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Bert H. Kruse
Bert H. Kruse

New York Times, Tuesday, March 2, 1993

10-Down : Infirm people

Author:
Bert H. Kruse
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 5, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Bert H. Kruse has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,820
Across
1
Fissure : CLEFT
6
"Our Gang" author : ROTH
10
Dancer-actress Zorina : VERA
14
White oak : ROBLE
15
___ Rios, Jamaica : OCHO
16
Schoenberg's "Moses und ___" : ARON
17
20
Bonehead : BOOB
21
Oboist's purchase : REED
22
Musical Della : REESE
23
Narrow-minded one : BIGOT
25
Word with cake or meal : OAT
26
Agree (to) : ACCEDE
29
Egg white : ALBUMEN
33
Clangor : BLARE
34
Farm unit : ACRE
36
Notable Surrealist : DALI
37
Of the study of microorganisms : BACTERIOLOGICAL
40
Italian wine center : ASTI
41
Taro root : EDDO
42
Hole-___ (golf coup) : INONE
43
Taps : SPIGOTS
45
Stigmatizes : BRANDS
46
"___ Got a Secret" : IVE
47
Exalt : HONOR
49
Brazilian dance : SAMBA
52
Soup, in Sevilla : SOPA
53
"___ first you don't succeed ... " : IFAT
57
In a dubious way : PROBLEMATICALLY
60
Poet Sexton : ANNE
61
Richard of "Yanks" : GERE
62
Lend ___ (listen) : ANEAR
63
Free from admixture : NEAT
64
Turned right : GEED
65
Eighteenth Hebrew letter : TSADE
Down
1
Kind of apple : CRAB
2
Trademark : LOGO
3
River of Spain : EBRO
4
Flighty person : FLIBBERTIGIBBET
5
Gumshoe : TEC
6
Log-rolling contest : ROLEO
7
Double quartet : OCTET
8
Sound in a whodunit : THUD
9
Site of Aaron's death : HOR
10
Infirm people : VALETUDINARIANS
11
Spooky Indian? : ERIE
12
Harold or Diana : ROSS
13
Pay to play : ANTE
18
Yen : URGE
19
Bedouin : ARAB
24
Notion in Nantes : IDEE
25
Butterine : OLEO
26
Uncle of Mohammed : ABBAS
27
Embrace : CLASP
28
Spiny plants : CACTI
29
A Guthrie : ARLO
30
City in Ga. : MACON
31
Antelope of puzzledom : ELAND
32
McKinley's birthplace : NILES
34
Abets' partner : AIDS
35
Bay State cape : COD
38
Network of nerves : RETE
39
Copter's kin : GIRO
44
Track shape : OVAL
45
___ B'rith : BNAI
47
Viscount Templewood : HOARE
48
Chose : OPTED
49
Bridge : SPAN
50
"Judith" composer : ARNE
51
Memorable Lisa : MONA
52
Hook's henchman : SMEE
54
Kind of market : FLEA
55
"When I was ___ ... ": W.S.G. : ALAD
56
British spare : TYRE
58
Humpty Dumpty : EGG
59
Puma, e.g. : CAT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 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.

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