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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, December 16, 1991

31-Down : Protein in muscles

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q U W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Albert J. Klaus has 115 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,378
Across
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Secular : LAIC
5
Concur : AGREE
10
Chase flies : SHAG
14
Imprint : ETCH
15
Ascertain : LEARN
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Anklebones : TALI
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Cupid : AMOR
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Solicitor : PETITIONER
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Married Spanish women : SENORAS
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Stronghold : CITADEL
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More pleasing : NICER
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Vietnamese holiday : TET
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Part of the eye : RETINA
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Actress Celeste : HOLM
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Egyptian cobra : ASP
34
Guinness and Baldwin : ALECS
35
Part of a shoe : SOLE
36
Ailing : ACHY
37
Jargon (anagram of 22 Across) : DIALECT
39
Of a decree (anagram of 22 Across) : EDICTAL
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Inactive : IDLE
42
Sandwich : HERO
44
Propel a vehicle : DRIVE
45
Ending for talk or pant : IES
46
Renown : FAME
47
Day laborers, in Mexico : PEONES
48
Ventilate : AIR
49
Ball-rope missiles : BOLAS
51
Abu Dhabi, e.g. : EMIRATE
55
Like a triangle (anagram of 22 Across) : DELTAIC
59
A doing again (anagram of 18 Across) : REPETITION
61
Stravinsky : IGOR
62
Topgallant : MAST
63
Stable sound : SNORT
64
Quickly, to Nero : CITO
65
African lily : ALOE
66
Silverweed : TANSY
67
Kind of opera : SOAP
Down
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Grasslands : LEAS
2
"Don't throw bouquets ___" : ATME
3
Sacred image : ICON
4
Historical record : CHRONICLE
5
Woolly Peruvian animal : ALPACA
6
Silly ones : GEESE
7
Informer : RAT
8
Ambler or Sevareid : ERIC
9
Affixed a name : ENTITLED
10
Ermine in summer : STOAT
11
Crewman : HAND
12
Away from the wind : ALEE
13
Jeune fille : GIRL
19
Separate article : ITEM
21
Washing-machine cycle : RINSE
24
Letter from Greece : RHO
26
Half diameters : RADII
27
Slur over : ELIDE
28
Short-necked ducks : TEALS
30
Grocery purchase : OLEO
31
Protein in muscles : ACTIN
32
Remove hair : SHAVE
33
Writers Howard and Ernie : PYLES
35
Check : STEM
36
Certain word puzzles : ACROSTICS
38
Cartographer : CHARTIST
40
Unflawed : IDEAL
43
C.S.A. soldier : REB
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Decree : FIAT
47
Abundance : PLENTY
48
Alpine crest : ARETE
50
Smells : ODORS
51
Author Bombeck : ERMA
52
Lunch or supper : MEAL
53
___ facto : IPSO
54
Volcano in Sicily : ETNA
56
Exchange premium : AGIO
57
Whit : IOTA
58
Field yield : CROP
60
Charged atom : ION

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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