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Bert H. Kruse
Bert H. Kruse

New York Times, Friday, March 29, 1974

12-Down : Badgerlike animal

Author:
Bert H. Kruse
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, 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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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,994
Across
1
Pistol ammunition : CAPS
5
Chest wood : CEDAR
10
Wall St. buys: Abbr. : SHRS
14
After amas : AMAT
15
John Hersey setting : ADANO
16
Bog product : PEAT
17
Picnic skunk, e.g. : PERSONANONGRATA
20
Halt : END
21
Geneva's lake : LEMAN
22
More unusual : RARER
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Stevedores : STOWERS
25
Resolve : SETTLE
26
Carps : NAGS
27
Fashions : MAKES
29
Flu source : ASIA
31
Certain boom : SONIC
32
Pronoun : SHE
35
Unhinged : NONCOMPOSMENTIS
39
Went after hard facts : DUG
40
Climbing vine : LIANA
41
Bits : ORTS
42
Portrays : LIMNS
43
De ___ : SOTO
45
Grooved wheel : SHEAVE
48
Becomes less formal : UNBENDS
51
Accounts, in Rome : CONTI
52
Asian peninsula : SINAI
54
Bathos : GOO
55
Maxim for Cupid : OMNIAVINCITAMOR
58
Nine: Ger. : NEUN
59
Invalidate : ANNUL
60
Great ___ : DANE
61
Goddess of discord : ERIS
62
Sacks : LOOTS
63
Legal tender : ONES
Down
1
Fear and Breton, e.g. : CAPES
2
Catkin : AMENT
3
Excusing : PARDONING
4
Blvds. : STS
5
Furniture craftsmen : CANERS
6
Cheeses : EDAMS
7
He served two years before the mast : DANA
8
In a while : ANON
9
Gubernatorial nickname : RON
10
Fussy eaters : SPRATS
11
Compassion : HEART
12
Badgerlike animal : RATEL
13
Gaze : STARE
18
Cassini : OLEG
19
Edith Hamilton Subject : GREECE
24
Military Ms. of W. W. II : WAAC
25
Kind of milk : SKIM
27
Indian time divisions : MOONS
28
Handle, in old Rome : ANSA
29
Musical movement: Abbr. : AND
30
Old French coin : SOU
31
Stretch over : SPAN
32
Dictator : STRONGMAN
33
Blackjack word : HIT
34
Curve : ESS
36
DeHavilland : OLIVIA
37
Marceau, e.g. : MIME
38
Perceive : NOTE
42
South Americans : LATINS
43
Gourmet servings : SNAILS
44
News piece : OBIT
45
Stone of ___ : SCONE
46
Winslow : HOMER
47
Ho-hum condition : ENNUI
48
Like some diamonds : UNCUT
49
Blackmore name : DOONE
50
Tender spots : SORES
52
Word form for an Asian land : SINO
53
___ hurry : INNO
56
Worth: Abbr. : VAL
57
Flurry : ADO

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

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