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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, July 18, 1983

66-Down : ___ for tat

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 34.9
Albert J. Klaus has 115 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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H
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E
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R
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S
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S
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T
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E
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P
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S
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O
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U
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P
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Y
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A
B
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T
15
O
H
N
E
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P
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K
O
E
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T
O
P
E
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N
E
A
T
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U
D
A
L
L
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H
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L
L
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E
N
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C
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N
T
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S
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L
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S
A
L
L
Y
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S
T
R
U
T
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H
E
R
S
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S
A
M
B
A
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T
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E
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A
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N
T
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S
O
N
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O
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F
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R
A
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T
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E
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D
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F
E
E
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L
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Y
E
S
E
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S
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L
O
G
E
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L
Y
R
I
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C
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R
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L
E
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T
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L
O
W
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M
A
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E
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L
A
U
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D
E
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S
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U
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S
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N
S
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T
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R
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B
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R
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G
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I
S
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E
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C
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L
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S
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S
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M
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O
N
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R
I
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T
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S
N
A
P
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S
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R
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S
N
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P
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E
C
R
U
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Y
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S
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E
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R
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D
© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,305
Across
1
Towel word : HERS
5
Pace : STEP
9
Pie-in-the-face comic Sales : SOUPY
14
Help a felon : ABET
15
Without, in Berlin : OHNE
16
Black tea : PEKOE
17
Drink to excess : TOPE
18
Without a chaser : NEAT
19
Sec. of the Interior: 1961–69 : UDALL
20
Eponymous ancestor of the Greeks : HELLEN
22
Stick-of-gum coin, once : CENT
24
Mineo or Maglie : SAL
25
She plays Gloria on TV : SALLYSTRUTHERS
28
Brazilian dance : SAMBA
29
Golf-ball holder : TEE
30
Kelep, e.g. : ANT
32
What "Mac" means : SONOF
35
Word after X : RATED
39
Sense : FEEL
41
Affirmatives : YESES
43
Theater seat : LOGE
44
Suitable for singing : LYRIC
46
Rent anew : RELET
48
Sound heard from the herd : LOW
49
West or Murray : MAE
51
Summa cum ___ : LAUDE
53
She made her film debut in "Picnic": 1955 : SUSANSTRASBERG
59
Claire or Hutton : INA
60
" ... I eat what ___!": Carroll : ISEE
61
Sault Ste. Marie ___ : CANALS
63
Simple or Simone : SIMON
65
Actress Hayworth : RITA
67
Cinch : SNAP
68
Reserve : STORE
69
Sassy lass : SNIP
70
Neutral color : ECRU
71
Marianne Moore's "What Are ___?" : YEARS
72
Famed Italian patron of the arts : ESTE
73
Clarinet, e.g. : REED
Down
1
"For unto everyone that ___ ... ": Matt. 25:29 : HATH
2
C.A. trees : EBOES
3
Fix up old walls : REPLASTER
4
Actress Stevens : STELLA
5
Jolson sang this song : SONNYBOY
6
Article : THE
7
Pass a law : ENACT
8
Nero or Marshall : PETER
9
Speak hastily : SPUTTER
10
Brit. lexicon : OED
11
Decree : UKASE
12
Kind of route for jets : POLAR
13
Screams : YELLS
21
Shade trees : ELMS
23
Almond or cashew : NUT
26
More logical : SANER
27
Get better : HEAL
30
Labor org. : AFL
31
French marshal : NEY
33
Suffix with malt : OSE
34
Berlin's "A ___ with an Umbrella" : FELLA
36
Freedom from bigotry : TOLERANCE
37
Personality : EGO
38
Morning moisture : DEW
40
Capital of Peru : LIMA
42
Typical Marin painting : SEASCAPE
45
Jackals, e.g. : CANINES
47
Big horn : TUBA
50
Curved letter : ESS
52
Not so sparse : DENSER
53
Actress Spacek : SISSY
54
Wed : UNITE
55
Navigators' Islands, today : SAMOA
56
Cryptic : TERSE
57
Checks : REINS
58
Angry look : GLARE
62
Garden tool : SPUD
64
Hockey great : ORR
66
___ for tat : TIT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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