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Bert H. Kruse
New York Times, Friday, October 11, 1974
22-Across : Pompous
Author:
Bert H. Kruse
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Bert H. Kruse has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 U | 3 F | 4 A | 5 F | 6 I | 7 L | 8 E | 9 R | 10 S | 11 W | 12 A | 13 P |
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14 E | R | I | S | 15 I | D | O | L | E | 16 P | O | P | E |
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17 M | A | R | T | 18 R | A | P | I | D | 19 F | I | R | E | R |
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20 P | L | E | A | 21 S | E | 22 S | T | I | L | T | E | D | ||
23 P | R | O | B | 24 E | 25 E | N | I | F | ||||||
26 S | 27 U | R | E | F | I | R | 28 E | 29 K | N | I | 30 F | 31 E | 32 S |
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33 A | P | O | 34 A | R | R | E | 35 T | 36 G | R | I | L | L |
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37 G | O | O | 38 F | 39 D | E | L | O | 40 S | 41 E | R | G | O |
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42 E | N | F | I | 43 N | 44 D | E | M | O | 45 S | 46 E | A | T |
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47 N | A | S | R | O | 48 L | 49 R | E | F | I | 50 N | E | R | S |
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51 E | V | I | 52 L | 53 S | T | R | I | A | ||||||
54 A | 55 L | B | A | N | I | 56 A | 57 N | E | C | T | 58 A | 59 R |
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60 G | R | E | A | S | E | F | I | 61 R | E | 62 K | E | P | T |
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63 U | N | A | L | 64 R | E | D | E | S | 65 E | R | I | E |
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66 M | O | L | L | 67 S | R | A | Y | S | 68 D | S | C | S |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,190
Across
1
Porous rock : TUFA
5
Office worker : FILER
10
Exchange : SWAP
14
Goddess of discord : ERIS
15
Image, in France : IDOLE
16
Poet Alexander : POPE
17
Shopping places : MART
18
Machine gun, e.g. : RAPIDFIRER
20
Word with remit or reply : PLEASE
22
Pompous : STILTED
23
Investigate : PROBE
25
Star in Pegasus : ENIF
26
Positive : SUREFIRE
29
Cuts : KNIFES
33
Serviceman's address : APO
34
Judgment of a court : ARRET
36
Patio item : GRILL
37
Boo-boo : GOOF
39
Greek island : DELOS
41
Therefore : ERGO
42
Finally, in Paris : ENFIN
44
Populace : DEMOS
46
___ crow : EAT
47
Caffeine solution : NASROL
49
Some oil companies : REFINERS
51
Sinful : EVIL
53
Furrow : STRIA
54
Neighbor of Greece : ALBANIA
57
Honey-to-be : NECTAR
60
Cafe-kitchen hazard : GREASEFIRE
62
Maintained : KEPT
63
Single : UNAL
64
Guesses, in Glasgow : REDES
65
New York canal : ERIE
66
Miss Flanders : MOLL
67
Atomic emissions : SRAYS
68
Army medals : DSCS
Down
1
Weather abbreviation : TEMP
2
Russian river : URAL
3
Makes safe from combustion : FIREPROOFS
4
Gazing : ASTARE
5
Stravinsky suite : FIREBIRD
6
Lupino : IDA
7
Cuts off : LOPS
8
Superior : ELITE
9
Accountant's need : REDINK
10
R.A.F. plane of W. W. II : SPITFIRE
11
Deteriorated : WORE
12
Copied : APED
13
Apiece : PER
19
Hurl : FLING
21
Parlor piece : SOFA
24
Went wrong : ERRED
26
Say, in Germany : SAGEN
27
"Once ___ time" : UPONA
28
Fisherman : EELER
30
Sideshow performers : FIREEATERS
31
English composer : ELGAR
32
Openings : SLOTS
35
Big books : TOMES
38
Hustler : FIREBALL
40
Characteristic of down : SOFTNESS
43
Variable stars : NOVAS
45
Parent : SIRE
48
Ships : LINERS
50
Cut slightly : NICKED
52
Certain prisoner : LIFER
54
Italian river : ARNO
55
Faithful, in Scotland : LEAL
56
Operatic slave : AIDA
58
Top: Prefix : APIC
59
Roads: Abbr. : RTES
60
___ up (botch) : GUM
61
Spanish king : REY
Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.