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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, November 4, 1985

59-Across : Spoken

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Albert J. Klaus has 115 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,145
Across
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Mineral springs : SPAS
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Spaghetti, e.g. : PASTA
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"Get out!" : SCAT
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Cavity : HOLE
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Town in N Mass. : ATHOL
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Bohemian : ARTY
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Mischa or Leopold : AUER
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P.O. sales item : STAMP
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Satellite of a planet : MOON
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One that intertwines : WREATHER
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Argument : HASSLE
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She painted at age 100 : GRANDMAMOSES
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Field of films : SALLY
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Japanese gold coin of yore : OBAN
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Russian range : ALAI
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Manservant : VALET
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___ Tolstoy (wrote at age 82) : LEO
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Theme of this puzzle : FAMOUSOLDTIMERS
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Before, to the Bard : ERE
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Diamond and Sedaka : NEILS
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Elliptical : OVAL
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Perimeter of a disk: Abbr. : CIRC
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Philippine ancestral spirit : ANITO
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He drew and engraved at age 90 : PABLOPICASSO
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Suave : URBANE
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Renegade : APOSTATE
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Equips : RIGS
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Designator : NAMER
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Spoken : ORAL
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Porgy : SCUP
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Trick or ___ : TREAT
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Ending for glad or sad : NESS
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Begets, as lambs : EANS
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Jockey's cap and blouse : SILKS
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Alleviate : EASE
Down
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He wrote a play at age 93 : SHAW
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Rain heavily : POUR
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Toward shelter : ALEE
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Harem : SERAGLIO
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Turkish title : PASHA
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"You used to come ___ o'clock" : ATTEN
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Pottery fragment : SHARD
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Jones or Poston : TOM
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Tot's recital : ALPHABET
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Biblical strong man : SAMSON
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Irritable : CROSS
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Cornmeal : ATOLE
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Soprano who joined the Met in 1974 : TYNES
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Attempt : TRY
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Famous violin-maker : AMATI
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Shapes : MOLDS
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Secure : SAFE
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Winged : ALAR
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Like John Silver : LAME
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Behold, in Brest : VOICI
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Wholly : ALL
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Jacob's third son : LEVI
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Capital of Norway : OSLO
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Alliance : UNION
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Snakes : SERPENTS
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Johnny One Note's problem : MONOTONE
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Fastens : CLASPS
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Silly person : ASS
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Handbag : PURSE
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City in N Chile : ARICA
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Pellet rifle : BBGUN
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Dromedary : CAMEL
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In a vertical position, at sea : APEAK
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Classifies : SORTS
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District : AREA
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Russian news agency : TASS
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Other : ELSE
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Character in "Exodus" : ARI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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