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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Friday, December 8, 1989

39-Across : More bashful

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, 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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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,640
Across
1
Screenwriter Lehman's "Family ___" : PLOT
5
Funny-bone location : ELBOW
10
Eastern bishop's title : ABBA
14
Racing sled : LUGE
15
Third-largest E African lake : NYASA
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U.S.'s most abundant energy source : COAL
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Cruising : ASEA
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Lehman's "Hello, ___!" : DOLLY
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Nat or Natalie : COLE
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Lehman's 1965 award film : THESOUNDOFMUSIC
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Before, to the Bard : ERE
24
Swiss river : AAR
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Group of lions : PRIDE
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Bridge builders' concerns : STRESSES
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Hank of twine : RAN
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Fasten : SECURE
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"He ___ runs may read": Tennyson : THAT
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Suffix with hero : INE
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More bashful : SHIER
40
Ike's W.W. II command : ETO
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Cooks in a microwave : ZAPS
43
Most cunning : CUTEST
45
Suffix with mountain : EER
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Opposite of hibernate : ESTIVATE
48
Pillage; plunder : HARRY
50
"Bei ___ Bist Du Schoen," 1937 song : MIR
51
Bill of expenses : TAB
52
Lehman's "Who's Afraid ___?" : OFVIRGINIAWOOLF
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Pocket billiards : POOL
62
Some exams : ORALS
63
Having wings : ALAR
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Fourth of HOMES : ERIE
65
Chores : TASKS
66
Levitate : RISE
67
Sparks and Beatty : NEDS
68
Bristles : SETAE
69
Bestow lavish affection : DOTE
Down
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Map of a city : PLAT
2
Luxuriant : LUSH
3
Curved molding : OGEE
4
Annoyed : TEASED
5
Clothe : ENDUE
6
Ben, Sue or Francis of films : LYON
7
Like a pilgarlic : BALD
8
Kon-Tiki Museum site : OSLO
9
"Canterbury Tales" group : WAYFARERS
10
"O time most ___": Shak. : ACCURST
11
Shouts disapprovals : BOOS
12
"___ Ha'i," "South Pacific" song : BALI
13
Sauce made from herrings : ALEC
21
Mine finds : ORES
22
Ginnie ___ (Government security) : MAE
25
Lehman's "The ___" : PRIZE
26
Indian princes : RANAS
27
Awkward : INEPT
28
Lehman's "Executive ___" : SUITE
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Encephalartos, e.g. : TREE
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Diaphanous : SHEER
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Trencherman : EATER
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Lehman's "The Inside ___" : STORY
35
Cooked snails : ESCARGOTS
36
Impatient sound : CHUT
42
Some tropes : SIMILES
44
Melt : THAW
47
Cato or Cicero : VIR
49
On a windjammer : ABOARD
51
Metal plate for Galahad : TASSE
52
Candid : OPEN
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Prefix with hand or foot : FORE
54
Annul : VOID
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"Dies ___" : IRAE
56
Tweed twitter : NAST
57
___ Chase, author-actress : ILKA
58
Highly spiced stew : OLIO
59
Shoemaker's work block : LAST
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Emancipate : FREE

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

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