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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Tuesday, December 12, 1989

62-Across : Car for the opulent

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 250 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, 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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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,644
Across
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Poker stake : ANTE
5
Cut off : LOP
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Cousin of lotto : KENO
12
Appear : SEEM
13
Make happy : ELATE
15
Roman road : ITER
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Cleansing agent : SOAP
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Puppeteer Shari ___ : LEWIS
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Accommodate : SUIT
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Presley film: 1964 : KISSINCOUSINS
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Mimickings : APERIES
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S.F.-to-L.A. dir. : SSE
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Stings : BITES
26
Summit : TOP
29
Build : ERECT
33
Some are liberal : ARTS
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Vendor : SELLER
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Opposite of taboo : NOA
37
"Frivolous" one of songdom : SAL
38
Margins : BORDERS
39
___ Kahn, lyricist : GUS
40
Hot time in Nice : ETE
41
Couch potato's activity : EYEING
42
Two cups : PINT
43
Office furniture : DESKS
45
Prepare flax : RET
46
Great Italian poet : DANTE
47
Large Hawaiian hawks : IOS
49
Like some mixed drinks : ICELESS
51
C. Grant film: 1957 : KISSTHEMFORME
56
A Gershwin and Levin : IRAS
57
Circa : ABOUT
58
Bedouin : ARAB
61
Turner of films : LANA
62
Car for the opulent : ROLLS
63
Chapeau holder : TETE
64
Something unique : ONER
65
Terminate : END
66
Where Eve grieved : EDEN
Down
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Silly person : ASS
2
New: Comb. form : NEO
3
Pots for boiling water : TEAKETTLES
4
Dominions : EMPIRES
5
Fine linen : LAWN
6
Auditory : OTIC
7
Mexican money : PESOS
8
One who osculates : KISSER
9
Needle case : ETUI
10
No, in Neuss : NEIN
11
Table scraps : ORTS
13
Otherwise : ELSE
14
Spear fisherman : LEISTERER
20
Sonny's sib : SIS
21
Employers : USERS
22
Degraded : ABASED
23
Henry Morgan was one : PIRATE
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This might be golden : OLDIE
28
Abundant : PLENTIFUL
30
Guided construction : ENGINEERED
31
Noblemen : COUNTS
32
Takes a sip : TASTES
34
Kind of bean or sauce : SOY
35
Unit of work : ERG
38
Stupefy : BESOT
42
Shaped like a hand with the fingers spread : PALMATE
44
Five-stringed African lyre : KISSAR
46
German article : DER
48
Partake : SHARE
50
Collapsible beds : COTS
51
Thousand: Comb. form : KILO
52
Teheran is its capital : IRAN
53
Rational : SANE
54
Black, in poesy : EBON
55
Shape : MOLD
59
Olympic mischief-maker : ATE
60
Actor Gazzara : BEN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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