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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, February 15, 1993

5-Across : Cleansing agents

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Albert J. Klaus has 115 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,805
Across
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Sloping walk : RAMP
5
Cleansing agents : SOAPS
10
Spaniard's Supreme Being : DIOS
14
Lamb's pen name : ELIA
15
Having a secret meaning : RUNIC
16
Hitchcock film: 1948 : ROPE
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Delaware nickname : FIRSTSTATE
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And others: Lat. : ETAL
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Former kin of NATO : SEATO
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Nickname for a Jackson of the C.S.A. : STONEWALL
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Bridge coup : SLAM
25
Nothing : NIL
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Five and one-half yards : ROD
29
Biblical tower site: Gen. 35:21 : EDAR
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Holding devices : CLASPS
36
King toppers : ACES
38
Heiden or Lindros of ice sports : ERIC
40
___ nous (confidentially) : ENTRE
41
Alaska nickname : THELASTFRONTIER
44
Bombeck and Calderon : ERMAS
45
Large quantity : SLEW
46
Other : ELSE
47
Tyrant : DESPOT
49
Ferber or Millay : EDNA
51
Crooked letter : ESS
52
Siesta : NAP
54
Start of N.C.'s motto : ESSE
56
Like weedy gardens : OVERGROWN
61
Skewered treat : KABOB
65
Masculine : MALE
66
Georgia nickname : PEACHSTATE
68
Signs : INKS
69
Fallers on Pompeii : ASHES
70
Hibernia : ERIN
71
Trial : TEST
72
Tree genus : NYSSA
73
Cozy place : NEST
Down
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Umps' cousins : REFS
2
"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
3
Star in Cetus : MIRA
4
Former times : PASTS
5
Last year's jrs. : SRS
6
Overcomes by cleverness : OUTSMARTS
7
Med.-school subject : ANAT
8
Scaler's spike : PITON
9
Like the Grand Canyon : SCENIC
10
Pulled : DREW
11
Jot : IOTA
12
Milky gem : OPAL
13
Vend : SELL
18
Lacquered metalware : TOLE
22
Actress Burstyn : ELLEN
24
Fruit drinks : ADES
26
Estimated : RATED
27
Earthy pigment : OCHRE
28
Considers : DEEMS
30
Boone's weapon : RIFLE
32
Poker stake : ANTE
33
Steps over a fence : STILE
34
Squeeze : PRESS
35
Vowel points : SERES
37
Smack : SLAP
39
Beliefs : CREDENCES
42
"I Feel ___ Comin' On" : ASONG
43
Possesses : OWNS
48
Small wild horse of Asia : TARPAN
50
Inquires : ASKS
53
Works of Keats, e.g. : POESY
55
Consumed : EATEN
56
Pass over : OMIT
57
Weathercock : VANE
58
B.P.O.E. members : ELKS
59
Leisure : REST
60
Pandas : WAHS
62
Disclose : BARE
63
Elevator man : OTIS
64
Distorted : BENT
67
A 1958 Pulitzer Prize winner's monogram : HSA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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