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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, May 30, 1988

32-Across : Writer Bombeck

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,083
Across
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Harvest : REAP
5
Macaroni, e.g. : PASTA
10
Puma or lynx : CAT
13
To exist, in Paris : ETRE
14
Surface related : AREAL
15
Chinese desert : GOBI
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Chinese eating utensils : CHOPSTICKS
18
Garment for lounging : ROBE
19
Fableist : AESOP
20
A textile worker : TEASELER
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Before: Prefix : PRE
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Items colored on Easter : EGGS
26
Auditor, for short : CPA
27
Bare : MERE
28
Is irate : SEETHES
32
Writer Bombeck : ERMA
35
Poker stake : ANTE
37
Cognizant : AWARE
38
China 4686 (U.S.A. 1988) : YEAROFTHEDRAGON
41
Pass a law : ENACT
42
The Eternal City : ROME
43
Roster : LIST
44
Girl in "The Wizard of Oz" : DOROTHY
46
Nobleman : EARL
48
___ Dee, river in the Carolinas : PEE
49
Novelist Ferber : EDNA
50
Guido's highest note : ELA
53
Losers in a race : ALSORANS
57
Connection : NEXUS
59
Vaporize a liquid : BOIL
60
Chinese fowl : PEKINGDUCK
63
Group in southwestern China : LOLO
64
Expunge : ERASE
65
Entertainer Adams : EDIE
66
W.W. II locale : ETO
67
Golf term in match play : DORMY
68
Close by : NEAR
Down
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Sum up, for short : RECAP
2
Upper atmosphere : ETHER
3
Ascended : AROSE
4
Gourd fruit : PEPO
5
Gentle tap : PAT
6
Jackie's second mate : ARI
7
Religious denominations : SECTS
8
Seize : TAKE
9
___-Lorraine : ALSACE
10
Composed : COOL
11
French clergyman's title : ABBE
12
Row : TIER
15
Chinese tourist attraction : GREATWALL
17
German admiral : SPEE
21
Asparagus shoot : SPEAR
24
___ Zeppelin : GRAF
25
Singer Bobbie ___ : GENTRY
27
Venetian traveler in China : MARCOPOLO
28
Appeared to be : SEEMED
29
Holy: Comb. form : HAGI
30
Greek god of love : EROS
31
Dispatched : SENT
32
Spotted : EYED
33
City on the Truckee : RENO
34
Volcanic crater : MAAR
36
Even if, clipped form : THO
39
Aquatic mammal : OTTER
40
College official : DEAN
45
Piled : HEAPED
47
Tolled : RANG
49
Mound of sand, gravel and rocks : ESKAR
50
Ooze : EXUDE
51
Donizetti's "___ di Lammermoor" : LUCIA
52
Inquirer : ASKER
53
Qualified : ABLE
54
Booty : LOOT
55
Fodder pit : SILO
56
Emperor after Claudius I : NERO
58
Paradise : EDEN
61
Doctrine : ISM
62
Napoleon's marshal : NEY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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