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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, November 14, 1988

23-Down : Grottoes

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, 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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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,251
Across
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Site of a Miami P.G.A. tournament : DORAL
6
Declare : AVER
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Intention : AIM
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Sun-dried brick : ADOBE
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Entice : LURE
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___ time (never) : ATNO
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Corners of concern to carpenters : TOOLANGLES
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Shakespearean king : LEAR
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Kind of well : ARTESIAN
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Capital of Cuba : HAVANA
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Building wing : ELL
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Chewy candy : CARAMEL
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Wanderers : NOMADS
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Recording ribbon : TAPE
29
Acknowledge : AVOW
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Double-bogey on a par-five hole : SEVEN
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Australian bird : EMU
34
British Open champ: 1988 : SEVEBALLESTEROS
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Chemical suffix : ANE
39
October birthstones : OPALS
40
Prong : TINE
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Cuts off : LOPS
42
Spinets, e.g. : PIANOS
44
House-to-house poll : CANVASS
48
___ Simpson, Southern Open champ: 1985 : TIM
49
Woodwind player : OBOIST
50
Sketching material : ARTPAPER
55
Evaluate : RATE
56
Lawful : LEGITIMATE
58
Hole-in-one golf scores : ACES
59
Level : EVEN
60
Strike : SMITE
61
Cover : LID
62
Withered : SERE
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Hourly : HORAL
Down
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Facts : DATA
2
Scent : ODOR
3
Subterranean plant part : ROOT
4
Competent : ABLE
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Rented : LEASED
6
Related to seaweeds : ALGAL
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Wound: Heraldry : VULN
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Before, in poesy : ERE
9
Forms anew : RESHAPES
10
TV series with Mr. T : ATEAM
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Foolish : INANE
12
Ethical : MORAL
15
Thomas ___ Edison : ALVA
17
Zeros : NILS
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"Where there ___ no Ten Commandments ... ": Kipling : ARENT
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Grottoes : CAVES
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Outer-space agcy. : NASA
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Pizzeria fixture : OVEN
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Change location : MOVE
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Profound respect : AWE
28
Relates : TELLS
30
Smacks : SLAPS
31
Leprechaun's land : ERIN
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Cosmetician Madeleine ___ : MONO
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Hires : USES
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Gauchos' weapons : BOLAS
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Christ's followers : APOSTLES
37
Seventh Greek letter : ETA
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The Great Commoner : PITT
43
Mischievous : IMPISH
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___ Gables (Miami suburb) : CORAL
45
Beaded calculators : ABACI
46
Famous : NOTED
47
Contends : VIES
48
Threefold : TRINE
50
Ripening agent : AGER
51
Bullets and shells, for short : AMMO
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Couple : PAIR
53
Kett of comics : ETTA
54
Stagger : REEL
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First woman : EVE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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