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Bert H. Kruse
Bert H. Kruse

NOT SO FAST!

New York Times, Sunday, November 29, 1987

79-Down : Japanese city, now called Iwaki

Author:
Bert H. Kruse
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 86, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 508 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 115, Cheaters: 22, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Bert H. Kruse has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,900
Across
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Stew : SNIT
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Sub chaser : ROSA
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Cumshaw : TIP
12
Scratch : CLAW
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Arrives : COMES
18
Kind of wind : EASTERLY
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Shakespeare's theater : GLOBE
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Ordinary : AMBLEOFTHEMILL
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Took an oblique direction : SLOPED
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Shepherd's, for one : PIE
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Mayo and Yaqui : RIOS
26
Words of comprehension : ISEE
27
Set down as fact : POSIT
28
Reveal : UNCOVER
30
___ Wells, a top horse in 1904 : ORT
31
Oscar winner: 1958 : NIVEN
32
Woolen cloth : LAINE
33
Dakota site of Presidential busts : MTMOSEYMORE
38
One-night stand : GIG
41
"Deutschland über ___" : ALLES
42
Cuban product : RUM
43
Wasn't up to snuff : AILED
44
Beetle : DOR
45
French possessive : SES
46
Kind of play : TEAM
48
Loser to S. Grant : ELEE
49
Protuberance : NODE
50
Celebrated Harvard club : POKYPUDDING
53
Type of type : ROMAN
54
Light units: Abbr. : LUS
57
Iconoscopes, for short : IKES
58
Renoir works : NUDES
59
Nabokov novel : LOLITA
60
Chanted : INTONED
62
TV newsman Wallace : CHRIS
63
Testified : DEPONED
64
Roman Empire expert : GIBBON
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Frozen dessert : GLACE
66
Caved in : GAVE
67
Wordsworth creation : ODE
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___ the hole (reserve resource) : ACEIN
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"The ___," Cooper book : SLOTHSLAYER
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Legal wrong : TORT
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Celebrated pianist : HESS
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Cathedral part : APSE
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Wild sheep of India : SHA
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Ocean flier : ERN
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Make up for : ATONE
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Part of a shandy : ALE
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Milan's La ___ : SCALA
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Genetic inits. : DNA
84
Postal number : SAUNTERCODE
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Greek city-state : POLIS
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Illuminated again : RELIT
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Nonsense! : ROT
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Rhizoid : ROOTLET
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Whodunit bust : EDGAR
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Franklin's mother : SARA
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Actor Jamie : FARR
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"___ Clear Day ... " : ONA
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Univ. of Illinois site : URBANA
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Chicago airport control center : OTORTOISETOWER
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Safe : VAULT
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Dramatis ___ (cast) : PERSONAE
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Like Thursday or Sue : SWEET
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Reynard of Africa : ASSE
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Men : HES
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Fishing traps : POTS
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Shoulder blade : SCAPULA
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Unreal individuals : NOMINALS
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Asinine : IMBECILE
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___ Aviv : TEL
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___ Judaism : REFORM
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Grouts : OATS
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Quiet! : SSH
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Gormandized : ATE
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Sibelius's "Valse ___" : TRISTE
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That one, to Caesar : ILLE
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W.W. II G.I. chronicler : PYLE
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Stingy : CLOSE
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Gambler's "bone" : LOPINGDOMINO
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Help a hood : ABET
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Unite : WED
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Court starters : SERVES
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Arabian leaders : EMIRS
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Like boxers today : GLOVED
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Goose, in Grenoble : OIE
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Skyline sight : SPIRE
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Folding money : ONES
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Dutch uncle : OOM
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Had ___ to stand on (was helpless) : NOLEG
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Photographers' needs : TRAYS
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Cheat, on Cheapside : MUMP
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New Haven students : YALIES
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Bearings : MIENS
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Treated with an antiseptic : IODATED
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Explosive missile : GRENADE
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Currency stand-in : TOKEN
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Just got by, with "out" : EKED
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Whirlpools : EDDIES
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___ contendere : NOLO
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Western conifer : PINON
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Removes the topper : UNHATS
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Through, in Bonn : DURCH
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Poll man : ROPER
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Tied by a surgeon : LIGATED
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Emblem on the British Royal Coat of Arms : UNICORN
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Popular intercity transport : STBERNARDBUS
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Reception : LEVEE
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R.I.P. notice : OBIT
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Place for linens : CLOSET
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Calendar parts : DAYS
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Senator from Ohio : GLENN
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Looked slack-jawed : GAPED
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Holler : SHOUT
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"Symphonie Espagnole" composer : LALO
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Duncan I, e.g. : SCOT
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Lincoln at Gettysburg, e.g. : HALLOWER
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Property-title recipients : ALIENEES
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Leaning : ASLANT
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Japanese city, now called Iwaki : TAIRA
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It's often put on : ACT
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Big spenders : SPORTS
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Phoenician sex symbol : ASTARTE
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Foul-ups : ERRORS
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Bellows : ROARS
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Obliterates : ERASES
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Parisienne's peer : EGALE
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Shipment from Duluth : ORE
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Historic times : ERAS
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Frosh's superior : SOPH
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To ___ (on the button) : ATEE
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Order : FIAT
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Grape : UVA
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Best : TOP
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A leading Japanese golfer : ONO
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Be obligated : OWE

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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