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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, June 16, 1986

66-Across : Red planet

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 248 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, 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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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,369
Across
1
Swiss range : ALPS
5
Having wings : ALATE
10
G.I.'s "pineapples," e.g. : AMMO
14
Wading bird : SORA
15
Trite : BANAL
16
Tolerate : BEAR
17
Tobacco-pipe part : STEM
18
___ nous : ENTRE
19
Writer Gardner : ERLE
20
Artist C. C. Beck's hero : CAPTAINMARVEL
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Zorina and Ralston : VERAS
24
Neighbor of Mich. and Ill. : IND
25
Anwar el-___ : SADAT
26
Hershfield's Homeless Hector, once : PUP
29
South American rodent : DEGU
32
Señor's cheer : OLE
33
Tapeworm : TAENIA
36
Sea eagles : ERNS
38
Hank Ketcham's holy terror : DENNISTHEMENACE
41
Suffix with resist : ANCE
42
Talked idly : PRATED
43
Hospital workers' org. : NLN
44
Close completely : SEAL
46
Call ___ day : ITA
47
Finished : ENDED
49
Woman's hair pad : RAT
51
Collect : AMASS
52
Harold Foster's nobleman : PRINCEVALIANT
58
Ceremony : RITE
59
An emperor and a pianist : NEROS
60
Drive tenpennies : NAIL
63
Top cards : ACES
64
George or Erich : SEGAL
65
Division word : INTO
66
Red planet : MARS
67
Disintegrate : ERODE
68
Paradise : EDEN
Down
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Donkey : ASS
2
Parcel of land : LOT
3
Priority : PRECEDENCE
4
Key fruit : SAMARA
5
Incites : ABETS
6
Actress Turner : LANA
7
Oppositionist : ANTI
8
Mountain lake : TARN
9
Resin : ELEMI
10
Former country in Scotland : ABERDEEN
11
Griffin of TV : MERV
12
Masculine : MALE
13
Russian city : OREL
21
Singer Page : PATTI
22
Plus : AND
23
Eastern Roman emperor: 364-78 : VALENS
25
Fountain drink : SODA
26
Bacteriologist's ___ dish : PETRI
27
Doff a derby, old style : UNHAT
28
Religious sculpture : PIETA
30
Stadium section : GRANDSTAND
31
Remus and Tom : UNCLES
34
Poisonous snake : ASP
35
Soul, in Sedan : AME
37
Transmit : SEND
39
"The ___ of You," 1940 song : NEARNESS
40
Swelling of tissues : EDEMA
45
Varnish base : LAC
48
British nursemaid : NANNIE
50
Taut : TENSE
51
Passageway : AISLE
52
What 48 Down pushes : PRAM
53
Costa ___ : RICA
54
Ancient Roman road : ITER
55
Deviate : VEER
56
Jason's ship : ARGO
57
Cargo : LOAD
61
Suffix with meteor : ITE
62
Chaney of films : LON

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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