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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, December 9, 1991

54-Down : Type of dive

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 82, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.56, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 245 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0
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. 15,371
Across
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Hardens : SETS
5
Women servants : MAIDS
10
Level : FLAT
14
Horse's gait : TROT
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Weird : EERIE
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Knowledge : LORE
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Assistant : AIDE
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Stage play : DRAMA
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Pitcher Hershiser : OREL
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"Sweet ___ Brown," 1925 song : GEORGIA
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Everlasting : ETERNAL
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Wrathful : IRATE
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Hit the slopes : SKI
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Weighing device : SCALE
30
Terminate : END
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Tomato blight : EDEMA
36
___ corpus : HABEAS
38
Large cask : TUN
40
Actor Alda : ALAN
41
Actress Lupino : IDA
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Place where beer is served : TAPROOM
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Part of a fish : FIN
46
High plateau : MESA
48
Low passing grade : DEE
49
Part of the eye : RETINA
51
Inscribed slab : STELA
53
Label : TAG
55
Fork prongs : TINES
56
Cigar residue : ASH
58
Seized : TAKEN
60
Furnished an excuse : ALIBIED
64
___ Jones, H. Ford role : INDIANA
68
Monetary unit of Italy : LIRA
69
Greek goddess of peace : IRENE
71
Gabor and Bartok : EVAS
72
First man : ADAM
73
Punjabi princess : RANEE
74
Half: Prefix : SEMI
75
Jaffe or Barrett : RONA
76
Top performers : STARS
77
Very, in French : TRES
Down
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Male deer : STAG
2
Jay Gould's railroad : ERIE
3
Commotion : TODO
4
Barren : STERILE
5
Radio and TV : MEDIA
6
Ventilate a lawn : AERATE
7
Savings plan: Abbr. : IRA
8
Kind of novel : DIME
9
Stock-exchange memberships : SEATS
10
The Sunshine State : FLORIDA
11
Forsaken : LORN
12
Region : AREA
13
Narrate : TELL
21
"___ Day," 1929 song : GREAT
23
Supplement, with "out" : EKE
25
Petition : ENTREAT
27
Wedge-shaped pieces : SHIMS
28
V.M.I. student : CADET
29
Cast down : ABASE
31
Pair : DUO
33
Fairylike : ELFIN
34
"Remember the ___" : MAINE
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Pavlova and Magnani : ANNAS
37
Mournful : SAD
39
And not : NOR
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Favorite : PET
44
Allotted : METED
47
Pop-song group : ALABAMA
50
Adjective for a runt : TINIEST
52
"Unaccustomed ___ am ... " : ASI
54
Type of dive : GAINER
57
Inheritors : HEIRS
59
Leg joints : KNEES
60
Winglike : ALAR
61
Venetian resort : LIDO
62
Kashan is here : IRAN
63
Mild oath : DRAT
65
Declare : AVER
66
Title : NAME
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Used-car ad statement : ASIS
70
Ex-queen of Spain : ENA

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