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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Wednesday, April 3, 1985

1-Down : Moistens

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, 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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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,930
Across
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"___ Side Story" : WEST
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Grain fungus : ERGOT
10
Insecticide, for short : DDT
13
Apiece : EACH
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John Ringling or Sheree : NORTH
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Three spot : TREY
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Despot : TSAR
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Wane : ABATE
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Calendar contents : YEAR
19
Flowed : STREAMED
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Regard highly : ADMIRE
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W.W. II area : ETO
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Prevent legally : ESTOP
26
Fool : ASS
29
Globe : ORB
31
Printing mistakes : ERRATA
34
Endemic : LOCAL
36
Third son of Jacob : LEVI
38
Not any : NONE
40
" ... rode madly off ___": Leacock : INALLDIRECTIONS
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Adjective for Robert Parish : TALL
44
Roman road : ITER
45
Protein in muscles : ACTIN
46
Somewhat tardy : LATISH
48
Bad ___, German spa : EMS
50
Observe : SEE
51
Feels antipathy for : HATES
53
Devoured : ATE
55
Shooting star : METEOR
58
Napless or sleepless : UNRESTED
63
Assert : AVER
64
Ferber and Best : EDNAS
66
It's served in Attica : TIME
67
Ruffle one's feathers : RILE
68
"___ of the Border" : SOUTH
69
Ireland : ERIN
70
Wright wing : ELL
71
Indian in Clive's army : SEPOY
72
Trust, with "on" : RELY
Down
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Moistens : WETS
2
"___ of Eden" : EAST
3
Cicatrix : SCAR
4
Proverbial crowd : THREE
5
Fill with love : ENAMOR
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Mantle : ROBE
7
Rate : GRADE
8
Baseball great : OTT
9
Affected : THEATRIC
10
"Die ___ Pintos," Weber-Mahler opera : DREI
11
Beloved : DEAR
12
Seaport in Lebanon : TYRE
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Like a drum : TYMPANIC
20
Coral island : ATOLL
22
Louis ___, former French coin : DOR
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Harsh : SEVERE
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Finished a flight : ALIT
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Sound producing : SONAL
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Cochlea canal : SCALA
30
Carefree : BLITHE
32
Casper's wife, in comics : TOOTS
33
A Merman role : ANNIE
35
Not bonkers : ALLTHERE
37
Before, to Prior : ERE
39
Domestic slave of yore : ESNE
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Misery : DISTRESS
42
Sample : TASTE
47
Fish bait in Hawaii : IAO
49
Paludous : MARSHY
52
Aurora's big moment : SUNUP
54
Nitrite, e.g. : ESTER
55
___ nostrum (our sea) : MARE
56
Bad : EVIL
57
Legendary Swiss marksman : TELL
59
Western alliance, for short : NATO
60
Fatigue : TIRE
61
Gilels or Jannings : EMIL
62
Contradict : DENY
65
Female rabbit : DOE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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