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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Tuesday, November 1, 1988

5-Across : Prayer at a meal

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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. 14,238
Across
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___ mater : ALMA
5
Prayer at a meal : GRACE
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Spa in England : BATH
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Froth : FOAM
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Assistants : AIDES
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Monster : OGRE
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160 square rods : ACRE
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"The ___ Menagerie": Williams : GLASS
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Bar order : BEER
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Restaurateur Leonard Slye : ROYROGERS
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"The ___ Musketeers" : THREE
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Currier and ___ : IVES
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Earth: Comb. form : AGRO
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Separated : SPACED
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A tempest in a ___ : TEAPOT
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Boston airport : LOGAN
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Slender : THIN
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Heroic poem : EPIC
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Wing for Amor : ALA
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Grave : SERIOUS
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Dockworkers' org. : ILA
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Fluent : GLIB
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Curse : DAMN
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Pitch pipe, e.g. : TUNER
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Slept noisily : SNORED
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Covers walls, e.g. : PAPERS
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Eat out : DINE
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African chief : KAID
52
Performed : ACTED
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Actress Alexandra Zuck : SANDRADEE
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Portal : DOOR
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Glowing coal : EMBER
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Cultivate : TILL
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Bancroft or Baxter : ANNE
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Area under a pitched roof : GABLE
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Gabor and Tanguay : EVAS
66
Humble : MEEK
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Midges : GNATS
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Victor Borge, e.g. : DANE
Down
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At a distance : AFAR
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Crazy : LOCO
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Astor or Martin : MARY
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"God Bless ___" : AMERICA
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Choked : GAGGED
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Gets one's goat : RILES
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Jewish month : ADAR
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Stop : CESSATION
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Tee predecessor : ESS
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Boxer Packy East : BOBHOPE
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Ripening agent : AGER
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Elm or fir : TREE
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Present : HERE
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Baking chambers : OVENS
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___-la-la : TRA
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Knee : GENU
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Dross : SLAG
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Counts heads : POLLS
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Encore! : AGAIN
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Think : OPINE
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Roofer, sometimes : TILER
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Artisan : TRADESMAN
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Homophone for hymn : HIM
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Freeway sights : CARS
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Paradise : EDEN
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Single step : STAIR
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Actress Cathleen Collins : BODEREK
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Modernized : UPDATED
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Disencumber : RID
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Spanish priests : PADRES
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Prepared to be knighted : KNELT
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Rib donor : ADAM
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Ice-cream holder : CONE
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Musical sound : TONE
56
Eastern bishop's title : ABBA
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Prima donna : DIVA
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Verve : ELAN
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Other : ELSE
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Roe : EGG

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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