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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Wednesday, March 14, 1984

30-Across : Ames and Errol

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, 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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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,545
Across
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Beige : ECRU
5
Scrutinizes : SCANS
10
Grackle : DAW
13
Alda or King : ALAN
14
Ancient Greek colony : IONIA
15
Breech pin : TIGE
16
Michael Jackson's forte : ROCK
17
Cross-examine : GRILL
18
Place for an arras : WALL
19
Marie Henri Beyle : STENDHAL
21
Fox and Creek : TRIBES
23
Edible grain : OAT
24
Biblical halting place: Deut. 10:6 : BEEROTH
25
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson : LEWISCARROLL
29
Ed and Keenan : WYNNS
30
Ames and Errol : LEONS
31
A lunchtime hr. : IPM
34
Work units : ERGS
35
Farm buildings : BARNS
36
___ Rios, Jamaican resort : OCHO
37
Pekoe or hyson, e.g. : TEA
38
Hysterical fear : PANIC
39
Welty's "Music from ___" : SPAIN
40
Eric Arthur Blair : GEORGEORWELL
43
Cravings : THIRSTS
45
Rower : OAR
46
Rivulet : RUNNEL
47
___ Tom, Alger hero : TATTERED
52
Impel : URGE
53
A happening : EVENT
55
Enameled metalware : TOLE
56
Musical tones : SOLS
57
Bakery item : TORTE
58
Caudal appendage : TAIL
59
Bend in timber : SNY
60
Samuel Clemens : TWAIN
61
Russian lake : ARAL
Down
1
Fall on deaf ___ : EARS
2
Jumbled mass : CLOT
3
Competition for Atalanta : RACE
4
X-quantities to be solved : UNKNOWNS
5
Observes : SIGHTS
6
Persian gazelle : CORA
7
Indigo : ANIL
8
Nothing : NIL
9
Whence some condiments come : SALTERNS
10
Fiendish : DIABOLICAL
11
Metal tip on a shoelace : AGLET
12
Cardiff citizens : WELSH
15
Spin : TWIRL
20
Speaker's platform : DAIS
22
Old-make cars : REOS
24
Wild horse : BRONCO
25
Harp's cousin : LYRE
26
In an attractive way : ENGAGINGLY
27
Sounds in "The Trolley Song" : CLANGS
28
Eagle's nest : AERIE
29
Soaked : WET
32
Rizzuto : PHIL
33
My, in Metz : MON
35
Variety of pear : BARTLETT
36
Herbert creation : OPERETTA
38
Baffle : POSE
39
Quick, sharp blow : SWAT
41
White-tailed eagles : ERNES
42
Spoiled : ROTTEN
43
Support : TRUSS
44
Ann Arbor's river : HURON
47
Japanese Buddhist's church : TERA
48
Against : ANTI
49
Shout : ROAR
50
Charles Lamb : ELIA
51
Small, secluded valley : DELL
54
Promise solemnly : VOW

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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