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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, May 22, 1989

25-Down : Bradford ___, actor from San Francisco

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Albert J. Klaus has 115 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,440
Across
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Fed. agents : GMEN
5
Muslim leader : CALIF
10
Dispatched : SENT
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Assistant : AIDE
15
Mountain crest : ARETE
16
Scent : ODOR
17
Went by plane : FLEW
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Hire : LEASE
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Church court : ROTA
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Recipe : FORMULA
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Shelley or Lazar : BERMAN
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Black cuckoo : ANI
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Dig (into) : DELVE
27
Wild horse : BRONCO
30
Dreamer : IDEALIST
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C.S.A. soldier : REB
35
McIntosh or Winesap : APPLE
37
Cicatrix : SCAR
38
Soul, in Arles : AME
39
Rhea or Itzhak : PERLMAN
42
___ Amin, Ugandan exile : IDI
43
Huge : VAST
45
Astonish : AMAZE
46
Small drink of liquor : NIP
47
Light musical drama : OPERETTA
50
Mirror reflections : IMAGES
52
Stranger : ALIEN
53
___ de mer (seasickness) : MAL
54
Larry ___ of "Dallas" : HAGMAN
57
Artificial tanning device : SUNLAMP
61
Upon : ATOP
62
Partly frozen rain : SLEET
65
Ovid's 1,003 : MIII
66
Kimono : ROBE
67
Fifth-largest planet : EARTH
68
Actor Johnson : ARTE
69
Muslim prince : EMIR
70
Turkish monetary units : LIRAS
71
Louis and Carrie : NYES
Down
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Barbed spear : GAFF
2
Venus de ___ : MILO
3
River in W. Germany : EDER
4
Paul or Phyllis : NEWMAN
5
Carnival musical instrument : CALLIOPE
6
Region : AREA
7
Meadow : LEA
8
"___ a boy!" : ITS
9
Weak : FEEBLE
10
Chestnut-colored horses : SORRELS
11
Esau : EDOM
12
___ bene : NOTA
13
___ Van Huong, Vietnamese Prime Minister: 1965 : TRAN
21
Remove a cover : UNCAP
23
Gabor or Le Gallienne : EVA
25
Bradford ___, actor from San Francisco : DILLMAN
26
Swelling : EDEMA
27
Excellent! : BRAVO
28
Chart anew : REMAP
29
Corpulent : OBESE
31
Cake topping : ICING
32
Maugham's Miss Thompson : SADIE
33
Journeys : TRIPS
36
Chatter : PRATE
40
Vectorial angles : AZIMUTHS
41
River in Russia : NEMAN
44
Hiker : TRAMPER
48
Guido's high note : ELA
49
Christmas-tree decoration : TINSEL
51
Rock star Gregg ___ : ALLMAN
54
Rabbit's kin : HARE
55
Fissionable unit : ATOM
56
Mongolian desert : GOBI
57
Bristle : SETA
58
Breezy : AIRY
59
Very small object : MITE
60
Pastries : PIES
63
Chou En-___ : LAI
64
Sin : ERR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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