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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Tuesday, September 18, 1990

36-Across : Former baseball manager comes to a President's mother

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { H J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 242 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 17.0
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. 14,924
Across
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Procreate : SIRE
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Fragrance : AROMA
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El ___, Spanish hero : CID
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Seed covering : ARIL
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Famous : NOTED
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Auger : BORE
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Songstress comes to novelist : LESLEYGOREVIDAL
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Chemical suffix : ANE
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Rake : ROUE
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Foolish : INANE
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Principle mass of a tooth : DENTINE
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Ship's record : LOG
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One, in Nantes : UNE
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Marine mollusk : ABALONE
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Solemn assent : AMEN
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Calculating instruments : ABACI
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Lyric poem : ODE
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Former baseball manager comes to a President's mother : PETEROSEKENNEDY
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Inner: Prefix : ESO
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Socially superior : ELITE
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Wings for Amor : ALAE
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Blood-cell deficiencies : ANEMIAS
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Cistern : VAT
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Old card game : LOO
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Usual method of cell division : MITOSIS
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Track of a tiger : SPOOR
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Alleviate : EASE
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A day in marzo : IDI
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Guitarist comes to actor : LESPAULSCOFIELD
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Man or Wight : ISLE
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Domingo is one : TENOR
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Daredevil Knievel : EVEL
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Also : TOO
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British noble family : EDENS
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Withered : SERE
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Dieter's lunch : SALAD
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Goddess of peace : IRENE
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Gone up : RISEN
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Annex : ELL
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"___ for tennis?" : ANYONE
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Scoundrel : ROGUE
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A Siouan : OTOE
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Mal de ___ (seasickness) : MER
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Ending with lime or lemon : ADE
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Fugue finale : CODA
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Teheran is its capital : IRAN
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Erase : DELE
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Game like keno : BINGO
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Hibernia : ERIN
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Amati or Stradivari : VIOLIN
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Melody : TUNE
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Gift for a 13th anniversary : LACE
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Sanctions wrongdoing : ABETS
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Create a pandowdy : BAKE
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Christmas carol : NOEL
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Icelandic epic : EDDA
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Imitate : APE
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Plateau : MESA
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Harrow's rival : ETON
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Large continent : ASIA
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View : EYE
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Shark's hanger-on : REMORA
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Hodgepodge : OLIO
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Western org. : NATO
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Run off with a lover : ELOPE
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Eyeshades : VISORS
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Crown of Osiris : ATEF
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Burgundy wine center : MACON
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Strainer : SIEVE
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Lazy person : IDLER
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Advance obliquely : SIDLE
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Narrow opening : SLIT
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Cuban's monetary unit : PESO
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Capital of Norway : OSLO
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Serf in Ethelred's day : ESNE
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Salt Lake City athlete : UTE
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Guided : LED
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Plural ending : IES

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

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