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Albert J. Klaus
New York Times, Thursday, September 7, 1989
24-Down : More insolent
Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { F J K Q W X }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Grid has supersymmetry.
Albert J. Klaus has 115 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 A | 2 N | 3 I | 4 M | 5 A | 6 T | 7 E | 8 O | 9 B | 10 T | 11 A | 12 I | 13 N | 14 S |
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15 M | U | M | M | I | E | S | 16 C | A | I | S | S | O | N |
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17 E | M | P | I | R | E | S | 18 E | Y | E | S | O | R | E |
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19 R | E | L | 20 S | N | A | 21 R | L | E | D | 22 M | A | E |
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23 I | R | O | 24 N | 25 S | Y | N | O | D | 26 G | E | T | Z |
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27 C | A | R | E | 28 S | 29 E | S | T | 30 R | A | R | E | E |
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31 A | L | E | R | T | 32 E | D | 33 S | 34 E | A | B | E | D | S |
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35 V | E | T | 36 S | I | B | |||||||||
37 D | 38 E | 39 S | I | R | E | 40 S | 41 S | P | L | I | 42 C | 43 E | 44 D |
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45 E | L | L | E | N | 46 E | 47 A | T | 48 S | E | R | V | E |
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49 B | E | E | R | 50 U | R | B | A | 51 N | 52 R | E | E | S |
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53 A | V | E | 54 A | L | I | A | S | E | 55 S | 56 A | R | E |
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57 S | A | V | 58 A | N | N | A | 59 H | E | I | 60 S | T | E | R |
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61 E | T | E | R | N | A | L | 62 E | D | G | I | E | S | T |
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63 R | E | D | R | E | S | S | 64 D | Y | N | A | S | T | S |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,548
Across
1
Liven : ANIMATE
8
Gets : OBTAINS
15
Preserved bodies : MUMMIES
16
Ammunition wagon : CAISSON
17
Lands under single rulers : EMPIRES
18
Unpleasant site or sight : EYESORE
19
Electric unit : REL
20
Tangled : SNARLED
22
West or Murray : MAE
23
Press : IRON
25
Ecclesiastical council : SYNOD
26
Stan ___, saxophonist : GETZ
27
Worries : CARES
29
Erhard's therapy : EST
30
Street show : RAREE
31
Gave a warning : ALERTED
33
Ocean floors : SEABEDS
35
Animal doc : VET
36
Akin : SIB
37
Wants : DESIRES
41
Joined ends of wire, e.g. : SPLICED
45
Drew or Terry : ELLEN
46
"Does ___ oats ... " : EAT
48
Wait on : SERVE
49
Bar order : BEER
50
Opposed to rural : URBAN
52
Dakota Indians : REES
53
Farewell, to Cato : AVE
54
Assumed names : ALIASES
56
Verb in the Beatitudes : ARE
57
Treeless plain : SAVANNA
59
Stickup man : HEISTER
61
Lasting forever : ETERNAL
62
Most nervous : EDGIEST
63
Rectify : REDRESS
64
Hardy's "The ___" : DYNASTS
Down
1
Ernest Bloch symphony : AMERICA
2
Arabic or Roman item : NUMERAL
3
Entreat : IMPLORE
4
Kubrick film, to a Roman : MMI
5
Ventilates : AIRS
6
Troublesome times, for many : TEENS
7
Tried : ESSAYED
8
Leopards' cousins : OCELOTS
9
Howled : BAYED
10
Equaled the score : TIED
11
Kiang, e.g. : ASS
12
Corresponding part : ISOMERE
13
Gossiped, in Georgia : NORATED
14
Reacts to an allergy : SNEEZES
21
Hosp. group : RNS
24
More insolent : NERVIER
26
More talkative : GABBIER
28
Severe : STERN
30
Train tracks : RAILS
32
Summer, in Caen : ETE
34
Sixth sense: Abbr. : ESP
37
Corrupting agent : DEBASER
38
Upgrade : ELEVATE
39
Describing a raglan : SLEEVED
40
Soap operas, e.g. : SERIALS
41
Hidden away : STASHED
42
Originates : CREATES
43
Hillary's conquest : EVEREST
44
Abandons : DESERTS
47
Arab cloak : ABA
50
Bones below the humeri : ULNAS
51
Penurious : NEEDY
54
Brittany's patron saint : ANNE
55
Omen : SIGN
58
Opposite of dep. : ARR
60
N.M. Indian : SIA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 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.