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Albert J. Klaus
New York Times, Monday, September 9, 1985
11-Down : Shorten
Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 26.5
Albert J. Klaus has 115 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 S | 2 L | 3 O | 4 T | 5 L | 6 O | 7 W | 8 E | 9 R | 10 R | 11 A | 12 I | 13 D |
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14 T | A | R | A | 15 A | L | O | N | E | 16 A | B | L | E |
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17 E | V | A | S | 18 C | O | R | D | S | 19 T | B | A | R |
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20 W | A | L | T | 21 E | R | R | E | U | T | 22 H | E | R | ||
23 E | L | I | 24 E | S | A | 25 E | 26 T | 27 C |
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28 R | 29 E | 30 F | 31 A | M | 32 P | 33 S | 34 R | 35 I | V | E | R |
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36 E | T | A | 37 A | R | T | 38 S | 39 S | N | I | D | E |
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40 N | O | T | 41 A | 42 B | L | E | R | E | 43 D | H | E | A | D | S |
44 T | I | A | R | A | 45 S | A | M | E | 46 T | E | T |
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47 E | L | L | A | S | 48 D | I | M | 49 E | 50 E | R | S |
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51 D | E | I | 52 I | 53 S | 54 E | 55 U | L | 56 M | ||||||
57 S | 58 I | N | C | L | 59 A | 60 I | R | L | E | 61 W | 62 I | 63 S |
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64 O | 65 N | T | O | 66 R | U | S | S | E | 67 N | O | S | E |
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68 B | A | I | T | 69 I | D | E | A | L | 70 D | R | E | W |
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71 I | N | C | A | 72 P | E | S | K | Y | 73 S | T | E | N |
© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,089
Across
1
Animal trail : SLOT
5
Reduce : LOWER
10
Hostile attack : RAID
14
Scarlett O'Hara's home : TARA
15
Unaccompanied : ALONE
16
Qualified : ABLE
17
Perón and Gabor : EVAS
18
Thick strings : CORDS
19
Type of ski lift : TBAR
20
Former U.A.W. president : WALTERREUTHER
23
Actor Wallach : ELI
24
Agcy. once headed by Eric Johnston : ESA
25
Common abbr. : ETC
28
Sports arbiter, for short : REF
31
Elec. units : AMPS
34
Stream : RIVER
36
Epsilon's cousin : ETA
37
Skills : ARTS
39
Slyly derisive : SNIDE
40
Theme of this puzzle : NOTABLEREDHEADS
44
Pope's headdress : TIARA
45
Ditto : SAME
46
Vietnamese holiday : TET
47
Fitzgerald and Raines : ELLAS
48
Ten cents : DIME
50
Bitter vetch : ERS
51
"Agnus ___" : DEI
52
Ending for treat or expert : ISE
55
City on the Donau : ULM
57
Nobelist in Literature: 1930 : SINCLAIRLEWIS
64
Hip : ONTO
66
Charlotte ___ : RUSSE
67
Airplane part : NOSE
68
Lure : BAIT
69
Perfect model : IDEAL
70
Sketched : DREW
71
Ancient Peruvian : INCA
72
Annoying : PESKY
73
British carbine : STEN
Down
1
Fret : STEW
2
Etna's output : LAVA
3
Spoken : ORAL
4
Sapor : TASTE
5
Producing tears : LACRIMAL
6
Swan genus : OLOR
7
Had on : WORE
8
Provide : ENDUE
9
Reposes : RESTS
10
Appraise : RATE
11
Shorten : ABBREVIATE
12
Dockers' union : ILA
13
German article : DER
21
Guido's highest note : ELA
22
Rough : HARSH
26
Hay spreader : TEDDER
27
Highest points : CRESTS
28
Leased : RENTED
29
Prima ballerina : ETOILE
30
Believing in the inevitability of events : FATALISTIC
32
America's CINC : PRES
33
Famous violin : STRAD
35
Ending for Alp or opal : INE
38
Big rig : SEMI
41
Bird or tree : ARA
42
Washbowl : BASIN
43
In a shy or prim way : DEMURELY
49
Building wing : ELL
53
Wall Street certificate : SCRIP
54
Avoid : ELUDE
56
Repairs : MENDS
58
Jot : IOTA
59
"___ Death," Grieg passage : ASES
60
Author Dinesen : ISAK
61
Malt infusion : WORT
62
What video means : ISEE
63
Stitched : SEWN
64
Geisha's sash : OBI
65
Masefield heroine : NAN
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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