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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Tuesday, December 26, 1989

4-Down : Skilled

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.47, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 244 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 7, FITB: 11, 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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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,658
Across
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Pasadena's ___ Bowl : ROSE
5
Honolulu's ___ Bowl : ALOHA
10
Festival : FETE
14
Eager : AVID
15
Helicopter part : ROTOR
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Part of a list : ITEM
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Bill of fare : MENU
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Within: Prefix : INTRA
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Makes mistakes : ERRS
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Accuracy : PRECISION
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Cambodian coin : SEN
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Boris Becker boomer : ACE
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Exude : EMIT
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Dallas's ___ Bowl : COTTON
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Pass by, as time : ELAPSE
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Author of "Peer Gynt" : IBSEN
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Kind of broom : WHISK
38
Furthermore : AND
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Cargo : LOAD
40
Atlanta's ___ Bowl : PEACH
41
Jai ___ : ALAI
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Comparative ending : IER
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Taut : TENSE
44
Split : CLEFT
45
Classify : ASSORT
47
Orlando's ___ Bowl : CITRUS
48
Tall grass stem : REED
50
Extra-point score : ONE
51
Ration-book agency of W.W. II : OPA
53
Inhabitant of New York City, e.g. : EASTERNER
59
Paradise : EDEN
60
Apportion : ALLOT
61
N.Y. college or Hebrides island : IONA
62
Ice flow : BERG
63
Useful : UTILE
64
Cozy shelter : NEST
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With "bonnet," Houston's bowl : BLUE
66
Jacksonville's ___ Bowl : GATOR
67
Merriment : GLEE
Down
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Inclined way : RAMP
2
Above : OVER
3
Trigonometric function : SINE
4
Skilled : EDUCATED
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Gone up : ARISEN
6
Actress Anderson : LONI
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Preminger or Graham : OTTO
8
Lena or Marilyn : HORNE
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___ Parseghian of football fame : ARA
10
Temple's ___ Bowl : FIESTA
11
To be, in Paris : ETRE
12
Sea swallow : TERN
13
Printers' measures : EMS
21
Sacred picture : ICON
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Entangle : MESH
26
Kind : ILK
27
Eyelashes : CILIA
28
Reed instruments : OBOES
29
Russian emperors : TSARS
31
More pallid : PALER
32
Confusion, to a G.I. : SNAFU
33
Redacts : EDITS
35
Skin growth : WEN
36
Owns : HAS
37
Frozen H2O : ICE
40
Fountain or Rozelle : PETE
41
Tailor's chore : ALTERING
43
Three, in Trento : TRE
44
Spanish movie theater : CINE
46
Miami's ___ Bowl : ORANGE
47
Kind of pin : COTTER
49
Fourth Greek letter : DELTA
51
"___ mio dolce ardor," Gluck aria : ODEL
52
South American country : PERU
54
Landed : ALIT
55
Alone : SOLO
56
Christmas carol : NOEL
57
Start of the Bay State's motto : ENSE
58
Estimate : RATE
59
Flow back : EBB
60
Month before Sept. : AUG

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

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