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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Tuesday, January 9, 1990

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 249 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,672
Across
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Nude : BARE
5
Sudden, violent effort : SPASM
10
Grow tiresome : PALL
14
Soon : ANON
15
Spaghetti, e.g. : PASTA
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Margarine : OLEO
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Asterisk : STAR
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Aquatic animal : OTTER
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Tidy : NEAT
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British P.M.: 1955-57 : SIRANTHONYEDEN
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Neon or argon : GAS
24
Canonized woman in Fr. : STE
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Bundled cotton : BALED
28
Lamb's cry : MAA
31
Some examinations : ORALS
35
___ Wallach, actor from Brooklyn : ELI
36
Hanging piece of frozen water : ICICLE
39
Exude : EMIT
40
Noted English navigator : SIRFRANCISDRAKE
43
Avocado's shape : OVAL
44
Scold : BERATE
45
D.C. bigwig : SEN
46
High plateaus : MESAS
48
German article : DAS
49
Lariat : LASSO
51
Obtain : GET
53
For each : PER
54
Author of "Ivanhoe" : SIRWALTERSCOTT
62
Facts : DATA
63
Hire : LEASE
64
One who mimics : APER
65
Solemn assent : AMEN
66
Emulates Maxwell Perkins : EDITS
67
Valley : DALE
68
Saucy : PERT
69
Auctions : SALES
70
She, in Sèvres : ELLE
Down
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Food fish : BASS
2
Oppositionist : ANTI
3
Sound at Shea : ROAR
4
Madden : ENRAGE
5
Detects : SPOTS
6
Trail : PATH
7
Concerning : ASTO
8
British carbine : STEN
9
Astor and Martin : MARYS
10
One who deliberates : PONDERER
11
Helm position : ALEE
12
Far from plump : LEAN
13
Realty unit : LOT
21
Opposite of zenith : NADIR
22
W W II area : ETO
25
Broom made of twigs : BESOM
26
Existing : ALIVE
27
Turkey's monetary units : LIRAS
28
Dug for coal, e.g. : MINED
29
Capital of Ghana : ACCRA
30
Assumed name : ALIAS
32
Accumulate : AMASS
33
Enjoys : LIKES
34
To whom an exec dictates : STENO
37
Tractor operator's compartment : CAB
38
Superlative ending : EST
41
Glaringly bad : FLAGRANT
42
Erases : DELES
47
Stitch : SEW
50
Covered passageway : ARCADE
52
Supplementary jury group : TALES
53
Squeeze : PRESS
54
Identical : SAME
55
Roman road : ITER
56
Helen of Troy's mother : LEDA
57
Kite part : TAIL
58
Italian noble family : ESTE
59
Iridescent gem : OPAL
60
Legendary Swiss hero : TELL
61
Dryad's home : TREE
62
Drop bait lightly : DAP

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

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