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Bert H. Kruse
Bert H. Kruse

New York Times, Saturday, December 13, 1975

40-Across : Sentence structures

Author:
Bert H. Kruse
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Bert H. Kruse has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,618
Across
1
Plaster product : CAST
5
Vulgate : SLANG
10
English poet : POPE
14
Senior citizen, in Germany : ALTE
15
Antic : CAPER
16
Understand : READ
17
Creator of an enigmatic smile : LEONARDODAVINCI
20
George White revues : SCANDALS
21
Appropriate to : DEVOTE
22
Cry of surprise : YIPE
23
Join with heat : FUSE
24
Unsullied : CHASTE
27
Jabbered : PRATTLED
31
Nigeria's capital : LAGOS
32
Hangs on : WAITS
33
Sumac : YMA
34
Algerian city : ORAN
35
"A votre ___" : SANTE
36
Tito : BROZ
37
Prefix for angle or cycle : TRI
38
Tithe : TENTH
39
Completely : QUITE
40
Sentence structures : SYNTAXES
42
Cone wearers : DUNCES
43
Elects : OPTS
44
Waring : FRED
45
Renee of films : ADOREE
48
Sponge : FREELOAD
52
Great poetic couple : ROBERTBROWNINGS
54
Hole, in Paris : TROU
55
River in England : TRENT
56
Orderly : NEAT
57
Ooze : SEEP
58
Live to eat or ___ live : EATTO
59
Dog noises : GRRS
Down
1
Coolidge et al. : CALS
2
Waugh : ALEC
3
Greek promenade : STOA
4
"Light Brigade" author : TENNYSON
5
Difficulty : SCRAPE
6
Kitchen utensil : LADLE
7
Overseas addresses : APOS
8
Something raised : NED
9
Get a diploma : GRADUATE
10
Hedge shrub : PRIVET
11
Wine: Prefix : OENO
12
Treaty : PACT
13
Adams : EDIE
18
Tunnels : ADITS
19
Garments : VESTS
23
English hedge : FRITH
24
Coagulates : CLOTS
25
Truman : HARRY
26
Another time : AGAIN
27
Kind of suit : PANTS
28
Certain soprano : LYRIC
29
Ham it up : EMOTE
30
Bewilders : DAZES
32
Fades : WANES
35
Florodora unit : SEXTETTE
36
Old New England diversion : BUNDLING
38
Diminish : TAPER
39
Bee-colony member : QUEEN
41
Destroyed, as a letter : TOREUP
42
Attracted : DREWTO
44
Façade : FRONT
45
Wiles : ARTS
46
French illustrator : DORE
47
Woodwind : OBOE
48
Guitar part : FRET
49
Standout : ONER
50
Culture medium : AGAR
51
Summer times: Abbr. : DSTS
53
Bikini part : BRA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 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.

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