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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, November 23, 1987

61-Across : ___ homo (behold the man)

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 246 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Albert J. Klaus has 115 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,894
Across
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Weaving machine : LOOM
5
Famed fabulist : AESOP
10
Honey bunch : BEES
14
Prefix for potent : OMNI
15
Serf : SLAVE
16
Home of the Jazz : UTAH
17
So-so school grades : CEES
18
Seized : TAKEN
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Hindu teacher : GURU
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Musician : INSTRUMENTALIST
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Permit : LET
24
Fruit-flavored drink : ADE
25
Island east of Borneo : CELEBES
29
Self : EGO
30
High mountain : ALP
33
Choice : ELITE
34
Foot: Comb. form : PEDO
36
Wild plum : SLOE
37
Musician in the reed section : ALTOCLARINETIST
40
Withered : SERE
41
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
42
Indian princess : RANEE
43
Compass point : ENE
44
Political officeholders : INS
45
Climbers : SCALERS
47
Unit of work : ERG
48
Consumed : ATE
49
Musician in the brass section : SLIDETROMBONIST
58
Chinese dynasty : TANG
59
Of an hour : HORAL
60
Novelist Ferber : EDNA
61
___ homo (behold the man) : ECCE
62
Raise one's spirits : ELATE
63
Line of juncture : SEAM
64
Decay through use : WEAR
65
Cozy places : NESTS
66
Wise : SAGE
Down
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Places : LOCI
2
Portent : OMEN
3
Units : ONES
4
Christmas decoration : MISTLETOE
5
Cunning : ASTUTE
6
Its capital was Susa : ELAM
7
Japanese beverage : SAKE
8
Baking chamber : OVEN
9
Five-sided building in Va. : PENTAGON
10
A signal horn : BUGLE
11
Small needle case : ETUI
12
Fall on deaf ___ : EARS
13
Closed : SHUT
21
Violin's precursor : REBEC
22
Fuss : ADO
25
Halt : CEASE
26
Actress Burstyn : ELLEN
27
Metric liquid measure : LITRE
28
Boxes : SPARS
29
Blue-pencils : EDITS
30
Adjust : ALINE
31
Defeated contestant : LOSER
32
"For ___ sake!" : PETES
35
Period in history : ERA
36
Vapidity : STALENESS
38
Extend, as a hemline : LENGTHEN
39
Muse of poetry : ERATO
44
Anger : IRE
46
Wire ropes : CABLES
47
Lawn trimmer : EDGER
49
Fret : STEW
50
Nottingham product : LACE
51
Peruvian Indian : INCA
52
Romeo or Juliet : ROLE
53
Old Danish money : ORAS
54
Actor Dillon : MATT
55
Notion : IDEA
56
Unexpected obstacle : SNAG
57
Docile : TAME

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

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