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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, May 30, 1988

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 24.8
Albert J. Klaus has 115 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,083
Across
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Harvest : REAP
5
Macaroni, e.g. : PASTA
10
Puma or lynx : CAT
13
To exist, in Paris : ETRE
14
Surface related : AREAL
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Chinese desert : GOBI
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Chinese eating utensils : CHOPSTICKS
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Garment for lounging : ROBE
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Fableist : AESOP
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A textile worker : TEASELER
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Before: Prefix : PRE
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Items colored on Easter : EGGS
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Auditor, for short : CPA
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Bare : MERE
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Is irate : SEETHES
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Writer Bombeck : ERMA
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Poker stake : ANTE
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Cognizant : AWARE
38
China 4686 (U.S.A. 1988) : YEAROFTHEDRAGON
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Pass a law : ENACT
42
The Eternal City : ROME
43
Roster : LIST
44
Girl in "The Wizard of Oz" : DOROTHY
46
Nobleman : EARL
48
___ Dee, river in the Carolinas : PEE
49
Novelist Ferber : EDNA
50
Guido's highest note : ELA
53
Losers in a race : ALSORANS
57
Connection : NEXUS
59
Vaporize a liquid : BOIL
60
Chinese fowl : PEKINGDUCK
63
Group in southwestern China : LOLO
64
Expunge : ERASE
65
Entertainer Adams : EDIE
66
W.W. II locale : ETO
67
Golf term in match play : DORMY
68
Close by : NEAR
Down
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Sum up, for short : RECAP
2
Upper atmosphere : ETHER
3
Ascended : AROSE
4
Gourd fruit : PEPO
5
Gentle tap : PAT
6
Jackie's second mate : ARI
7
Religious denominations : SECTS
8
Seize : TAKE
9
___-Lorraine : ALSACE
10
Composed : COOL
11
French clergyman's title : ABBE
12
Row : TIER
15
Chinese tourist attraction : GREATWALL
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German admiral : SPEE
21
Asparagus shoot : SPEAR
24
___ Zeppelin : GRAF
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Singer Bobbie ___ : GENTRY
27
Venetian traveler in China : MARCOPOLO
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Appeared to be : SEEMED
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Holy: Comb. form : HAGI
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Greek god of love : EROS
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Dispatched : SENT
32
Spotted : EYED
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City on the Truckee : RENO
34
Volcanic crater : MAAR
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Even if, clipped form : THO
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Aquatic mammal : OTTER
40
College official : DEAN
45
Piled : HEAPED
47
Tolled : RANG
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Mound of sand, gravel and rocks : ESKAR
50
Ooze : EXUDE
51
Donizetti's "___ di Lammermoor" : LUCIA
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Inquirer : ASKER
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Qualified : ABLE
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Booty : LOOT
55
Fodder pit : SILO
56
Emperor after Claudius I : NERO
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Paradise : EDEN
61
Doctrine : ISM
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Napoleon's marshal : NEY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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