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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, November 27, 1989

21-Down : Compels one into court

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Albert J. Klaus has 115 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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M
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W
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H
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T
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M
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,629
Across
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Largest of the Mariana Islands : GUAM
5
Coolidge and Peete, for short : CALS
9
Skilled : ADEPT
14
Needle case : ETUI
15
Heroic poem : EPIC
16
Actress Taylor : RENEE
17
Arrests : NABS
18
Representative recording, to a deejay : DEMO
19
Horatian verse form : EPODE
20
Phrase in an old radio program : THESHADOWKNOWS
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Boat propeller : OAR
24
___ (King) Cole : NAT
25
Terrible : AWFUL
28
Opposed to aweather : ALEE
31
Quarrel : SPAT
35
Participate : SHARE
36
Bog's footing : MIRE
37
W African native : EBO
38
Song from "The King and I" : WEKISSINASHADOW
42
Verb often used with you : ARE
43
Units : ONES
44
Century plant : AGAVE
45
Cozy place : NEST
47
Duffer's warning cry : FORE
48
Roofer, sometimes : TILER
49
Craft's relative : ART
51
Decree : ACT
52
A Pulitzer Prize nonfiction work: 1986 : MOVEYOURSHADOW
60
Grottoes : CAVES
61
Eye part : IRIS
62
Story : TALE
63
Watchful : ALERT
64
Recently : LATE
65
Equal : EVEN
66
Sea birds : TERNS
67
Blind part : SLAT
68
Usher's find : SEAT
Down
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Fellow : GENT
2
Beehive State : UTAH
3
Dawn, in Dijon : AUBE
4
Show Me State : MISSOURI
5
Fragrant coniferous tree : CEDAR
6
Imitated : APED
7
Car for an exec : LIMO
8
Flat-bottomed boat : SCOW
9
Sports site : ARENA
10
Railroad stations : DEPOTS
11
Enough, to FitzGerald : ENOW
12
English covered baskets : PEDS
13
Golfer's gadget : TEE
21
Compels one into court : HALES
22
Leg joints : KNEES
25
Egyptian dam : ASWAN
26
"___ or When," 1937 song : WHERE
27
Pretends : FAKES
28
___ acids : AMINO
29
Steamship : LINER
30
Expunge : ERASE
32
Treadle : PEDAL
33
Higher than : ABOVE
34
Minaret, e.g. : TOWER
39
Susceptible person : SOFTY
40
Incubate : HATCH
41
Disturbs : AGITATES
46
Bar : TAVERN
50
Relaxes : RESTS
51
Valuable item : ASSET
52
Boy or man : MALE
53
Excessive : OVER
54
Lubricates : OILS
55
Russian river : URAL
56
Moreno or Coolidge : RITA
57
Garroway or Brubeck : DAVE
58
Olive genus : OLEA
59
Departed : WENT
60
Garfield, e.g. : CAT

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

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