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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Thursday, May 11, 1989

38-Across : Competitor

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 12, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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. 14,429
Across
1
Songwriters' Hall of Fame: Abbr. : SHOF
5
John Philip ___ : SOUSA
10
President of 1 Across : CAHN
14
Manx murmur : PURR
15
Harold ___ : ARLEN
16
Medicinal herb : ALOE
17
Fitzgerald of songdom : ELLA
18
Actress Taylor : RENEE
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Actress Lynn ___ : BARI
20
Duplicated genetically : CLONED
22
Heraldic : ARMORIAL
24
Child's bed : CRIB
26
___ Amin, Ugandan exile : IDI
27
Slandered : MALIGNED
31
Geometric curves : CONICS
35
Large wading bird : IBIS
36
What the walls have : EARS
38
Competitor : RIVAL
39
Negative prefix : NON
40
Respects highly : ESTEEMS
42
___ Gershwin : IRA
43
Utopian : IDEAL
45
Norse tale : SAGA
46
Latvian native : LETT
47
A founder of 1 Across : MERCER
49
Tenons' joiners : MORTISES
51
"I ___ Camera" : AMA
52
Anna of filmdom : STEN
53
Area : PRECINCT
58
Mine's air shaft : INTAKE
62
Actress Anderson : LONI
63
George M. ___ : COHAN
65
Hebrews' lineal ancestor : EBER
66
Kiribati's locale : ASIA
67
Martini garnish : OLIVE
68
Trevi coin : LIRA
69
Fiorito and Koehler : TEDS
70
Bowling-alley button : RESET
71
Transmitted : SENT
Down
1
Risky business, for short : SPEC
2
Pea pod : HULL
3
Plinth : ORLO
4
___ Scott Key : FRANCIS
5
Pilchards : SARDINES
6
Mine find : ORE
7
Armbone : ULNA
8
Prophet : SEER
9
Lacking vitality : ANEMIC
10
Mother ___, first U.S. canonized citizen : CABRINI
11
Jai ___ : ALAI
12
Israeli dance : HORA
13
Diamond, Sedaka or Moret : NEIL
21
Unit of work : ERG
23
Smells : ODORS
25
Whips : BEATS
27
Smallest : MINIM
28
Residence : ABODE
29
Ocean greyhound : LINER
30
Reverie : DREAM
32
Climbing vines : IVIES
33
Bill of fare : CARTE
34
Venetian-blind parts : SLATS
37
Kin of yuccas : SEGOS
40
Resin for varnishes : ELEMI
41
Strict disciplinarian : MARTINET
44
Gum-arabic trees : ACACIAS
46
Door-frame crosspieces : LINTELS
48
Malice : RANCOR
50
Basis of logarithms : TEN
53
Building lot : PLAT
54
Billy, Fred or Vincent : ROSE
55
Geraint's wife : ENID
56
___ Porter : COLE
57
Not that : THIS
59
Anne Nichols hero : ABIE
60
Jerome ___ : KERN
61
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
64
Farewell, to Cato : AVE

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

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