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Bert H. Kruse
Bert H. Kruse

New York Times, Tuesday, February 17, 1976

50-Across : Dead duck

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: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Bert H. Kruse has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 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, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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