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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Wednesday, January 11, 1984

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.71, Missing: { F J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 54, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 36.8
Albert J. Klaus has 115 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,482
Across
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___ hot and cold (vacillate) : BLOW
5
Nigerian native : EGBA
9
Secreted : HID
12
___ in the woods : BABE
13
Path of a tempest's center : STORMTRACK
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Property claim : LIEN
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Making an effort, in psychology : CONATIONAL
18
A twister : CYCLONE
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Dibble, e.g. : TOOL
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Torrid : HOT
22
Place for a belt : WAIST
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Moves slowly : CREEPS
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Adherent : IST
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Reverberate : ECHO
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Excite : ROUSE
34
Definite article : THE
35
Ottoman peasant : RAYA
36
Atmosphere : AIR
37
Soft, gentle winds : ZEPHYRS
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Snare : NET
42
Smooth-skinned fruit : PLUM
44
Squeal or squealer : RAT
45
Cut of beef : HBONE
47
Sum's infinitive : ESSE
48
Ending for Turk or Finn : ISH
49
The north wind : BOREAS
50
Aunt, in Nantes : TANTE
52
Mining find : ORE
53
Huntley : CHET
55
Celebrity interviewer : WALTERS
59
Professor of divinity : THEOLOGIST
62
Supreme Greek god : ZEUS
64
Typhoons' cousins : HURRICANES
65
Nobleman : EARL
66
Laconian clan : OBE
67
Actor from N.Y.C. : ALDA
68
Weaver's reed : SLEY
Down
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31½ gallons: Abbr. : BBL
2
Secular : LAIC
3
Submit : OBEY
4
Lasses, jocularly : WENCHES
5
School Eden attended : ETON
6
Mitchell classic : GONEWITHTHEWIND
7
Bikini part : BRA
8
Pt. or qt. : AMT
9
Arizona pueblo dweller : HANO
10
Suffix with tact : ICAL
11
Metric unit of cap. : DKL
13
Glaswegians : SCOTS
14
Smalll birds : TITS
15
He screams for his team : ROOTER
19
Nancy ___, L.P.G.A. star : LOPEZ
23
Pallid : ASHY
24
Roman road : ITER
25
Thin, crinkled cloth : CRAPE
26
Agitates : ROILS
27
The southeast wind : EURUS
30
"Paddle your own ___" : CANOE
31
Wolflike animal : HYENA
32
Titus ___, English conspirator : OATES
38
Hibernia : ERIN
39
Gone by : PAST
40
Like a hamster's tail : SHORT
43
Shooting star : METEOR
46
Simple tasks : BREEZES
49
Fasteners : BOLTS
51
King of the Huns : ATLI
53
Fish bait : CHUB
54
"___ Comes the Show Boat" : HERE
56
On naval operations : ASEA
57
True : REAL
58
Certain : SURE
59
Le Duc ___ of Hanoi : THO
60
Wood sorrel : OCA
61
Sal, in a song : GAL
63
Tricky : SLY

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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