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Albert J. Klaus
New York Times, Tuesday, November 20, 1990
36-Down : Cereal grasses
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
Albert J. Klaus has 115 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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13 S | T | O | R | 14 E | 15 S | O | R | E | 16 O | A | T | H |
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17 S | A | T | O | N | 18 A | W | A | L | L | 19 A | L | E | E |
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20 G | O | U | R | D | 21 T | E | L | 22 E | P | L | A | Y |
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23 S | O | D | 24 S | 25 S | E | R | I | F | ||||||
26 R | 27 E | 28 B | E | L | L | E | 29 D | 30 S | M | E | L | 31 L | ||
32 O | D | E | 33 L | E | V | E | 34 E | 35 A | R | O | A | 36 R |
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37 S | I | R | 38 D | E | L | T | 39 A | 40 W | R | Y |
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41 E | C | L | 42 A | 43 T | 44 N | O | U | N | 45 S | 46 E | V | E |
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47 T | I | N | E | 48 S | 49 S | I | G | N | 50 O | R | A | S |
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51 N | O | L | T | 52 E | 53 S | L | O | P | ||||||
54 D | 55 A | W | D | L | E | R | 56 S | 57 E | R | E | 58 C | 59 T | ||
60 I | L | A | Y | 61 W | A | L | 62 L | S | T | R | E | E | 63 T |
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64 K | O | L | N | 65 E | S | A | U | 66 S | A | N | T | A |
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67 A | T | L | E | 68 D | E | M | O | 69 S | T | E | P |
© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,987
Across
1
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
16
Pledge : OATH
17
What an ovate fellow did in a rhyme : SATONAWALL
19
Helm position : ALEE
20
Calabash : GOURD
21
Story written for TV : TELEPLAY
23
Swards : SODS
25
Letter stroke : SERIF
26
Resisted authority : REBELLED
30
Odor : SMELL
32
Lyric poem : ODE
33
Embankment : LEVEE
35
Laughing loudly : AROAR
37
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
1
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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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.