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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Thursday, November 2, 1989

15-Down : Reasonable practices

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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. 14,604
Across
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Tennis scores : ACES
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Fabricator : LIAR
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M.D.'s group : AMA
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Musical composition : MOTET
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STATE motto: Part I : UNDER
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STATE motto: Part II : GOD
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STATE (100th anniversary: 11/2/89) : SOUTHDAKOTA
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"Sail ___ Union!": Longfellow : ONO
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Woeful : PITEOUS
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Gazer : STARER
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Liquid measures: Abbr. : PTS
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Angry : IRATE
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Fox and muscadine : GRAPES
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Billiard shot : CAROM
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Roundup : RODEO
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"Heart of Georgia" city : MACON
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Owned : HAD
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In an unsuitable way : INAPPROPRIATELY
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Scottish cap : TAM
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Embankment : LEVEE
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Navigation system : LORAN
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Allude : REFER
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STATE capital : PIERRE
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Word after parking or postage : METER
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Ardent : HOT
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Departure : EXODUS
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Least fleshy : BONIEST
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STATE's Congressman ___ Johnson : TIM
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Sleight of hand : LEGERDEMAIN
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Priestly vestment : ALB
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African antelope : ELAND
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Move sideways : SIDLE
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French plural article : LES
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Release : FREE
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Clarinet beak : REED
Down
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Mornings: Abbr. : AMS
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Pen : COOP
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Chatelaine's case : ETUI
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Scottish tartan pattern : SETT
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Hawaiian feasts : LUAUS
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Affixes a signature : INKS
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Fuss : ADO
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Soaks flax : RETS
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Marketplace : AGORA
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French painter of water lilies : MONET
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Worship : ADORE
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STATE motto: Part III : THEPEOPLERULE
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Reasonable practices : RATIONALITIES
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Marriage settlements : DOTS
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Estuary : ARM
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Sand : GRIT
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Columnist Barrett : RONA
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French composer Adolphe ___ : ADAM
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Vigor : PEP
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Pickled berry : CAPER
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Seaport under fire in many wars : ACRE
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Capet was one : ROI
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Change location : MOVE
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Mister, in Bonn : HERR
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Substance called a pesticide by the E.P.A. : ALAR
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Unit of force : DYNE
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N.F.L. "zebra" : REF
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Reggio's locale in Italy : TOE
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Flushed : RED
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Mallard's milieu : POND
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Monel, e.g. : METAL
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Pearl Buck's "The ___" : EXILE
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Cenotaphs : TOMBS
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Mongol Tartars' Golden ___ : HORDE
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Ego : SELF
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"___ vobis" ("May you prosper") : BENE
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Arabian noble : EMIR
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Marquis de ___ : SADE
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Mah-jongg piece : TILE
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Needlefish : GAR
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Beatty or Sparks : NED

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