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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Tuesday, November 21, 1989

31-Across : Use a divining rod

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q U V X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, 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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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,623
Across
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Minn. college of choir fame : STOLAF
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Attention getter : AHEM
11
Cudgel : BAT
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Duplicating machine : COPIER
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Art cult : DADA
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Conceit : EGO
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Citrus fruit : ORANGE
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Thin piece of wood : SLAT
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Golfer's gadget : TEE
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Sound movie : TALKIE
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Issued : EMITTED
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Items of value : ASSETS
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She played Nora Charles : LOY
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Crooner Crosby : BING
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Rent : LET
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Use a divining rod : DOWSE
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Bitter herb : ALOE
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Suffix with Siam : ESE
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Spa visitor : BATHER
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Guinness or Coward : SIR
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One of filmdom's Taylors : RENEE
40
Wedding response : IDO
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Shred : TATTER
44
Formicid : ANT
45
Greek letters : ETAS
46
Hurt, as a tooth : ACHED
47
Eastern title : AGA
48
Part of the handwriting on the wall : MENE
49
Sat. preceder : FRI
50
Twins constellation : GEMINI
53
Finger protector : THIMBLE
56
Riffraff : RAGTAG
60
Cultivate land : HOE
61
Yarn fluff : LINT
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Commence, in law : ARRAME
64
Right-angle structure : ELL
65
Ferrara ducal family : ESTE
66
Intensify : DEEPEN
67
Beatty of films : NED
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Fencer's cry : SASA
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Ancient ascetic : ESSENE
Down
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Ayr native : SCOT
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Hartebeest : TORA
3
Oct. birthstone : OPAL
4
Connection : LINKAGE
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Sponsorship : AEGIS
6
Exonerates : FREES
7
Paid notices : ADS
8
Healthiest : HALEST
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It's "made" backward : EDAM
10
"Waltzing ___," Aussie song : MATILDA
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Golden Girl whose home was 1 Across : BETTYWHITE
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Askew : AGEE
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Driven slantingly : TOED
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Blow one's horn : TOOT
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Otherwise : ELSE
25
'Twixt 12 and 20 : TEENAGE
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Ace of clubs in omber : BASTA
28
Kind of artery : ILIAC
29
Town of a Jesse James defeat (locale of 1 Across) : NORTHFIELD
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Car style : SEDAN
33
Irregular : EROSE
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Be human : ERR
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Wager : BET
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Hindu land grant : ENAM
42
Semester : TERM
43
Restaurant offerings : EDIBLES
45
Political refugees : EMIGRES
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Traveling salesmen : AGENTS
51
Muslim decree : IRADE
52
Nostrils : NARES
53
Subsequently : THEN
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You may dig this : HOLE
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___ Kirk, singer-actress : LISA
57
Bind : TAPE
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TV sitcom : AMEN
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Actor-dancer Kelly : GENE
62
Hyson, e.g. : TEA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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