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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Wednesday, April 3, 1985

71-Across : Indian in Clive's army

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, 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. 12,930
Across
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"___ Side Story" : WEST
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Grain fungus : ERGOT
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Insecticide, for short : DDT
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Apiece : EACH
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John Ringling or Sheree : NORTH
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Three spot : TREY
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Despot : TSAR
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Wane : ABATE
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Calendar contents : YEAR
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Flowed : STREAMED
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Regard highly : ADMIRE
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W.W. II area : ETO
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Prevent legally : ESTOP
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Fool : ASS
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Globe : ORB
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Printing mistakes : ERRATA
34
Endemic : LOCAL
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Third son of Jacob : LEVI
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Not any : NONE
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" ... rode madly off ___": Leacock : INALLDIRECTIONS
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Adjective for Robert Parish : TALL
44
Roman road : ITER
45
Protein in muscles : ACTIN
46
Somewhat tardy : LATISH
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Bad ___, German spa : EMS
50
Observe : SEE
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Feels antipathy for : HATES
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Devoured : ATE
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Shooting star : METEOR
58
Napless or sleepless : UNRESTED
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Assert : AVER
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Ferber and Best : EDNAS
66
It's served in Attica : TIME
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Ruffle one's feathers : RILE
68
"___ of the Border" : SOUTH
69
Ireland : ERIN
70
Wright wing : ELL
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Indian in Clive's army : SEPOY
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Trust, with "on" : RELY
Down
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Moistens : WETS
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"___ of Eden" : EAST
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Cicatrix : SCAR
4
Proverbial crowd : THREE
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Fill with love : ENAMOR
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Mantle : ROBE
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Rate : GRADE
8
Baseball great : OTT
9
Affected : THEATRIC
10
"Die ___ Pintos," Weber-Mahler opera : DREI
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Beloved : DEAR
12
Seaport in Lebanon : TYRE
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Like a drum : TYMPANIC
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Coral island : ATOLL
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Louis ___, former French coin : DOR
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Harsh : SEVERE
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Finished a flight : ALIT
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Sound producing : SONAL
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Cochlea canal : SCALA
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Carefree : BLITHE
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Casper's wife, in comics : TOOTS
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A Merman role : ANNIE
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Not bonkers : ALLTHERE
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Before, to Prior : ERE
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Domestic slave of yore : ESNE
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Misery : DISTRESS
42
Sample : TASTE
47
Fish bait in Hawaii : IAO
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Paludous : MARSHY
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Aurora's big moment : SUNUP
54
Nitrite, e.g. : ESTER
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___ nostrum (our sea) : MARE
56
Bad : EVIL
57
Legendary Swiss marksman : TELL
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Western alliance, for short : NATO
60
Fatigue : TIRE
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Gilels or Jannings : EMIL
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Contradict : DENY
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Female rabbit : DOE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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