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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Friday, December 25, 1992

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 21.7 Grid has duplicate clues.
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. 15,753
Across
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Gwenn's Kringle in a 1947 film : ROLE
5
Barton or Bow : CLARA
10
Causerie : CHAT
14
Dry as dust : ARID
15
Recluse : LONER
16
Plexus : RETE
17
Yuletide song : CAROLOFTHEBELLS
20
Indium and osmium : ELEMENTS
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Highest points : ACMES
22
French marshal: 1804-15 : NEY
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Cut : GASH
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Is worthy of : MERITS
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Wavering : UNSTEADY
33
Bitter herb : ALOE
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Surfeit : SATE
35
Game cube : DIE
36
"The Twelve ___," Yuletide song : DAYSOFCHRISTMAS
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Mindanao native : ATA
42
Unfurnished : BARE
43
Ennead : NINE
44
Not so raw : MELLOWER
46
Altar boys' vestments : COTTAS
48
"___ kleine Nachtmusik" : EINE
49
Fatima's husband : ALI
50
Tables in casas : MESAS
53
Burns with smoke and no flame : SMOLDERS
58
Yuletide song : UPONTHEHOUSETOP
61
Yield : CEDE
62
Nozzle : SPOUT
63
Sicilian menace : ETNA
64
Detect sound : HEAR
65
Stadium sections : TIERS
66
Hodgepodge : MESS
Down
1
Contest at Daytona Beach : RACE
2
Nuncupative : ORAL
3
Coins in Calabria : LIRE
4
King Hadad's land : EDOM
5
Reproduces plants by asexual grafting : CLONES
6
Towering : LOFTY
7
Numbat's tidbits : ANTS
8
A deer in Dortmund : REH
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"We Three Kings of Orient ___" : ARE
10
A Yuletide display : CRECHE
11
Ship's wheel : HELM
12
Tamarisk : ATLE
13
Polanski film : TESS
18
Fasting period : LENT
19
Moistens meat during cooking : BASTES
23
Growl : GNAR
24
Italian wine center : ASTI
25
"Call Me ___," Merman film : MADAM
26
Elevate one's spirit : ELATE
27
Princely : ROYAL
28
Ending for pant or scant : IES
29
Last word of a Poe title : USHER
30
Acknowledge : ADMIT
31
Rigg or Ross : DIANA
32
Affirmative votes : YESES
37
Leon Goossens, e.g. : OBOIST
38
Toady : FAWN
39
Ontario Indian : CREE
40
Amatol ingredient : TNT
45
Hobber, in horseshoes : LEANER
46
Ruthian hits : CLOUTS
47
Medium for Monet : OILS
49
Chanson subject : AMOUR
50
Great amount : MUCH
51
Blunted sword : EPEE
52
O'Hara's "Sermons and ___-Water" : SODA
53
Part of a brake : SHOE
54
Consider : DEEM
55
Major ending : ETTE
56
Cey and Darling : RONS
57
Évian and Menton : SPAS
59
President from Mo. : HST
60
A Vanuatu island : EPI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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