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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Thursday, August 10, 1989

66-Across : Slightly wet

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { H J K Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 242 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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. 14,520
Across
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Mideast native : ARAB
5
Sebastian, Bruce or John : CABOT
10
Large barge : SCOW
14
Trademark : LOGO
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Aptly named author : READE
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Capital of Togo : LOME
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Ripped : TORN
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Bull : ERROR
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Novelist Phillpotts : EDEN
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Automobile type : FOURDOORSEDAN
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Clip : SNIP
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Salt, in Sèvres : SEL
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Mellow : AGE
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Competent : ABLE
30
Gun sound : REPORT
35
Advance : LEND
37
Coins once spent in Riga : LATS
39
Kind of court or pool : MOTOR
40
Third from the end : ANTEPENULTIMATE
43
Dorothy, to Em : NIECE
44
Biblical tower: Gen. 35:21 : EDAR
45
Summers, in Paris : ETES
46
Pixie : SPRITE
48
Rent-free land, in India : ENAM
50
Ar follower : ESS
51
Bankbook abbr. : INT
53
Ski lift : TBAR
55
Automobiles with tailgates : STATIONWAGONS
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Tumbrel : CART
62
Millet : GRAIN
63
O'Keeffe's "Farmhouse Window and ___" : DOOR
65
Toward shelter : ALEE
66
Slightly wet : MOIST
67
Concerning : INRE
68
Honey bunch : BEES
69
African foxes : ASSES
70
Require : NEED
Down
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Cover girl Carol ___ : ALT
2
What vexed ones raise : ROOF
3
Field: Comb. form : AGRO
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Extra payment : BONUS
5
Not like a fish story : CREDIBLE
6
R.A.F. vehicle : AEROPLANE
7
Weight: Comb. form : BARO
8
Smells : ODORS
9
More concise : TERSER
10
Monoski : SLED
11
Fugue finale : CODA
12
Augur : OMEN
13
Benign bump on the skin : WEN
21
Kind of virus : RNA
22
Lacquer ingredient : ELEMI
25
Alda and Arkin : ALANS
26
West Indian tree : GENIP
27
Penetrate : ENTER
29
Musical composition : ETUDE
31
Applelike fruit : POME
32
Basket-weaving grass : OTATE
33
Repetitive learnings : ROTES
34
Lock of hair : TRESS
36
Kind of meter or liter : DECI
38
Oblique : SLANTWISE
41
Type of jury : PETIT
42
Armed attendants : TRABANTS
47
Mystery : ENIGMA
49
A slick, with or without pics : MAG
52
Spaniard's plaza de ___ : TOROS
54
Sculptor of "The Thinker" : RODIN
55
Exchange of property : SALE
56
Persea or wicopy : TREE
57
Blind impulses : ATES
58
River nymph : NAIS
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Homophone for nun : NONE
60
Painful : SORE
61
Fiacre : CAB
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Embarrassed : RED

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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