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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, December 16, 1991

39-Across : Of a decree (anagram of 22 Across)

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q U W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 22.1
Albert J. Klaus has 115 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,378
Across
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Secular : LAIC
5
Concur : AGREE
10
Chase flies : SHAG
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Imprint : ETCH
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Ascertain : LEARN
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Anklebones : TALI
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Cupid : AMOR
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Solicitor : PETITIONER
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Married Spanish women : SENORAS
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Stronghold : CITADEL
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More pleasing : NICER
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Vietnamese holiday : TET
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Part of the eye : RETINA
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Actress Celeste : HOLM
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Egyptian cobra : ASP
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Guinness and Baldwin : ALECS
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Part of a shoe : SOLE
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Ailing : ACHY
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Jargon (anagram of 22 Across) : DIALECT
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Of a decree (anagram of 22 Across) : EDICTAL
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Inactive : IDLE
42
Sandwich : HERO
44
Propel a vehicle : DRIVE
45
Ending for talk or pant : IES
46
Renown : FAME
47
Day laborers, in Mexico : PEONES
48
Ventilate : AIR
49
Ball-rope missiles : BOLAS
51
Abu Dhabi, e.g. : EMIRATE
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Like a triangle (anagram of 22 Across) : DELTAIC
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A doing again (anagram of 18 Across) : REPETITION
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Stravinsky : IGOR
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Topgallant : MAST
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Stable sound : SNORT
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Quickly, to Nero : CITO
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African lily : ALOE
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Silverweed : TANSY
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Kind of opera : SOAP
Down
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Grasslands : LEAS
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"Don't throw bouquets ___" : ATME
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Sacred image : ICON
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Historical record : CHRONICLE
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Woolly Peruvian animal : ALPACA
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Silly ones : GEESE
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Informer : RAT
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Ambler or Sevareid : ERIC
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Affixed a name : ENTITLED
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Ermine in summer : STOAT
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Crewman : HAND
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Away from the wind : ALEE
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Jeune fille : GIRL
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Separate article : ITEM
21
Washing-machine cycle : RINSE
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Letter from Greece : RHO
26
Half diameters : RADII
27
Slur over : ELIDE
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Short-necked ducks : TEALS
30
Grocery purchase : OLEO
31
Protein in muscles : ACTIN
32
Remove hair : SHAVE
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Writers Howard and Ernie : PYLES
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Check : STEM
36
Certain word puzzles : ACROSTICS
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Cartographer : CHARTIST
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Unflawed : IDEAL
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C.S.A. soldier : REB
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Decree : FIAT
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Abundance : PLENTY
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Alpine crest : ARETE
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Smells : ODORS
51
Author Bombeck : ERMA
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Lunch or supper : MEAL
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___ facto : IPSO
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Volcano in Sicily : ETNA
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Exchange premium : AGIO
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Whit : IOTA
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Field yield : CROP
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Charged atom : ION

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

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