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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Tuesday, November 20, 1990

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: 67, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 27.1
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. 14,987
Across
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Dog in "The Thin Man" : ASTA
5
Strikebreaker : SCAB
9
Hot Lips Houlihan of TV's "M*A*S*H" : SWIT
13
Lay away : STORE
15
Painful : SORE
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Pledge : OATH
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What an ovate fellow did in a rhyme : SATONAWALL
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Helm position : ALEE
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Calabash : GOURD
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Story written for TV : TELEPLAY
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Swards : SODS
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Letter stroke : SERIF
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Resisted authority : REBELLED
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Odor : SMELL
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Lyric poem : ODE
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Embankment : LEVEE
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Laughing loudly : AROAR
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Raleigh's title : SIR
38
Fourth Greek letter : DELTA
40
Askew : WRY
41
Renown : ECLAT
44
Parts of speech : NOUNS
46
First woman : EVE
47
Prongs : TINES
49
Italian women, to the English : SIGNORAS
51
Actor from Neb. : NOLTE
53
Ladle out clumsily : SLOP
54
Loiterers : DAWDLERS
57
Build : ERECT
60
"Now___ me down ... " : ILAY
61
U.S. money market : WALLSTREET
64
Cologne, to Hans : KOLN
65
Jacob's twin : ESAU
66
Fe or Ana preceder : SANTA
67
Tamarisk : ATLE
68
Sample rec. : DEMO
69
Pace : STEP
Down
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Fool : ASS
2
Hart : STAG
3
Dorothy Gale's dog : TOTO
4
Incite : AROUSE
5
Birmingham-to-Mobile dir. : SSW
6
Long-sleeved outer garment : COAT
7
City on the Rhone : ARLES
8
___-lettres (fine literature) : BELLES
9
More lathery : SOAPIER
10
Shy person at a social event : WALLFLOWER
11
Willow : ITEA
12
"___ All Laughed," 1981 film : THEY
14
Enlist : ENROLL
18
Confused : ADDLED
22
Author Bombeck : ERMA
24
Heptad : SEVEN
26
Light pink wine : ROSE
27
Decree : EDICT
28
This came tumbling down in 1989 : BERLINWALL
29
Birthplace of Apollo : DELOS
31
Caterpillar, e.g. : LARVA
34
Vanity cases : ETUIS
36
Cereal grasses : RYES
39
Aspects : ANGLES
42
Pain reliever : ANODYNE
43
Swiss hero : TELL
45
Quick gulps of liquor : SNORTS
48
Fretted : STEWED
50
"Manon" and "Orfeo" : OPERAS
52
Expunge : ERASE
54
Wild mango : DIKA
55
"Thanks ___!' : ALOT
56
Bridge coup : SLAM
58
Penny : CENT
59
Head, in Paris : TETE
62
Nilotic native : LUO
63
Faucet : TAP

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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