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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Monday, September 24, 1990

9-Down : Activity for a decorator

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { F J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 246 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Albert J. Klaus has 115 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,930
Across
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Practice for a bout : SPAR
5
Evans or Robertson : DALE
9
Tennis coups : ACES
13
Plane's fixed route : LANE
14
Muslim decree : IRADE
16
Letterman, to friends : DAVE
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Graham or Preminger : OTTO
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Bestowed : GIVEN
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Portend : OMEN
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G. B. Shaw play: 1893 : THEPHILANDERER
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Consume : EAT
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Transgress : SIN
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Meager : SCANT
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Altar in the sky : ARA
31
Notches : NICKS
35
Airport abbr. : ARR
36
Misstatements : ERRATA
39
River in Ireland : NORE
40
G. B. Shaw play: 1932 : TOOTRUETOBEGOOD
43
Novel by Jane Austen : EMMA
44
Receiver of goods in trust : BAILEE
45
Casablanca-to-Tunis dir. : ENE
46
Distributed, as cards : DEALT
48
Fifth note of the diatonic scale : SOL
49
Bus passenger : RIDER
51
A son of Gad: Gen. 46:16 : ERI
53
Female rel. : SIS
54
G. B. Shaw play: 1903 : MANANDSUPERMAN
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Something owed : DEBT
63
___ Arledge, TV executive : ROONE
64
Right-hand man : AIDE
65
Jersey is one : ISLE
66
Avoid : ELUDE
67
Geraint's spouse : ENID
68
Cast off : SHED
69
Walked on : TROD
70
Permits : LETS
Down
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Niche : SLOT
2
Lane : PATH
3
Poker stake : ANTE
4
Unclose again : REOPEN
5
Toe, e.g. : DIGIT
6
Seed covering : ARIL
7
Molten rock : LAVA
8
Paradise : EDEN
9
Activity for a decorator : ADORNING
10
Arrived : CAME
11
Always : EVER
12
Cambodian coin : SEN
15
Terminates : ENDS
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Misanthrope : HATER
22
One, in Bonn : EIN
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Surfeited : SATED
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"___ Yellow," Huxley book : CROME
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Fragrance : AROMA
28
Regions : AREAS
29
Proportion : RATIO
30
Coral island : ATOLL
32
Made dove sounds : COOED
33
Monetary unit of Denmark : KRONE
34
Passover meal : SEDER
37
Polish; massage : RUB
38
Actor Vigoda : ABE
41
Possessing special aptitude : TALENTED
42
Weird : EERIE
47
___-la-la : TRA
50
Jerusalem is its capital : ISRAEL
52
Concerning : INRE
53
Swiftness : SPEED
54
Network : MESH
55
Adjective for some seamen : ABLE
56
Blockhead : DOLT
57
Acerbic : SOUR
58
Remove a knot : UNDO
59
Dig for ore : MINE
60
Colliery entrance : ADIT
61
Beatty and Sparks : NEDS
62
Asunder: Prefix : DIS

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

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