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Bert H. Kruse
Bert H. Kruse

New York Times, Friday, December 27, 1985

Author:
Bert H. Kruse
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 249 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 29.2
Bert H. Kruse has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,198
Across
1
Part of an ellipse : ARC
4
Kind of house : CHOP
8
Little type : APER
12
Burden : LOAD
14
Ambiance : AURA
15
Bucket wheel : NORIA
17
Start of an epigram : IDLESPECULATION
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Uses : EMPLOYS
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Exercises an option : ELECTS
22
Type of meal : OAT
23
Actor Hinkles : RON
24
Epigram: Part II : ISINVESTINGTHE
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Cut : PARE
33
Tommy of Broadway : TUNE
34
Erode : EAT
36
Get rid of : SHED
37
Prohibit : DEBAR
38
Hard to come by : RARE
39
Augsburg article : EIN
40
Single : UNAL
41
Some are liberal : ARTS
42
Epigram: Part III : BANKROLLANDNOT
47
Onassis : ARI
48
Year in the reign of Claudius I : LII
49
Memorable Dodger manager : ALSTON
52
Leaky radiator remedy, e.g. : SEALANT
56
End of epigram : SEEINGANYRETURN
59
Jack : KNAVE
60
Frat quarters, sometimes : DORM
61
Down Under bird : EMEU
62
Free spirit : ONER
63
Is obliged : OWES
64
Stake : BET
Down
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"The Greatest" : ALI
2
Teased : RODE
3
Prestorm state : CALM
4
"House of Flowers" author : CAPOTE
5
A nephew of Donald Duck : HUEY
6
Grampuses : ORCS
7
French winter report : PAU
8
Kind of computer : ANALOG
9
Like some drinks : POTENT
10
Skater-cyclist Heiden : ERIC
11
Funny one : RIOT
13
Testified : DEPONED
16
Belgian commune : ANS
18
Rembrandt's "The Noble ___" : SLAV
19
"Brigadoon" lyricist : LERNER
24
Hadrian's "himself" : IPSE
25
Hindu master : SAHIB
26
Ireland, to Spenser : IRENA
27
Anagrammatically, she takes notes : STENO
28
Shylock's friend : TUBAL
29
Counting everything : INALL
30
Author Lafcadio : HEARN
31
Has an ___ the ground : EARTO
35
Experiment : TEST
37
In the time of : DURING
38
Shine : RADIATE
43
One way to go : NATIVE
44
Norwegian dollars : KRONER
45
Slumberland intruders : ALARMS
46
African irrigator : NILE
49
Question : ASK
50
Curtain fabric : LENO
51
Playwright O'Casey : SEAN
52
Popocatépetl's covering : SNOW
53
Judicial journey : EYRE
54
Without feeling : NUMB
55
Cork, e.g. : TREE
57
Trouble : ADO
58
Zany : NUT

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

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