This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Bert H. Kruse
Bert H. Kruse

Law-School Dropout

New York Times, Sunday, August 5, 1990

25-Across : If you pass the bar, what will it mean?

Author:
Bert H. Kruse
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.21, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 513 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 121, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 37.6
Bert H. Kruse has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
O
2
L
3
A
4
F
5
S
6
H
7
E
8
E
9
R
10
A
11
T
12
L
13
A
14
S
15
S
16
T
17
O
18
W
19
R
E
N
I
20
T
O
R
S
O
21
B
U
E
N
A
22
H
O
N
E
23
B
R
I
D
24
G
E
B
I
D
S
25
A
B
S
T
I
26
N
E
N
C
E
27
G
E
N
O
A
28
S
29
I
L
A
S
30
L
O
N
G
E
D
31
B
32
U
E
N
O
S
33
W
I
N
O
S
34
T
I
N
S
35
E
N
T
E
36
A
N
O
N
37
R
U
N
C
I
38
B
39
L
40
E
41
L
A
D
E
S
42
A
43
R
L
I
N
E
44
J
U
D
G
E
45
O
E
N
46
O
N
E
R
47
F
R
E
D
48
A
M
O
S
49
D
Y
A
D
50
A
I
R
51
S
U
I
T
O
52
F
53
A
54
R
M
O
R
55
F
O
S
S
E
56
N
E
G
57
A
T
E
S
58
A
M
E
E
R
59
M
E
R
C
E
D
60
A
B
E
L
E
61
S
K
I
M
S
62
T
E
M
P
O
63
C
64
A
R
I
E
S
65
S
P
I
T
E
66
U
N
U
S
U
67
A
68
L
69
A
R
M
E
N
70
S
T
O
R
Y
T
71
E
72
L
L
E
R
73
T
R
A
74
R
E
E
S
75
A
E
R
O
76
L
O
I
S
77
F
A
R
O
78
I
N
N
79
A
C
T
O
R
80
S
81
G
82
R
O
U
P
83
R
I
C
E
S
84
B
A
T
85
T
E
R
U
P
86
P
O
O
P
87
O
R
T
S
88
A
S
O
P
89
S
E
N
S
E
90
A
91
T
T
E
S
T
92
P
93
A
94
T
I
O
S
95
B
I
N
E
T
96
O
C
H
O
S
97
S
C
U
L
P
T
98
U
R
E
S
99
A
100
R
T
H
U
R
A
101
S
102
H
103
E
104
A
R
N
O
105
I
N
A
N
E
106
N
I
T
I
D
107
L
O
O
M
108
T
E
A
R
109
C
E
D
A
R
110
D
O
O
N
S
111
E
X
E
S
© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,880
Across
1
Norwegian saint : OLAF
5
Utter : SHEER
10
World toter : ATLAS
15
Put away : STOW
19
Painter of "Aurora" : RENI
20
Trunk : TORSO
21
___ Vista, Mexican War battle site : BUENA
22
Put an edge on : HONE
23
What are contracts? : BRIDGEBIDS
25
If you pass the bar, what will it mean? : ABSTINENCE
27
Birthplace of Columbus : GENOA
28
Marner or Lapham : SILAS
30
Pined : LONGED
31
___ Aires : BUENOS
33
Skid-row denizens : WINOS
34
Cans, in Canterbury : TINS
35
Heraldic design : ENTE
36
Presently : ANON
37
Kind of spoon : RUNCIBLE
41
Dips : LADES
42
Which former female arbiter do you most admire? : ARLINEJUDGE
45
Wine: Comb. form : OEN
46
Individualist : ONER
47
Mr. Flintstone : FRED
48
Bible book : AMOS
49
Couple : DYAD
50
Cahn-Styne product : AIR
51
Name at least one historic trial : SUITOFARMOR
55
Choreographer-director from Chicago : FOSSE
56
Cancels : NEGATES
58
Arab nobleman : AMEER
59
Yosemite National Park river : MERCED
60
A poplar : ABELE
61
Takes off the cream : SKIMS
62
Pace : TEMPO
63
Tooth problem : CARIES
65
Kind of fence : SPITE
66
Out of the ordinary : UNUSUAL
69
Singer of "Stop the Music" fame : ARMEN
70
What is a talesman? : STORYTELLER
73
Refrain word : TRA
74
Arikaras : REES
75
Kind of plane or dynamics : AERO
76
Grandmother of Timothy : LOIS
77
Banking game : FARO
78
Lodge : INN
79
What is equity? : ACTORSGROUP
83
Uses a kitchen appliance : RICES
84
Umpire's command : BATTERUP
86
Kind of deck : POOP
87
Bits for Benji : ORTS
88
Drenched : ASOP
89
Horse follower : SENSE
90
Be a witness : ATTEST
92
Where filets are often ruined : PATIOS
95
I.Q. tester : BINET
96
Spanish ice-skating figures : OCHOS
97
Define statutes : SCULPTURES
99
Name a prominent living court figure : ARTHURASHE
104
Florence's waterfront : ARNO
105
Silly : INANE
106
Lustrous : NITID
107
Weaving need : LOOM
108
Kind of drop : TEAR
109
Lebanese tree : CEDAR
110
River and lake in Scotland : DOONS
111
Crosses out : EXES
Down
1
Scepter's adjunct : ORB
2
Irish Neptune : LER
3
Black bird : ANI
4
Nervous Nellie : FIDGETER
5
Exec's brain, on occasion : STENO
6
Roads scholars : HOBOS
7
Silkworm : ERIA
8
Apocryphal bk. : ESD
9
"The Barber of Seville" composer : ROSSINI
10
Tasty mollusk : ABALONE
11
Helicons : TUBAS
12
"___ is more": Browning : LESS
13
Hill maker : ANT
14
Liner schedules : SAILINGS
15
Chinese province : SHENSI
16
Go oystering : TONG
17
Erstwhile : ONCE
18
Cull : WEED
24
Heredity determiners : GENES
26
Present : NONCE
29
Party to : INON
31
Prep cap : BEANIE
32
What exactly is a brief? : UNDERGARMENT
33
Emerson's middle name : WALDO
34
Henry VIII was one : TUDOR
37
Sometimes it's ugly : RUMOR
38
Quitclaim, is a deed. Name some others. : BOYSCOUTACTS
39
Rent : LEASE
40
Over : ENDED
41
Bank transaction : LOAN
42
Originate : ARISE
43
Soak flax or lumber : RET
44
"The Golden Bowl" author : JAMES
47
Heaters : FUELS
49
African villages : DORPS
51
Dutch genre painter : STEEN
52
Dervish : FAKIR
53
Peaceful harmony : AMITY
54
Convened anew : REMET
55
Our largest bone : FEMUR
57
"___ Irish Rose" : ABIES
59
Biblical wall words : MENES
61
Game trail : SPOOR
62
Spring bloom : TULIP
63
Brazilian Indian : CARIB
64
Knockout of a place : ARENA
65
Perk up a straightedge : STROP
67
Halt : ARREST
68
Asian nation : LAOS
70
Arrangement : SETUP
71
Marry modestly : ELOPE
72
Costello or Groza : LOU
75
Puzzle variety : ACROSTIC
77
Damaged-goods rendition : FIRESALE
79
Famed fabulist : AESOP
80
"Faerie Queene" poet : SPENSER
81
Away : GONE
82
Cyrano's creator : ROSTAND
83
Chopper part : ROTOR
85
Who starts the most suits? : TAILOR
89
City near Assisi : SIENA
90
"Body all ___": O. Hammerstein : ACHIN
91
Dull sounds : THUDS
92
Scholastic test, for short : PSAT
93
Israeli port : ACRE
94
Fish or pear : TUNA
95
Finishing nail : BRAD
96
Schenk or Harbach : OTTO
98
One, in Paris : UNE
100
Cruise port, for short : RIO
101
Boston or Chicago team : SOX
102
Weeder : HOE
103
Bad ___, German spa : EMS

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

  Please log in to use the Analyze feature.

Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.

Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

Previous puzzle | Next puzzle
XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2026, Jim Horne
80 ms