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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Saturday, November 16, 1985

34-Across : Gridder's gripper

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Robert Katz has 73 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,157
Across
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Drudge : GRUB
5
Diner offering : HASH
9
Erstwhile legwear : SPATS
14
Indian princess : RANI
15
Choir member : ALTO
16
___ de Mallorca, Spain : PALMA
17
Pot builder : ANTE
18
Campus lass : COED
19
Outsider : ALIEN
20
NO KEY : STONEKOP
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NO HINT : ERLAND
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Ingenuous people : NAIFS
24
"___ no evil ... " : SEE
25
Corporal punisher : SADIST
28
Elect : OPT
30
Freshwater fish : DACE
34
Gridder's gripper : CLEAT
35
Lend ___ (listen) : ANEAR
37
G.P.'s : DRS
38
NO DENT : ALFLOSS
40
NO TRACE : RBULLET
42
Born : NEE
43
Ogle : FLIRT
45
Biblical verb form : SAITH
46
Senator's six years : TERM
48
___ fix (troubled) : INA
49
Lager parlors : STUBES
50
He was honest : ABE
52
Works of a Spanish Surrealist : DALIS
54
NO PROOF : READER
57
NO SIGN : IFICANCE
61
Leave out : ELIDE
62
Not of the clergy : LAIC
63
Kind of tide : NEAP
64
Jewish feast : SEDER
65
To be, in Tours : ETRE
66
Verboten item : NONO
67
Wee : TEENY
68
Bambi, e.g. : DEER
69
Chemical endings : ENES
Down
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Mardi ___ : GRAS
2
Rave's partner : RANT
3
"Do ___ others ... " : UNTO
4
Occurring every other year : BIENNIAL
5
Cope: Slang : HACKIT
6
Standoffish : ALOOF
7
Product of a remarriage, at times : STEPSON
8
Coal scuttle : HOD
9
Bowler's consolation : SPARE
10
Lost interest : PALLED
11
Inter follower : ALIA
12
Some Feds : TMEN
13
Cape Cod sight : SAND
21
"___ Eden": Steinbeck : EASTOF
22
Fnd. : ESTAB
25
Meager : SCANT
26
Formal mall : ALLEE
27
Put off : DEFER
29
Jaunty : PERT
31
Emcee's forte : ADLIB
32
Greek island : CRETE
33
People of an S.S.R. : ESTHS
35
"It's ___ to Tell a Lie" : ASIN
36
Countrylike : RUSTIC
39
More foxy : SLIER
41
Voltaire slept here : LAUSANNE
44
Give off heat : RADIATE
47
Drive crazy : MADDEN
49
Bakery machine : SLICER
51
Wallace of old films : BEERY
53
Blazing : AFIRE
54
Take five : REST
55
General Robert ___ : ELEE
56
Staff officer : AIDE
58
Broadway light : NEON
59
A source of sugar : CANE
60
Poetry collection : EPOS
62
Emulated R.W.R. : LED

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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