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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Saturday, January 15, 1983

23-Across : New Year's Eve word

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Robert Katz has 73 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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C
2
R
3
A
4
B
5
E
6
G
7
G
8
E
9
R
10
B
11
O
12
M
13
B
14
H
O
L
E
15
A
R
E
T
E
16
A
J
A
R
17
I
T
A
L
18
S
I
T
A
R
19
C
A
N
I
20
C
H
I
C
21
K
E
N
A
L
A
22
N
K
I
N
G
23
A
U
L
D
24
N
O
T
25
S
26
H
27
A
N
E
28
S
29
A
30
T
31
T
O
32
A
33
S
34
T
35
T
E
X
T
36
S
T
R
A
37
D
A
38
P
T
A
39
O
N
I
O
40
N
S
O
U
P
Y
S
41
A
L
E
S
42
O
I
L
43
E
R
N
I
E
S
44
S
E
A
T
45
D
E
E
46
R
E
47
E
N
S
48
S
T
Y
L
E
49
E
D
50
H
51
T
52
I
E
R
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S
54
I
55
D
C
A
E
56
S
57
A
R
S
S
A
58
L
59
A
60
D
61
A
G
E
E
62
A
P
A
I
L
63
L
I
F
E
64
S
L
E
D
65
R
A
R
E
E
66
L
E
A
N
67
H
U
M
E
68
D
R
E
S
S
69
Y
U
R
T
© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,121
Across
1
Seafood item : CRAB
5
Nest robber : EGGER
10
Flop : BOMB
14
Golfer's target : HOLE
15
Valor, virtue, etc., in sum : ARETE
16
Not quite closed : AJAR
17
Typeface: Abbr. : ITAL
18
Shankar's strings : SITAR
19
Palermo pooches : CANI
20
Potluck at a comic's table? : CHICKENALANKING
23
New Year's Eve word : AULD
24
"___ to worry" : NOT
25
Ladd classic : SHANE
28
Fri. follower : SAT
31
Brown shade : TOAST
35
Kind of book : TEXT
36
Fellini film, with "La" : STRADA
38
School org. : PTA
39
See 20 Across : ONIONSOUPYSALES
42
OPEC concern : OIL
43
Pyle and Kovacs : ERNIES
44
Membership : SEAT
45
Steel-plow pioneer : DEERE
47
Printers' measures : ENS
48
Panache : STYLE
49
Old English letter : EDH
51
Stadium feature : TIER
53
See 20 Across : SIDCAESARSSALAD
61
Pulitzer Prize author: 1958 : AGEE
62
" ... to fetch ___ of water" : APAIL
63
A bowl of cherries? : LIFE
64
"Rosebud," e.g. : SLED
65
Street show : RAREE
66
Spare : LEAN
67
Famed Scottish philosopher : HUME
68
Word with rehearsal or parade : DRESS
69
Siberian tent : YURT
Down
1
Smart : CHIC
2
Portnoy's creator : ROTH
3
"Merry" in a game name : ALAI
4
Operatic singing style : BELCANTO
5
Artist's need : EASEL
6
Place for a nose : GRINDSTONE
7
"___ horse!" : GETA
8
Etc.'s relative : ETAL
9
Showed an oldie : RERAN
10
"___ the drawing board" : BACKTO
11
City in Calif. : OJAI
12
Nobel Prize author: 1929 : MANN
13
Shipboard jail : BRIG
21
Ar predecessor : KUE
22
Madrid memos : NOTAS
25
Bore : STOOD
26
Memorable Sonja : HENIE
27
Of a straight line : AXILE
29
"In ___ that's romantic": Gilbert : ARUIN
30
Museum offerings : TAPESTRIES
32
Marquand hero : APLEY
33
Underpriced item : STEAL
34
Enologist's interest : TASTE
36
S.U. unit : SSR
37
Prefix with function : DYS
40
"___ body cry?": Burns : NEEDA
41
In an exalted way : ASTRALLY
46
Ebb : RECEDE
48
French possessive : SES
50
Granted : HEARD
52
Skye and Wight : ISLES
53
Obi : SASH
54
Eskimo abode : IGLU
55
Think : DEEM
56
Train in the ring : SPAR
57
Thun's river : AARE
58
Place : LIEU
59
In the distance : AFAR
60
Scar on a car : DENT

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 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.

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