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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, October 5, 1987

52-Across : Fighter of the Year: 1937

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Albert J. Klaus has 115 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,845
Across
1
Of the ear : OTIC
5
Cicatrix : SCAR
9
Communion table : ALTAR
14
Fibber : LIAR
15
Rounded ear projection : LOBE
16
Skin layer : DERMA
17
Water plant : ALGA
18
Paradise : EDEN
19
Sharp-tasting vegetable : ONION
20
Fighter of the Year: 1956 and 1960 : FLOYDPATTERSON
23
Cereal grain : OAT
24
Before, to Poe : ERE
25
Squandered, perhaps : SPENT
28
Gumbo : OKRA
30
___ Kett of comics : ETTA
34
Indisposed : ILL
35
Roof edge : EAVE
37
Altruistic person : SHARER
39
Fighter of the Year: 1979 : SUGARRAYLEONARD
42
In the middle of : AMIDST
43
Deserve : EARN
44
Equal: Prefix : ISO
45
Give temporarily : LEND
46
Terminates : ENDS
48
Organic compound : ESTER
50
Mining find : ORE
51
Doctrine adherent : IST
52
Fighter of the Year: 1937 : HENRYARMSTRONG
60
Wanderer : NOMAD
61
On one's ___ (alert) : TOES
62
Always : EVER
63
Existent : ALIVE
64
Twin of Jacob : ESAU
65
Identical : SAME
66
Ustinov or Stuyvesant : PETER
67
Neural network : RETE
68
Dilatory : SLOW
Down
1
Norwegian king : OLAF
2
Cultivate : TILL
3
Villain in "Othello" : IAGO
4
French pencil : CRAYON
5
"Washington ___ here" : SLEPT
6
Ending passage in music : CODA
7
Help a hood : ABET
8
Tenant : RENTER
9
Revere : ADORE
10
Magnifier : LENS
11
Music for three : TRIO
12
Egyptian god : AMON
13
Operated : RAN
21
Post-office equipment : DATERS
22
Chalk remover : ERASER
25
Rope fiber : SISAL
26
Feather : PLUME
27
City WNW of Chicago : ELGIN
28
Eggs, to Cato : OVA
29
Attuned : KEYED
30
Suffix with Jacob or Euclid : EAN
31
Peculiarity : TRAIT
32
Concise : TERSE
33
Passion : ARDOR
36
Aorta, e.g. : ARTERY
38
Truthful : HONEST
40
Increase : ADD
41
Spanish article : LAS
47
Less messy : NEATER
49
Strain : STRESS
50
Command : ORDER
51
Offspring : ISSUE
52
Aperture : HOLE
53
Give forth : EMIT
54
Part of a church : NAVE
55
Ascended : ROSE
56
Gist : MEAT
57
Elliptical : OVAL
58
Verne character : NEMO
59
Expanded : GREW
60
Siesta : NAP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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