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Bert H. Kruse
Bert H. Kruse

New York Times, Thursday, May 22, 1975

1-Down : Golfer Julius

Author:
Bert H. Kruse
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Bert H. Kruse has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,413
Across
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Ill humors : BILES
6
One of Kipling's three : ARAG
10
Excited : AGOG
14
N. Z. town : OTIRA
15
Bellow : ROAR
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Comedian Bert : LAHR
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Golf immortal Jones : ROBERTTYRE
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Essayist : ELIA
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Possessive : OUR
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God of war : ARES
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Make use of : EMPLOY
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Poetic units : STANZAS
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Marsh bird : SNIPE
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Roman bronze : AES
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Golfer Charles and family : SIFFORDS
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Lazy one : SUSAN
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Austria's Franz ___ : JOSEF
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Anger : IRE
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Food morsels : ORTS
37
Napoleon's island, to French : CORSE
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Install : SEAT
39
Law org. : ABA
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Cautious : CHARY
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Party givers : HOSTS
42
Cocktail : PINKLADY
44
Golfer Goalby : BOB
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Archaic titles : DAUNS
46
Bing and Bob : CROSBYS
50
Like some vipers : HORNED
52
Onion's relative : LEEK
53
Knock : RAP
54
Lincoln et al. : ABES
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Leading golfer : LEETREVINO
58
Missouri's neighbor : IOWA
59
Gaelic : ERSE
60
Plymouth and Inchcape : ROCKS
61
Without: Suffix : LESS
62
Mild expletive : RATS
63
Cut : SLASH
Down
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Golfer Julius : BOROS
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"Cut ___!" : ITOUT
3
Zodiac sign : LIBRA
4
Prior to : ERE
5
Gene of golf : SARAZEN
6
TV's Johnson et al. : ARTES
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Actor Rogers and others : ROYS
8
Bern's river : AAR
9
Links charge : GREENFEE
10
Syrian metropolis : ALEPPO
11
Golf-spectator groups : GALLERIES
12
Where Jack Nicklaus started : OHIO
13
Lee's color : GRAY
18
Malay coins : TRAS
23
Offend : MIFF
25
District near Dublin : NAAS
26
Pantywaist : SISSY
28
Polite word : SORRY
29
Genteel oath : DRAT
30
Goes down : SETS
31
Cleaning aid : SOAP
32
___ et orbi (to everyone) : URBI
33
Famous golf-course site : STANDREWS
34
"Grapes of Wrath" family : JOADS
37
___ Harper, links great : CHANDLER
38
Shows emotion : SOBS
40
Trace : CLUE
41
Golf drivers, at times : HOOKERS
43
Where Fairway is : KANSAS
44
Celebrated rabbit : BRER
46
Marine mammals : CETES
47
___-brac : BRICA
48
Northerners : YANKS
49
Slushy mud : SPOSH
50
___ as big as golf balls : HAIL
51
Musical instrument : OBOE
52
For fear that : LEST
56
Time : ERA
57
Book: Abbr. : VOL

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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