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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Tuesday, September 11, 1984

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 34.2
Albert J. Klaus has 115 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,726
Across
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Painter of "The Mock Turtle's Story" : DALI
5
Rigid : STIFF
10
Scheme : PLOT
14
Esau's father-in-law: Gen. 26:34 : ELON
15
Teacher : TUTOR
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Govern : RULE
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State, in France : ETAT
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White poplar : ABELE
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Zest : ELAN
20
Liquid assets investment : MONEYMARKETFUND
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Corded fabric : REP
24
One of the Stooges : MOE
25
Calm : SERENE
28
Word game : ANAGRAMS
33
Duffers' needs : TEES
34
Helen Hunt Jackson novel : RAMONA
36
Tangled mass : MAT
37
Muse of lyric poetry : ERATO
39
Groove : RUT
40
Seat of Knox Co., Mo. : EDINA
42
Assist : AID
43
Aspects : PHASES
46
Sikorsky : IGOR
47
Main part : KEYSTONE
49
Small-grained limonite : PEAORE
51
Kind of can or pan : TIN
52
Big Board letters : IBM
53
Discount investments : ZEROCOUPONBONDS
62
Of a lyric poem : ODIC
63
Capital of Saitama : URAWA
64
Display light : NEON
65
Adams or Nolte : NICK
66
"Boléro" composer : RAVEL
67
Facts : DATA
68
Summers, in Nantes : ETES
69
Winter vehicles : SLEDS
70
Pace : STEP
Down
1
Judge : DEEM
2
Singing voice : ALTO
3
Savings & ___ : LOAN
4
Rate of return on investments : INTEREST
5
Post-office worker : STAMPER
6
Brass instrument : TUBA
7
Roman road : ITER
8
Word before lore : FOLK
9
Citizen : FREEMAN
10
Like better : PREFER
11
Legislator's special expense account : LULU
12
Pearl Buck heroine : OLAN
13
Mind the baby : TEND
21
Urge : YEN
22
Roman wraps : TOGAE
25
Cut of beef : STEAK
26
Weird : EERIE
27
Prepared : READY
28
Entertain : AMUSE
29
Negotiable paper : NOTE
30
Spanish friend : AMIGO
31
Demesne house : MANOR
32
Gaze : STARE
35
Island near Ireland : ARAN
38
Of the eye : OPTIC
41
Investment gems : DIAMONDS
44
Esteems, British style : HONOURS
45
Lower-back anesthetics : SPINALS
48
Market investments : STOCKS
50
Wane : EBB
53
District : ZONE
54
Blue-pencil : EDIT
55
Oriental food : RICE
56
Russian river : URAL
57
Cover a road surface : PAVE
58
Was indebted : OWED
59
Undiluted, as a drink : NEAT
60
Show strong fondness for : DOTE
61
Cinch : SNAP

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

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