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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Tuesday, November 1, 1988

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 26.0
Albert J. Klaus has 115 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,238
Across
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___ mater : ALMA
5
Prayer at a meal : GRACE
10
Spa in England : BATH
14
Froth : FOAM
15
Assistants : AIDES
16
Monster : OGRE
17
160 square rods : ACRE
18
"The ___ Menagerie": Williams : GLASS
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Bar order : BEER
20
Restaurateur Leonard Slye : ROYROGERS
22
"The ___ Musketeers" : THREE
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Currier and ___ : IVES
24
Earth: Comb. form : AGRO
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Separated : SPACED
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A tempest in a ___ : TEAPOT
32
Boston airport : LOGAN
33
Slender : THIN
35
Heroic poem : EPIC
37
Wing for Amor : ALA
38
Grave : SERIOUS
41
Dockworkers' org. : ILA
42
Fluent : GLIB
44
Curse : DAMN
45
Pitch pipe, e.g. : TUNER
47
Slept noisily : SNORED
49
Covers walls, e.g. : PAPERS
50
Eat out : DINE
51
African chief : KAID
52
Performed : ACTED
55
Actress Alexandra Zuck : SANDRADEE
60
Portal : DOOR
61
Glowing coal : EMBER
62
Cultivate : TILL
63
Bancroft or Baxter : ANNE
64
Area under a pitched roof : GABLE
65
Gabor and Tanguay : EVAS
66
Humble : MEEK
67
Midges : GNATS
68
Victor Borge, e.g. : DANE
Down
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At a distance : AFAR
2
Crazy : LOCO
3
Astor or Martin : MARY
4
"God Bless ___" : AMERICA
5
Choked : GAGGED
6
Gets one's goat : RILES
7
Jewish month : ADAR
8
Stop : CESSATION
9
Tee predecessor : ESS
10
Boxer Packy East : BOBHOPE
11
Ripening agent : AGER
12
Elm or fir : TREE
13
Present : HERE
21
Baking chambers : OVENS
22
___-la-la : TRA
25
Knee : GENU
26
Dross : SLAG
27
Counts heads : POLLS
28
Encore! : AGAIN
30
Think : OPINE
31
Roofer, sometimes : TILER
33
Artisan : TRADESMAN
34
Homophone for hymn : HIM
36
Freeway sights : CARS
39
Paradise : EDEN
40
Single step : STAIR
43
Actress Cathleen Collins : BODEREK
46
Modernized : UPDATED
48
Disencumber : RID
49
Spanish priests : PADRES
51
Prepared to be knighted : KNELT
52
Rib donor : ADAM
53
Ice-cream holder : CONE
54
Musical sound : TONE
56
Eastern bishop's title : ABBA
57
Prima donna : DIVA
58
Verve : ELAN
59
Other : ELSE
61
Roe : EGG

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

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