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Bert H. Kruse
Bert H. Kruse

BUFFOON'S BESTIARY

New York Times, Sunday, July 14, 1985

107-Across : Gray area: Abbr.

Author:
Bert H. Kruse
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 77, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 548 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 104, Cheaters: 16, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Bert H. Kruse has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,032
Across
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Electric unit : FARAD
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Bo or John : DEREK
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Musician Miller : MITCH
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Make effervescent : AERATE
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Archon's Roman cousin : EDILE
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Some Nebraskans : OMAHAS
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Insect always caught? : SACRIFICEFLY
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Had a main course : MAJORED
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East, in Essen : OST
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Single-handedly : ALONE
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Bike for Daisy : TANDEM
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King Kong's captive in 1933 : WRAY
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Bahs' kin : POHS
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Peculiarity : TRAIT
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Solicitude, in Savoie : SOINS
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Biblical place north of Damascus : HOBA
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Crams for exams : PREPS
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Inward : ENTAD
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Material for having a blast : TNT
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Pulled : TOWED
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Sharpens : STROPS
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Emulates Harriet Tubman : ESCAPES
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Certain Syrians : DRUSES
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Breather : NOSE
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"Take ___ leave ... !" : ITOR
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Look pleased : GRIN
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Parasites found on a church mouse? : WIDOWSMITES
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Food fish that beats time? : TRAPDRUM
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Kind of discussion : PANEL
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Term of affection : PET
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Pays : DEFRAYS
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Cash's "Ballad of ___ Hayes" : IRA
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French magazine : ELLE
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Make : FORCE
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Monoskis : SLEDS
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Insult : SLAP
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Words before king or reine : ALA
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Arrogant : HAUGHTY
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Scottish unit : ANE
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Overwhelms with amusement : KILLS
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Quadruped that never runs? : SAWHORSE
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Mammals that dig up seaports? : HARBORMOLES
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Sailing direction : ALEE
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Viaud's pen name : LOTI
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Put out : SORE
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Dipped out : LADLED
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Elects again : RESEATS
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Admiral ___ Inn of "Treasure Island" : BENBOW
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Hebrew letters : ALEFS
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Aussie hopper : ROO
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Power : STEAM
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Keen : ACUTE
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Transgressions : SINS
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Photos : SHOTS
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Coal city in Iowa : ALBIA
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Auspices : EGIS
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Oz dog : TOTO
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"___ Farewell": Wagner aria : WOTANS
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This makes Rover no rover : LEASH
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Gray area: Abbr. : BOT
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Calmed : STILLED
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Rays that shine on rinks? : ROLLERSKATES
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N.Y. silverware center : ONEIDA
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Laundry component : DRIER
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Tops of altars : MENSAE
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Opera's Simon ___ : ESTES
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Long transports, for short : SEMIS
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Summer : ADDER
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___ boa (lightweight serpent?) : FEATHER
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Kind of light : ARC
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___ avis : RARA
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Not upright : ATILT
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Actor in TV's "Hazel" : DEFORE
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Misrepresentations : DECEITS
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Dutch commune : EDE
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Break : RIFT
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Greece, to Greeks : ELLAS
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Convention bigwig : KEYNOTER
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Trice : MOMENT
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Moslem holy men : IMAMS
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Dervish's cap : TAJ
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Dog-faced glutton? : CHOWHOUND
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Farm implements : HARROWS
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Classify : ASSORT
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His motto is "Can Do" : SEABEE
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Vacuous : INANE
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Couples : DYADS
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Antonyms: Abbr. : OPPS
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Tintamarres : DINS
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Metrical foot : SPONDEE
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Unspoken : TACIT
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Reel part : SPOOL
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Passé : DATED
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Capers : TRIPS
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Verona-to-Pisa dir. : SSW
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Propounds : POSES
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Squirrels' nests : DRAYS
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Back : ESPOUSE
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Teachers, at times : GRADERS
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Double this for an Indian people : WALLA
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Patty Duke, to the Astins : INLAW
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Join : MERGE
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Yen : ITCH
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Rapido, e.g. : TRENO
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Moon feature : RILLE
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U.S.S.R. high spots : URALS
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Atlas display : MAPS
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Thimblerig units : PEAS
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Diet cause : FLAB
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Ate : FARED
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Society's spirit : ETHOS
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It's golden : SILENCE
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Doral features : HOLES
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Eucalyptuses : YATES
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Land once called the Hermit Kingdom : KOREA
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Skimpy food fish? : HALFSOLES
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Cisco Kid's rope : RIATA
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Kind of rule : MOB
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Acrobatic wear : LEOTARDS
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Shoe forms : LASTS
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Former San Francisco mayor : ALIOTO
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Tooth tissue : DENTINE
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Source : ROOT
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People to bank on : TELLERS
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Kind of saw : SABER
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Tiny relative of a grizzly? : BUGBEAR
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Idle : OTIOSE
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Spengler's "Decline of the ___" : WEST
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V. Harper role and G. Meredith heroine : RHODAS
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Noxious influence : MIASMA
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Hasso, for one : SWEDE
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Occasional sermon obbligato : SNORE
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Set a price for : ASKED
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Pickens of films : SLIM
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Crewman : HAND
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Plastered : LIT
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Garland : LEI
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Part of Mao's name : TSE

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10 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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