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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Thursday, May 11, 1989

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 12, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 31.0
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. 14,429
Across
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Songwriters' Hall of Fame: Abbr. : SHOF
5
John Philip ___ : SOUSA
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President of 1 Across : CAHN
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Manx murmur : PURR
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Harold ___ : ARLEN
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Medicinal herb : ALOE
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Fitzgerald of songdom : ELLA
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Actress Taylor : RENEE
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Actress Lynn ___ : BARI
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Duplicated genetically : CLONED
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Heraldic : ARMORIAL
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Child's bed : CRIB
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___ Amin, Ugandan exile : IDI
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Slandered : MALIGNED
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Geometric curves : CONICS
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Large wading bird : IBIS
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What the walls have : EARS
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Competitor : RIVAL
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Negative prefix : NON
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Respects highly : ESTEEMS
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___ Gershwin : IRA
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Utopian : IDEAL
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Norse tale : SAGA
46
Latvian native : LETT
47
A founder of 1 Across : MERCER
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Tenons' joiners : MORTISES
51
"I ___ Camera" : AMA
52
Anna of filmdom : STEN
53
Area : PRECINCT
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Mine's air shaft : INTAKE
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Actress Anderson : LONI
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George M. ___ : COHAN
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Hebrews' lineal ancestor : EBER
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Kiribati's locale : ASIA
67
Martini garnish : OLIVE
68
Trevi coin : LIRA
69
Fiorito and Koehler : TEDS
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Bowling-alley button : RESET
71
Transmitted : SENT
Down
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Risky business, for short : SPEC
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Pea pod : HULL
3
Plinth : ORLO
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___ Scott Key : FRANCIS
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Pilchards : SARDINES
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Mine find : ORE
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Armbone : ULNA
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Prophet : SEER
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Lacking vitality : ANEMIC
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Mother ___, first U.S. canonized citizen : CABRINI
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Israeli dance : HORA
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Diamond, Sedaka or Moret : NEIL
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Unit of work : ERG
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Smells : ODORS
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Whips : BEATS
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Smallest : MINIM
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Residence : ABODE
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Ocean greyhound : LINER
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Reverie : DREAM
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Climbing vines : IVIES
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Bill of fare : CARTE
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Venetian-blind parts : SLATS
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Kin of yuccas : SEGOS
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Resin for varnishes : ELEMI
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Strict disciplinarian : MARTINET
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Gum-arabic trees : ACACIAS
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Door-frame crosspieces : LINTELS
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Malice : RANCOR
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Basis of logarithms : TEN
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Building lot : PLAT
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Billy, Fred or Vincent : ROSE
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Geraint's wife : ENID
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___ Porter : COLE
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Not that : THIS
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Anne Nichols hero : ABIE
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Jerome ___ : KERN
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Farewell, to Cato : AVE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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