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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, July 8, 1985

51-Down : Wan

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 242 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, 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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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,026
Across
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Having wings : ALAR
5
Road shoulders : BERMS
10
Homophone for pair : PEAR
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Social engagement : DATE
15
Of oil : OLEIC
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Singer Guthrie : ARLO
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A son of Seth : ENOS
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Female relative : NIECE
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Rivulet : RILL
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Cherished person : APPLEOFONESEYE
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Drying kiln : OAST
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Spanish uncle : TIO
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Reddish-yellow color : ORANGE
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Infinite time : ETERNITY
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___ a hand (help) : LEND
34
Harangue : TIRADE
36
Petition : SUE
37
___ of March : IDES
38
Gas away : RAP
39
Persian gazelle : CORA
40
Truck for moving : VAN
41
Pursuer : CHASER
44
Namesakes of a ring master : ALIS
45
Exalt : ENTHRONE
47
Roving : ERRANT
49
Slippery fish : EEL
50
Narrow opening : SLIT
51
J. Horner did it : PULLEDOUTAPLUM
58
Indigo : ANIL
59
Wading bird : EGRET
60
King of Norway : OLAF
62
Capital of Peru : LIMA
63
Observe again : RESEE
64
___ Domini : ANNO
65
Summers, in Cannes : ETES
66
Aquatic animals : SEALS
67
Victor Borge, e.g. : DANE
Down
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Block or lemon suffix : ADE
2
Actress Turner : LANA
3
Upon : ATOP
4
Answers : RESPONDS
5
Thoroughwort : BONESET
6
Silas Marner's creator : ELIOT
7
Shoal : REEF
8
Black-tailed marmoset : MICO
9
Perfumed : SCENTED
10
Minister : PARSON
11
Lake or canal : ERIE
12
Associate : ALLY
13
Actor's part : ROLE
21
Loiter : LAG
22
Ireland : EIRE
25
Oyl of comics : OLIVE
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Fortification : REDAN
27
Concerning : ANENT
28
Wipe out : ERASE
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Recording device : TAPE
30
Island, to a Venetian : ISOLA
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City on the Po : TURIN
32
Brewer's ___ : YEAST
35
Teheran is its capital : IRAN
39
As much as a dray holds : CARTLOAD
41
Algonquian Indian : CREE
42
Gadgets for cigarettes : HOLDERS
43
Tells : RELATES
46
Greece : HELLAS
48
Tear : RIP
50
Iron alloy : STEEL
51
Wan : PALE
52
Word with factor or rule : UNIT
53
Calcium oxide : LIME
54
A molding : OGEE
55
___ Major : URSA
56
Arm bone : ULNA
57
Horace or Thomas : MANN
61
Opponent : FOE

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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