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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Tuesday, July 23, 1985

12-Down : Having wings

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, 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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C
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E
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E
4
S
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S
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H
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O
8
O
9
T
10
A
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H
12
A
13
B
14
U
T
A
H
15
P
A
L
M
A
16
D
A
L
E
17
L
U
R
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I
R
A
N
I
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A
L
A
N
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M
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L
L
21
A
R
D
F
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L
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L
M
O
R
E
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F
R
E
E
24
B
I
S
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H
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A
27
I
28
A
D
R
29
E
30
N
A
L
31
R
32
A
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H
34
A
S
S
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E
T
36
L
I
C
37
T
E
R
A
38
W
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L
L
I
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A
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M
M
C
K
41
I
N
L
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Y
42
E
D
A
M
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L
I
E
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S
T
A
T
E
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D
E
S
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O
L
D
R
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O
48
S
E
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Y
E
S
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A
D
E
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M
A
R
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C
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G
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R
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O
V
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R
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C
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L
E
V
E
L
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A
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N
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D
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N
I
L
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G
U
I
L
E
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A
M
O
R
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A
F
A
R
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I
N
N
E
R
66
R
E
T
E
67
T
E
N
T
68
C
A
N
T
S
69
K
N
E
W
© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,041
Across
1
Followers of bees : CEES
5
Roll dice : SHOOT
10
Moby Dick's pursuer : AHAB
14
Senator Garn's state : UTAH
15
Capital of Majorca : PALMA
16
Valley : DALE
17
Attract : LURE
18
Persian : IRANI
19
Chester ___ Arthur (No. 21) : ALAN
20
23
Liberate : FREE
24
More! : BIS
25
"Bali ___" : HAI
28
A gland : ADRENAL
31
Cheer : RAH
34
Charm or cash : ASSET
36
N.R.A. member's need : LIC
37
Buddhist church, in Japan : TERA
38
42
Dutch cheese : EDAM
43
Prevaricate : LIE
44
Ship of ___ : STATE
45
Ecole ___ Beaux-Arts, Paris : DES
46
Purplish red : OLDROSE
49
Affirmative reply : YES
50
Fruit drink : ADE
51
Type of brandy : MARC
53
No. 22 or 24 : GROVERCLEVELAND
61
Egyptian river : NILE
62
Craftiness : GUILE
63
Love, in Madrid : AMOR
64
In the distance : AFAR
65
___ sanctum : INNER
66
Network of nerves : RETE
67
Portable shelter : TENT
68
Tilts : CANTS
69
Was aware of : KNEW
Down
1
Grass stem : CULM
2
Needlecase : ETUI
3
James ___ Carter (No. 39) : EARL
4
Ledge : SHELF
5
Extended upward : SPIRED
6
Not so easy : HARDER
7
King of Norway : OLAF
8
Kind of bus : OMNI
9
Football position : TAILBACK
10
No. 2 or 6 : ADAMS
11
Aureola : HALO
12
Having wings : ALAR
13
Well, in Milano : BENE
21
Hindu lamp rite : ARATI
22
Diamond ___ : LIL
25
Hemmed and ___ : HAWED
26
Playwright's ploy : ASIDE
27
Spanish land areas : ISLAS
29
Gantry or Fudd : ELMER
30
Managua is its cap. : NIC
31
Kind of race : RELAY
32
Mountain crest : ARETE
33
No. 19 : HAYES
35
Yale campus tree : ELM
37
Explosive, for short : TNT
39
Averse (to) : ALLERGIC
40
Prefix with East : MID
41
French river : ISERE
46
Sappho creation : ODE
47
Fluffy fare : OMELET
48
Rescuers : SAVERS
50
Turn away : AVERT
52
Herbert ___ Hoover (No. 31) : CLARK
53
Picnic pest : GNAT
54
Abundant : RIFE
55
Pearl Buck heroine : OLAN
56
Panamanian native : CUNA
57
Dancer Bambi ___ : LINN
58
Prayer ending : AMEN
59
Memo : NOTE
60
Sketched : DREW

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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