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Albert J. Klaus
Albert J. Klaus

New York Times, Tuesday, February 6, 1990

Author:
Albert J. Klaus
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 40.7
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. 14,700
Across
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A French brandy : MARC
5
Capital of Nigeria : LAGOS
10
Engels associate : MARX
14
Appellation of Athena : ALEA
15
Chris of tennis : EVERT
16
Seaweed derivative : AGAR
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Any Russian soldier : IVAN
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Famed film mime : HARPO
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Roster : ROTA
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Chalks : MARKERS
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Cab : HACKNEY
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Suffix with host or priest : ESS
25
British bishop's headdress : MITRE
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Intelligent : SMART
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Pouch : SAC
30
Musical composition : ETUDE
34
One not included as a member : OUTSIDER
36
Placard : POSTER
37
Tail: Comb. form : URO
38
French nobleman : MARQUIS
40
Japanese statesman: 1841-1909 : ITO
41
Bearcats : PANDAS
43
Removed a hood : UNCOWLED
45
Ice pellets : SLEET
46
Red or Dead, e.g. : SEA
47
"Till ___ Was You," 1957 song : THERE
48
Medieval musical notation : NEUME
50
Caddoan Indian : REE
51
" ... he ___ bigger than his head": Shak. : SEEMSNO
54
Undress : DISROBE
58
Wagnerian role : ERDA
59
Arthur ___ Doyle : CONAN
61
Fitzgerald of songdom : ELLA
62
Bitter, in Paris : AMER
63
Molecular parts : ATOMS
64
Ripening agent : AGER
65
German coin : MARK
66
Stage of development : PHASE
67
Playing marbles : TAWS
Down
1
Disable : MAIM
2
Edison's middle name : ALVA
3
Kind of admiral : REAR
4
Plant diseases : CANKERS
5
Annealing ovens : LEHRS
6
Gardner and namesakes : AVAS
7
Eur. country : GER
8
Oracular : ORPHIC
9
One of the weasels : STOAT
10
Stores : MARKETS
11
Balanchine-Stravinsky ballet : AGON
12
Miles per hour, e.g. : RATE
13
Roentgen's discovery : XRAY
21
Calculates approximately : ESTIMATES
23
Applies wood preservative : CREOSOTES
25
Canopy : MARQUEE
26
Consommé and broth : SOUPS
27
Wall adornment : MURAL
28
Make amends : ATONE
29
Pulpit talk: Abbr. : SER
31
Useful : UTILE
32
Inhibit : DETER
33
Wear away : ERODE
35
"___ Kapital," by 10 Across : DAS
36
One of the flicks : PIC
39
Actress Merkel : UNA
42
Copenhagen is its capital : DENMARK
44
At which point : WHEREAT
46
Not rough : SMOOTH
49
Remove a bottle's cover : UNCAP
50
Laundry cycle : RINSE
51
Visible juncture : SEAM
52
Columnist Bombeck : ERMA
53
W. German river : EDER
54
Water barriers : DAMS
55
Former queen of Greece : OLGA
56
Tooted : BLEW
57
Lugs of jugs : EARS
60
Common, in Hawaii : NOA

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

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