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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Friday, October 13, 1989

42-Down : They mind the baby

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 244 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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. 14,584
Across
1
Airplane-wing part : FLAP
5
Saint Exupéry's Toulouse-___ line : DAKAR
10
Guillaumet's flight chart : MAP
13
Mineral deposit : LODE
14
Select group : ELITE
15
Transaction : SALE
16
Paradise : EDEN
17
Composed of squares : PANED
18
Assistant : AIDE
19
Start of book title by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry : WINDSAND
21
Hewn building stone : ASHLAR
23
Always, in poesy : EER
24
Applaud : CLAP
25
Noblemen : MAGNATES
30
Old Italian coin : TARI
31
State, in Paris : ETAT
32
Cy Young's missiles : BASEBALLS
36
Building extension : ELL
37
Teems : ABOUNDS
39
Alley ___ of comics : OOP
40
Opposition to A.C. flow : REACTANCE
42
Greek portico : STOA
43
Inert gas : NEON
44
Conceited people : EGOTISTS
47
Gasoline container : TANK
48
Illuminated, as Saint-Exupéry's instrument lamps : LIT
49
German ruler: 1871-1918 : KAISER
51
Ending for 19 Across : ANDSTARS
56
Opposed to aweather : ALEE
57
Free from fetters : UNTIE
59
Verve : ELAN
60
Master : LORD
61
Skins : PEELS
62
Singer Coolidge : RITA
63
Wide shoe size : EEE
64
Doctrine : TENET
65
Ooze : SEEP
Down
1
Traveled like Saint-Exupéry : FLEW
2
Site of a Napoleonic victory : LODI
3
Arabian gulf : ADEN
4
Suspended : PENDENT
5
Leave : DEPART
6
Middle name of the 21st U.S. President : ALAN
7
Sort : KIND
8
Mischievous Olympian : ATE
9
Edited : REDACTED
10
Saint-Exupéry's pioneer friends : MAILPILOTS
11
TV's Hawkeye : ALDA
12
Equal : PEER
15
Saint-Exupéry's mysterious desert : SAHARA
20
Red or Dead : SEA
22
Thick slices : SLABS
25
Van der ___, Dutch painter : MEER
26
Tamarisk : ATLE
27
French-to-English translator of 19 and 51 Across : GALANTIERE
28
Black, to Byron : EBON
29
Gravy : SAUCE
33
Cut, in Glasgow : SNEG
34
Booty : LOOT
35
Health resorts : SPAS
37
Expiate : ATONE
38
Destitute : BANKRUPT
41
Discontinued : CEASED
42
They mind the baby : SITTERS
45
Most aged : OLDEST
46
"___ almost fairy time": Shak. : TIS
49
Hardy cabbage : KALE
50
Lotion ingredient : ALOE
51
Solar disc : ATEN
52
African river on Saint-Exupéry's journey : NILE
53
"It's a Sin to Tell ___" : ALIE
54
Deserve : RATE
55
Break : SNAP
58
Jacqueline Onassis, ___ Bouvier : NEE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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