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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Tuesday, March 28, 1989

40-Down : Strangles

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, 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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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,385
Across
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Ran away : FLED
5
Tic : SPASM
10
Beget : SIRE
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Recent : LATE
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Book of Hours : HORAE
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Work group : CREW
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Elliptical : OVAL
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Muslim religion : ISLAM
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Ascend : RISE
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One who studies fossils : PALEONTOLOGIST
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Three, in Pisa : TRE
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Liquor : RUM
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Bullet sizes, to a Londoner : CALIBRES
30
Ascribe : IMPUTE
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Exchange premium : AGIO
35
Shish ___, dish cooked on a skewer : KEBAB
37
Actress Fabray, to friends : NAN
38
One who studies X-rays : ROENTGENOLOGIST
42
Hockey great : ORR
43
Signe ___, actress from Stockholm : HASSO
44
Ending with cigar or major : ETTE
45
Adept bridge player : MASTER
47
Hirer : EMPLOYER
50
Tune : AIR
51
Chalice veil : AER
52
One who studies minute organisms : MICROBIOLOGIST
60
Model T, e.g. : AUTO
61
Jittery : TENSE
62
Division word : INTO
63
Stalk : STEM
64
Noblemen : EARLS
65
Top pitchers : ACES
66
Antitoxins : SERA
67
Beak : SNOOT
68
Dozes : NAPS
Down
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Fall clumsily : FLOP
2
Molten rock : LAVA
3
And others: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
4
Erasure : DELETION
5
Black eye : SHINER
6
Mail : POST
7
___ Guthrie, singer from N.Y. : ARLO
8
Hall, in Bonn : SAAL
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Lincoln ___, in Washington, D.C. : MEMORIAL
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Be frugal : SCRIMP
11
Part of the eye : IRIS
12
Remainder : REST
13
Ram's mate : EWE
21
Sphere : ORB
22
Okra : GUMBO
25
Billiard shot : CAROM
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Athenian marketplace : AGORA
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Recliners : LIERS
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Squeezes out a living : EKES
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Feeling : SENSE
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State of oneness : UNITY
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Gustatory sensation : TASTE
33
Penetrate : ENTER
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Sudden prosperity : BOOM
39
Belonging to them : THEIR
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Strangles : GARROTES
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Peach State native : GEORGIAN
46
Wash. seaport : TACOMA
48
Most ashen : PALEST
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Fifth sign of the zodiac : LEO
52
Silent : MUTE
53
Roman road : ITER
54
Lima or string follower : BEAN
55
Small Japanese box : INRO
56
Capital of Norway : OSLO
57
Ancient Peruvian : INCA
58
Pace : STEP
59
Flip : TOSS
60
Fool : ASS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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