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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Thursday, June 23, 1983

43-Across : Met on the road

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, 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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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,280
Across
1
Top boxer : CHAMP
6
Kind of hockey shot : SLAP
10
Wading bird : SORA
14
Caballero's title : SENOR
15
"Lunch ___," Jean Kerr play : HOUR
16
Bird, to Brutus : AVIS
17
Dawson of the Expos : ANDRE
18
Chap, in Córdoba : ENTE
19
Winning margin at a track : NECK
20
N.L. baseball team : SANDIEGOPADRES
23
Perform : ACT
24
"You ___ My Sunshine" : ARE
25
Scold : BERATE
29
Solve : UNRIDDLE
34
Elevate : RAISE
35
Rickey Henderson's asset : SPEED
36
Japanese coin : RIN
37
Nipa palm : ATAP
38
What matadors wave : CAPES
39
Hue : TINT
40
Separator at Wimbledon : NET
41
Putted in : HOLED
42
Croquet player, at times : ROVER
43
Met on the road : TRAVELER
45
Peaceful : SERENE
46
Australian bird : EMU
47
Weir : DAM
48
N.F.L. team : BALTIMORECOLTS
56
Mixture : OLIO
57
Cereal husk : BRAN
58
Stringed instrument : VIOLA
60
Tree trunk : BOLE
61
Fleming and Hunter : IANS
62
Boredom : ENNUI
63
Groups of tennis games : SETS
64
Poker stake : ANTE
65
Man o' War was one : STEED
Down
1
J. Davis org. : CSA
2
Rhode Island Reds : HENS
3
Forever ___ day : ANDA
4
When Phoebus rises : MORN
5
Come earlier than : PREDATE
6
Bettor's form ___ : SHEET
7
Adjective for a triple : LONG
8
Vehicle for Foyt : AUTO
9
Goes into training : PREPARES
10
Like some golf traps : SANDED
11
Across the plate : OVER
12
Red Sox slugger : RICE
13
Interrogates : ASKS
21
Gretzky's milieu : ICE
22
Dry : ARID
25
Wild goose : BRANT
26
Either Sprat : EATER
27
Lariat : RIATA
28
Snake : ASP
29
Gymnast's ___ arm hang : UPPER
30
Require : NEED
31
Hit from a tee : DRIVE
32
Napery : LINEN
33
___ nous : ENTRE
35
Adman's objective : SALE
38
Home of some Lions : COLUMBIA
39
Rocky hill : TOR
41
Half: Prefix : HEMI
42
Takes away : REMOVES
44
Disapprovals : VETOES
45
Micmac's cousin : SAC
47
Compact : DENSE
48
Pitchers Feller and Gibson : BOBS
49
Plant with fleshy leaves : ALOE
50
Lively tune : LILT
51
Algerian department : ORAN
52
Rodomontade : RANT
53
Fluff : LINT
54
Normal muscle tension : TONE
55
Swing around : SLUE
59
Assist : AID

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

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