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Bert H. Kruse
New York Times, Tuesday, February 17, 1976
Author:
Bert H. Kruse
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 38.7
Bert H. Kruse has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 L | 4 I | 5 S | 6 L | 7 A | 8 M | 9 T | 10 I | 11 P | 12 S | |||
13 A | M | O | I | 14 C | O | R | A | 15 E | L | L | I | 16 S |
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17 S | E | N | I | 18 O | R | I | T | Y | 19 R | E | E | L | S |
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20 T | A | G | 21 G | E | T | 22 A | 23 S | H | 24 A | L | E |
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25 E | L | S | 26 T | R | E | E | 27 S | O | U | 28 L | S | |||
29 H | E | N | R | 30 Y | 31 U | N | S | U | 32 R | 33 E |
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34 P | 35 A | 36 G | E | S | 37 E | A | 38 R | N | E | D | R | U | N |
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39 A | T | E | 40 E | R | R | E | D | 41 E | L | D |
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42 P | O | O | 43 R | 44 R | I | S | K | S | 45 C | 46 A | S | E | S |
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47 S | P | R | E | A | D | 48 E | T | 49 H | A | N | ||||
50 G | O | N | E | 51 R | 52 I | O | D | I | 53 D | 54 E | 55 S |
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56 A | 57 T | I | 58 T | R | A | 59 T | U | E | 60 I | M | P |
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61 B | R | A | 62 C | E | 63 C | 64 R | U | S | T | 65 A | C | E | A |
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66 S | E | N | O | R | 67 K | I | T | E | 68 S | T | E | T |
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69 S | S | T | S | 70 S | P | E | D | 71 P | A | R | E |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,684
Across
1
Dreamy isle : BALI
5
Door sound : SLAM
9
Certain foul balls : TIPS
13
Mine, in France : AMOI
14
Gazelle : CORA
15
Writer Havelock : ELLIS
17
Jobholder's goal : SENIORITY
19
Dances : REELS
20
"It" game : TAG
21
Offspring : GET
22
One Wednesday : ASH
24
Drink : ALE
25
English film-studio center : ELSTREE
27
Evangelists' savings : SOULS
29
Ford : HENRY
31
Precarious : UNSURE
34
Errand runners : PAGES
37
Pitching statistic : EARNEDRUN
39
Corroded : ATE
40
Flubbed : ERRED
41
Time past : ELD
42
Insurance headaches : POORRISKS
45
Detectives' concerns : CASES
47
Banquet : SPREAD
48
Frome : ETHAN
50
Dead duck : GONER
52
Acid salts : IODIDES
56
Panay native : ATI
58
Singing sound : TRA
59
Day: Abbr. : TUE
60
Demon : IMP
61
Pair : BRACE
63
Class including lobsters and crabs : CRUSTACEA
66
Mister, in Málaga : SENOR
67
Rise rapidly : KITE
68
Word on a proof : STET
69
Certain planes : SSTS
70
Hurried : SPED
71
Reduce : PARE
Down
1
Do a sewing job : BASTE
2
"One swallow doesn't make ___" : AMEAL
3
Huey and son : LONGS
4
Clock reading : III
5
Kind of football pass : SCREEN
6
Minor lawbreakers : LOITERERS
7
Mobiles, e.g. : ART
8
Yucatan Indians : MAYAS
9
Writer of dog stories : TERHUNE
10
French land area : ILE
11
Companions of palaces : PLEASURES
12
Window part : SILL
16
Ship's course : SSE
18
Monsters : OGRES
23
Long Island or Puget : SOUND
26
French brew : THE
28
Drug initials : LSD
30
S. A. monkey : YARKE
32
Golden or slide : RULE
33
Finishes : ENDS
34
Baby foods : PAPS
35
On : ATOP
36
Macon people : GEORGIANS
38
Make a refund : RESTITUTE
40
Down for pillows : EIDER
43
Car of yore : REO
44
Soapbox orators : RANTERS
45
Military trainee : CADET
46
Black bird : ANI
49
Sheltered : HOUSED
51
Pool-ball frames : RACKS
53
Pronouncements : DICTA
54
Arab prince : EMEER
55
Sudden rush : SPATE
56
Not present: Abbr. : ABS
57
___ bien : TRES
62
Sleeping place : COT
64
Irving's sleeper : RIP
65
Snake : ASP
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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