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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, May 21, 1990

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { B F G J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 30.2
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. 14,804
Across
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Separate : PART
5
Italian fashion center : TURIN
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Article : ITEM
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Scent : ODOR
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Grape seeds, e.g. : ACINI
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Cab : TAXI
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Song from "Born to Dance" : EASYTOLOVE
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Venetian-blind piece : SLAT
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Three, in Trento : TRE
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Narrow inlet : RIA
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Locale of the halls of ivy : ACADEME
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Constantine's birthplace : NIS
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Erase : DELE
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Deception : IMPOSTURE
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Lowest female voice : ALTO
34
Venetian traveler : POLO
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Holy Fr. female : STE
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Ethical : MORAL
38
Wrathful : IRATE
40
"A Nightmare on ___ Street" : ELM
42
Egg-shaped : OVATE
43
Potter's wheel : LATHE
44
Large Hawaiian hawks : IOS
46
Site west of Nod : EDEN
47
Prophet : SEER
48
Gas used in a blowtorch : ACETYLENE
50
Monetary unit in Iran : RIAL
52
Juan Carlos, e.g. : REY
53
Disease of domestic animals : CHOLERA
56
Moray : EEL
57
MOMA display : ART
60
Air: Comb. form : AERO
61
Song from "Can-Can" : ILOVEPARIS
64
Eastern European : SLAV
65
Kind of cat : CIVET
66
Moreno or Hayworth : RITA
67
She, in Arles : ELLE
68
Tiny margins : HAIRS
69
German river : EDER
Down
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Merrill or Wilbur : POET
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Hebrew month : ADAR
3
Ascended : ROSE
4
Attempt : TRY
5
Followers of Lao-tzu doctrines : TAOISTS
6
West Coast inst. : UCLA
7
Cruise port, for short : RIO
8
Trespass : INVADE
9
Caroline, to Sen. Kennedy : NIECE
10
Song from "Red, Hot and Blue" : ITSDELOVELY
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Lamb product : TALE
12
Midterm challenger : EXAM
13
Speck : MITE
18
Speaker of baseball : TRIS
23
San Antonio mission : ALAMO
24
Song from "Me and Juliet" : NOOTHERLOVE
26
Hardwood tree : IPIL
27
Units of time, in prosody : MORAS
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It's passed at Mass : PLATE
29
Colo. Indian : UTE
30
Memento : RELIC
32
Barter : TRADE
33
Made of cereal grain : OATEN
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Smooth-breathing mark : LENE
39
Weird : EERIE
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A Stooge : MOE
45
Fleet and Oxford : STREETS
48
Speech loss : ALALIA
49
Shrill cry : YELP
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"If I Were ___ Man," 1964 song : ARICH
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Container : CASE
54
Sheol : HELL
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Spoken : ORAL
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Always : EVER
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Devoid of interest : ARID
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Ceremony : RITE
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Despot : TSAR
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Egg: Comb. form : OVI
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"You ___ My Sunshine," 1940 song : ARE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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