07.28.15 — AEIOU

1453 A.E.I.O.U., Wahlspruch Kaiser Friedrichs III. 

an der Grazer Burg 

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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Puzzle by Caleb Emmons / Edited by Will Shortz

In this Tuesday crossword, the across rows contain a group of one vowel each, e.g., A, E, I, O and U, and they descend in AEIOU order, repeated three times.

Of interest — FRESHETS (50A. Sudden floods); KLUTZ (63A. Unlikely juggler); PHILIP III (54A. King who led Spain into the Thirty Years’ War); POLTROON (20A. Utter coward); TIGHT-KNIT (18A. Close, as a community); THE CREEPS (32A. Shudder-inducing feeling).

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