bunch : FRAT
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Protuberances : NODES
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Iranian money : RIALS
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Growler : FLOE
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"Engravers of the Arctic" : ESKIMOS
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Printing goofs : ERRATA
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Kind of zone : LOADING
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Ideate : THINKUP
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Unhand : RELEASE
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Prop for de Kooning : EASEL
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Funny : RISIBLE
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Monogram part : INITIAL
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Lyricist for Gershwin's "Swanee" : CAESAR
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Bill's companion : COO
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Honors, in a way : FETES
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Sampler verb : BLESS
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Palazzo Ducale resident : DOGE
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Sweet plant : CANE
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Labels : TAGS
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N.Y., L.A., S.F., etc. : SPTS
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Pope John Paul II, for one : POLE
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Cyclades isle : IOS
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Produce lace : TAT
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All ___ up (beside oneself) : HET

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

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