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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Tuesday, December 15, 1992

22-Across : Ohio's state flower

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { G J K Q U W Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 26.9
Albert J. Klaus has 115 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,743
Across
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Political alliance : BLOC
5
Spread on : APPLY
10
He loves: Lat. : AMAT
14
Island off Scotland : IONA
15
Author Ephron : DELIA
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Evil : VILE
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Agitate : STIR
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Scoff : SNEER
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Feed the kitty : ANTE
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Some Siouans : OTOES
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Ohio's state flower : CARNATION
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Liquid or gaseous : NONSOLID
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Baden-Baden is one : SPA
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Voyaged : SAILED
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Wear away : ERODE
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Toward the back of a ship : ASTERN
36
Newscaster Rather : DAN
38
Lair : DEN
39
Earphone with a microphone attached : HEADSET
41
Dismount : DESCEND
44
Hockey great : ORR
45
Ring fig. : REF
47
Pains : SMARTS
48
Long for : YEARN
51
Head priest at a religious house : RECTOR
53
Black cuckoo : ANI
55
Repugnance : DISTASTE
59
Kind of ant : CARPENTER
63
John ___, noted second baseman : EVERS
64
Above : ATOP
65
Ridiculous sham : FARCE
67
Egypt's sacred bull : APIS
68
Kind of bag : TOTE
69
Praise or raise : EXALT
70
W Calif. city : NAPA
71
Actor Sharif : OMAR
72
Irritates : RILES
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Weaver's reed : SLEY
Down
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American buffalo : BISON
2
Game like bingo : LOTTO
3
Edible bulb : ONION
4
Fondled : CARESSED
5
Paid notices : ADS
6
Eyebrow touch-up stick : PENCIL
7
Supplicated : PLEADED
8
One who reclines : LIER
9
Exaggerated tales : YARNS
10
Embodiment of a principle : AVATAR
11
Kind of skirt : MINI
12
Low female voice : ALTO
13
'Twixt 12 and 20 : TEEN
21
Flies high : SOARS
23
Mimic : APE
25
Ocean greyhound : LINER
28
Pop : DAD
30
River into the Baltic : ODER
31
Parking-lot mishap : DENT
32
Terminates : ENDS
33
Nautical call : AHOY
34
Withered : SERE
35
Home in a 1936 best seller : TARA
37
Cozy places : NESTS
40
Threefold: Comb. form : TER
42
Hit hard : SMOTE
43
British homes on wheels : CARAVANS
46
Part of F.B.I. : FEDERAL
49
Hammer or Candyman : RAPPER
50
Volte-face of SSW : NNE
52
Rondure : CIRCLE
54
Deduce : INFER
56
Flower part : SEPAL
57
Rubbish : TRIPE
58
Montaigne's specialty : ESSAY
59
Roman called the Censor : CATO
60
Molecule part : ATOM
61
Roster : ROTA
62
TV series with Danny DeVito : TAXI
66
French connectives : ETS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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