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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Thursday, August 10, 1989

5-Down : Not like a fish story

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { H J K Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 242 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 25.0
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. 14,520
Across
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Mideast native : ARAB
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Sebastian, Bruce or John : CABOT
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Large barge : SCOW
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Trademark : LOGO
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Aptly named author : READE
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Capital of Togo : LOME
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Ripped : TORN
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Bull : ERROR
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Novelist Phillpotts : EDEN
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Automobile type : FOURDOORSEDAN
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Clip : SNIP
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Salt, in Sèvres : SEL
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Mellow : AGE
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Competent : ABLE
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Gun sound : REPORT
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Advance : LEND
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Coins once spent in Riga : LATS
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Kind of court or pool : MOTOR
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Third from the end : ANTEPENULTIMATE
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Dorothy, to Em : NIECE
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Biblical tower: Gen. 35:21 : EDAR
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Summers, in Paris : ETES
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Pixie : SPRITE
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Rent-free land, in India : ENAM
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Ar follower : ESS
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Bankbook abbr. : INT
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Ski lift : TBAR
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Automobiles with tailgates : STATIONWAGONS
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Tumbrel : CART
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Millet : GRAIN
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O'Keeffe's "Farmhouse Window and ___" : DOOR
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Toward shelter : ALEE
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Slightly wet : MOIST
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Concerning : INRE
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Honey bunch : BEES
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African foxes : ASSES
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Require : NEED
Down
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Cover girl Carol ___ : ALT
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What vexed ones raise : ROOF
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Field: Comb. form : AGRO
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Extra payment : BONUS
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Not like a fish story : CREDIBLE
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R.A.F. vehicle : AEROPLANE
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Weight: Comb. form : BARO
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Smells : ODORS
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More concise : TERSER
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Monoski : SLED
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Fugue finale : CODA
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Augur : OMEN
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Benign bump on the skin : WEN
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Kind of virus : RNA
22
Lacquer ingredient : ELEMI
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Alda and Arkin : ALANS
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West Indian tree : GENIP
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Penetrate : ENTER
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Musical composition : ETUDE
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Applelike fruit : POME
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Basket-weaving grass : OTATE
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Repetitive learnings : ROTES
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Lock of hair : TRESS
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Kind of meter or liter : DECI
38
Oblique : SLANTWISE
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Type of jury : PETIT
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Armed attendants : TRABANTS
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Mystery : ENIGMA
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A slick, with or without pics : MAG
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Spaniard's plaza de ___ : TOROS
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Sculptor of "The Thinker" : RODIN
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Exchange of property : SALE
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Persea or wicopy : TREE
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Blind impulses : ATES
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River nymph : NAIS
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Homophone for nun : NONE
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Painful : SORE
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Fiacre : CAB
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Embarrassed : RED

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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