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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, September 9, 1985

5-Across : Reduce

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,089
Across
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Animal trail : SLOT
5
Reduce : LOWER
10
Hostile attack : RAID
14
Scarlett O'Hara's home : TARA
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Unaccompanied : ALONE
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Qualified : ABLE
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Perón and Gabor : EVAS
18
Thick strings : CORDS
19
Type of ski lift : TBAR
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Former U.A.W. president : WALTERREUTHER
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Actor Wallach : ELI
24
Agcy. once headed by Eric Johnston : ESA
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Common abbr. : ETC
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Sports arbiter, for short : REF
31
Elec. units : AMPS
34
Stream : RIVER
36
Epsilon's cousin : ETA
37
Skills : ARTS
39
Slyly derisive : SNIDE
40
Theme of this puzzle : NOTABLEREDHEADS
44
Pope's headdress : TIARA
45
Ditto : SAME
46
Vietnamese holiday : TET
47
Fitzgerald and Raines : ELLAS
48
Ten cents : DIME
50
Bitter vetch : ERS
51
"Agnus ___" : DEI
52
Ending for treat or expert : ISE
55
City on the Donau : ULM
57
Nobelist in Literature: 1930 : SINCLAIRLEWIS
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Hip : ONTO
66
Charlotte ___ : RUSSE
67
Airplane part : NOSE
68
Lure : BAIT
69
Perfect model : IDEAL
70
Sketched : DREW
71
Ancient Peruvian : INCA
72
Annoying : PESKY
73
British carbine : STEN
Down
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Fret : STEW
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Etna's output : LAVA
3
Spoken : ORAL
4
Sapor : TASTE
5
Producing tears : LACRIMAL
6
Swan genus : OLOR
7
Had on : WORE
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Provide : ENDUE
9
Reposes : RESTS
10
Appraise : RATE
11
Shorten : ABBREVIATE
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Dockers' union : ILA
13
German article : DER
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Guido's highest note : ELA
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Rough : HARSH
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Hay spreader : TEDDER
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Highest points : CRESTS
28
Leased : RENTED
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Prima ballerina : ETOILE
30
Believing in the inevitability of events : FATALISTIC
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America's CINC : PRES
33
Famous violin : STRAD
35
Ending for Alp or opal : INE
38
Big rig : SEMI
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Bird or tree : ARA
42
Washbowl : BASIN
43
In a shy or prim way : DEMURELY
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Building wing : ELL
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Wall Street certificate : SCRIP
54
Avoid : ELUDE
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Repairs : MENDS
58
Jot : IOTA
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"___ Death," Grieg passage : ASES
60
Author Dinesen : ISAK
61
Malt infusion : WORT
62
What video means : ISEE
63
Stitched : SEWN
64
Geisha's sash : OBI
65
Masefield heroine : NAN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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