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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, October 13, 1986

28-Down : Stiff prickly hair

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V W X }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, 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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C
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O
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P
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Y
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C
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A
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T
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F
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H
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C
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M
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B
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M
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G
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Z
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A
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M
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C
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M
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F
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S
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A
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R
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M
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T
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C
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C
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,488
Across
1
Mimic : COPYCAT
8
Baseball's ___ Hunter : CATFISH
15
Inspire : ANIMATE
16
Deductive : APRIORI
17
Responded to a stimulus : REACTED
18
Window above a door : TRANSOM
19
Alias, for short : AKA
20
Slangy refusal : NOPE
21
Outside: Comb. form : ECT
24
Think : IMAGINE
27
Vigoda or Lincoln : ABE
30
County in Calif. : MARIN
32
Lacuna : GAP
33
Striped equine mammal : ZEBRA
35
British machine gun : STEN
36
Jackie's second husband : ARI
37
A point in space : MIDAIR
38
41
Capital of Spain : MADRID
42
Dried fruit : FIG
43
Parcels of land : LOTS
45
Poe's middle name : ALLAN
46
"___ Town" : OUR
47
___ Park, site of Edison's workshop : MENLO
48
Shout at a bullfight : OLE
49
___ vivant (sustained pose) : TABLEAU
52
Lamprey : EEL
53
Kirk Douglas role : AMOS
54
Psychedelic drug, for short : LSD
56
Honest : SINCERE
59
Narcotic : COCAINE
63
Helps newcomers to adjust : ORIENTS
64
Mapped a course : CHARTED
65
Rest periods in Spain : SIESTAS
66
Dozes : CATNAPS
Down
1
Freight or town follower : CAR
2
Single unit : ONE
3
Zadora or Lindstrom : PIA
4
Men's org. : YMCA
5
Ament : CATKIN
6
Mr. T's TV group : ATEAM
7
Knight or Kennedy : TED
8
Mint odor plant : CATNIP
9
Pinafore : APRON
10
Certain four-sided figures : TRAPEZIA
11
Financial penalty : FINE
12
Large Hawaiian hawks : IOS
13
Theater sign : SRO
14
West's "She Done ___ Wrong" : HIM
21
Printers' measures : EMS
22
Derisive shout : CATCALL
23
Pedal : TREADLE
25
Kind of culture : AGRI
26
Profitable : GAINFUL
27
Marine mollusk : ABALONE
28
Stiff prickly hair : BRISTLE
29
Play it by ___ (improvise) : EAR
31
Prefix for mural : INTRA
34
Questor's cousin : EDILE
36
Also : AND
37
F.H.A. concern : MTG
39
Salve : OINTMENT
40
Ireland, to a Gael : EIRE
41
Former Chinese chief : MAO
44
The sun : SOL
46
Preoccupy : OBSESS
47
Sweet wine grape : MUSCAT
50
Main artery : AORTA
51
Greeting in Honolulu : ALOHA
53
High cards : ACES
55
Euphemism for damn : DARN
56
Distress call : SOS
57
River in Greece : IRI
58
At no time, in Suhl : NIE
59
Cato's 300 : CCC
60
Give ___ whirl (try) : ITA
61
Fiber knot : NEP
62
McMahon and Asner : EDS

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

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