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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Tuesday, March 28, 1989

52-Across : One who studies minute organisms

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 36.9
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. 14,385
Across
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Ran away : FLED
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Tic : SPASM
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Beget : SIRE
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Recent : LATE
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Book of Hours : HORAE
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Work group : CREW
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Elliptical : OVAL
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Muslim religion : ISLAM
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Ascend : RISE
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One who studies fossils : PALEONTOLOGIST
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Three, in Pisa : TRE
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Liquor : RUM
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Bullet sizes, to a Londoner : CALIBRES
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Ascribe : IMPUTE
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Exchange premium : AGIO
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Shish ___, dish cooked on a skewer : KEBAB
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Actress Fabray, to friends : NAN
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One who studies X-rays : ROENTGENOLOGIST
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Hockey great : ORR
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Signe ___, actress from Stockholm : HASSO
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Ending with cigar or major : ETTE
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Adept bridge player : MASTER
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Hirer : EMPLOYER
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Tune : AIR
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Chalice veil : AER
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One who studies minute organisms : MICROBIOLOGIST
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Model T, e.g. : AUTO
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Jittery : TENSE
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Division word : INTO
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Stalk : STEM
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Noblemen : EARLS
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Top pitchers : ACES
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Antitoxins : SERA
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Beak : SNOOT
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Dozes : NAPS
Down
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Fall clumsily : FLOP
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Molten rock : LAVA
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And others: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
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Erasure : DELETION
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Black eye : SHINER
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Mail : POST
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___ Guthrie, singer from N.Y. : ARLO
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Hall, in Bonn : SAAL
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Lincoln ___, in Washington, D.C. : MEMORIAL
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Be frugal : SCRIMP
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Part of the eye : IRIS
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Remainder : REST
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Ram's mate : EWE
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Sphere : ORB
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Okra : GUMBO
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Billiard shot : CAROM
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Athenian marketplace : AGORA
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Recliners : LIERS
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Squeezes out a living : EKES
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Feeling : SENSE
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State of oneness : UNITY
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Gustatory sensation : TASTE
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Penetrate : ENTER
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Sudden prosperity : BOOM
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Belonging to them : THEIR
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Strangles : GARROTES
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Peach State native : GEORGIAN
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Wash. seaport : TACOMA
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Most ashen : PALEST
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Fifth sign of the zodiac : LEO
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Silent : MUTE
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Roman road : ITER
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Lima or string follower : BEAN
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Small Japanese box : INRO
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Capital of Norway : OSLO
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Ancient Peruvian : INCA
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Pace : STEP
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Flip : TOSS
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Fool : ASS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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