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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, July 7, 1986

50-Down : Coal digger, e.g.

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q U W X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Albert J. Klaus has 115 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,390
Across
1
Euphemistic oath : EGAD
5
Took in a lecture : HEARD
10
Supermarket line-up : CANS
14
Get one's dander up : RILE
15
___ Layden (Rockne "horseman") : ELMER
16
Milky gem : OPAL
17
Iraq foe : IRAN
18
Black : EBONY
19
Tax : LEVY
20
He wrote "The Proper Bostonians" : CLEVELANDAMORY
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U.S.N.A. grad : ENS
24
Early dwelling : EDEN
25
Mother, in Madrid : MADRE
28
Possessed : HAD
30
Jazz descendant : DISCO
34
Suffix with percent : ILE
35
Golf term : PAR
36
Lariats : RIATAS
37
Actor in "From Here to Eternity" : MONTGOMERYCLIFT
41
Main course : ENTREE
42
Foot digit : TOE
43
Arikara : REE
44
Gum or lac, e.g. : RESIN
45
Harden, as cement : SET
46
___ profundo : BASSO
48
Barbarian : GOTH
50
Impair : MAR
51
First Republican President : ABRAHAMLINCOLN
58
Former queen of Jordan : ALIA
59
Celestial hunter : ORION
60
Capital of W. Samoa : APIA
61
Harvest : REAP
62
Feel : SENSE
63
Many fathoms below : DEEP
64
Interlock : MESH
65
Lawn tool : EDGER
66
Terminates : ENDS
Down
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___ the Red : ERIC
2
Cover ___ : GIRL
3
Amor's wings : ALAE
4
Actor, in "Oh, God!" : DENVER
5
Kick up one's ___ : HEELS
6
Napoleon's exile site : ELBA
7
Egyptian deity of reproduction : AMON
8
Torn apart : RENDED
9
Wood nymph : DRYAD
10
___ Dames of America : COLONIAL
11
Imitator : APER
12
Shade of blue : NAVY
13
Like the Artful Dodger : SLY
21
Chemical suffix : ENE
22
Mil. corpsman : MEDIC
25
See 11 Down : MIMER
26
By oneself : ALONE
27
Parking-lot problems : DENTS
28
Sandwich meat : HAM
29
Mountain crest : ARETE
31
Agitates : STIRS
32
Barrooms : CAFES
33
Bone: Comb. form : OSTEO
35
"The Raven" author : POE
36
Cereal grass : RYE
38
Cluster of letters, like "sch" : TRIGRAPH
39
N.W. Italian seaport : GENOA
40
Decay : ROT
45
Was altruistic : SHARED
46
Prohibit : BAN
47
Covered passageway : ARCADE
49
Plural of that : THOSE
50
Coal digger, e.g. : MINER
51
Towards shelter : ALEE
52
Prejudice : BIAS
53
Kind of vase or dynasty : MING
54
Fail to win : LOSE
55
Not closed : OPEN
56
Prevaricated : LIED
57
Dozes : NAPS
58
Inlet : ARM

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

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