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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, March 23, 1992

42-Across : A son of Seth

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 Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Albert J. Klaus has 115 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,476
Across
1
Bullets and bombs, for short : AMMO
5
Wallaba trees : APAS
9
Thicket : COPSE
14
Sound a horn : BEEP
15
Nev. city : RENO
16
Earthy color : OCHER
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This, in Avila : ESTE
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Within: Comb. form : ENTO
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"Platoon" director : STONE
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Schwarzenegger film : THERUNNINGMAN
23
Collection of sayings : ANA
24
Irritated : RILED
26
Acronym for a war projectile : SSM
29
Of the Muslim faith : ISLAMIC
33
Vietnamese holiday : TET
35
Separately : APART
37
Sponsorship : EGIS
38
Use a stopwatch : TIME
39
Schwarzenegger film : KINDERGARTENCOP
42
A son of Seth : ENOS
43
Scarebabe : OGRE
44
Ohio or Iowa : STATE
45
Shepard or Wanamaker : SAM
46
Bottomless pits : ABYSSES
48
Trevino of golf : LEE
49
Release : LETGO
51
Moisture : DEW
53
Schwarzenegger film : THETERMINATOR
60
Severe : STERN
62
Awkward fellow : LOUT
63
Swan or gainer : DIVE
64
Fortuneteller's card : TAROT
65
Competent : ABLE
66
Early garden : EDEN
67
Church parts : APSES
68
Require : NEED
69
Depression : DENT
Down
1
Encourage a criminal : ABET
2
Entwine : MESH
3
Allot : METE
4
"Carmen" or "Faust" : OPERA
5
Sports areas : ARENAS
6
Sean of Hollywood : PENN
7
Oppositionist : ANTI
8
Shortly : SOON
9
Enormous : COSMIC
10
Based on the number eight : OCTAL
11
Of speech sounds : PHONETICAL
12
V.I.P. in D.C. : SEN
13
Before, to the Bard : ERE
21
Join together : UNITE
22
Ground grain : GRIST
25
Reduce in rank : DEMOTE
26
"For Heaven and the future's ___": Frost : SAKES
27
Relating to backbones : SPINAL
28
Pressure gauges : MANOMETERS
30
Having long, shapely limbs : LEGGY
31
Culture mediums : AGARS
32
Embogs : MIRES
34
Cone-shaped tent : TEPEE
36
Sts.' kin : RDS
38
Explosive letters : TNT
40
Automaton (see 53 Across) : ROBOT
41
City in the Ruhr valley : ESSEN
46
Representatives : AGENTS
47
Redacted : EDITED
50
Pang : THROE
52
Walked through water : WADED
54
Dash : ELAN
55
Judge's garment : ROBE
56
Lounging slipper : MULE
57
Neap or ebb follower : TIDE
58
Hot spot : OVEN
59
Lease : RENT
60
RR stop : STA
61
Strike lightly : TAP

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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