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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Friday, February 15, 1985

45-Across : Actress Ruth

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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. 12,883
Across
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Retirement accts. : IRAS
5
Missile acronym : MIRV
9
Mitigate : EASE
13
Hebrew bee : BETH
14
Asian capital : HANOI
15
Checkup feature : XRAY
16
Treaty org. : NATO
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Preminger and Kruger : OTTOS
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Garden "snake" : HOSE
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Avine collective : MURDEROFCROWS
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High, craggy hill : TOR
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Propel a wherry : OAR
24
West Pointers : CADETS
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Command to a tailor : LENGTHEN
32
Yoga posture : ASANA
33
Flag : WILT
34
Victorian or Edwardian : ERA
35
Feline collective : KINDLEOFKITTENS
39
Summertime in N.Y.C. : EDT
40
November tally : VOTE
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Ignited anew : RELIT
42
" ... ___ and in his tongue": Shak. : DEEDLESS
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Actress Ruth : HUSSEY
46
Jimmy's successor : RON
47
Emulate Howard : ACT
48
Ursine collective : SLEUTHOFBEARS
55
Elevator man : OTIS
56
___ step, in dancing : FAROE
57
Cloth measure : BOLT
59
Marino-to-Duper play : PASS
60
Swinburne's "___ the Microscope" : UNDER
61
Den : LAIR
62
Cafeteria need : TRAY
63
Landlocked land : LAOS
64
Poet Lazarus : EMMA
Down
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___-Saud : IBN
2
Widen a hole : REAM
3
Aleutian island : ATTU
4
___ of the stick : SHORTEND
5
Mother: Comb. form : MATR
6
Division word : INTO
7
This may be over your head : ROOF
8
Memorable Italian director : VISCONTI
9
Incite by argument : EXHORT
10
" ... Indians, all in ___" : AROW
11
Lip : SASS
12
Give the once-over : EYE
14
Peasants, sometimes : HOERS
20
Of a hope chest : DOTAL
21
Scandal sheet : RAG
24
Encrusted : CAKED
25
Stage whisper : ASIDE
26
Alighieri : DANTE
27
These raise Londoners : LIFTS
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Berlin's Sommer : ELKE
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Soles' chasers : HEELS
30
Banks on whom the Cubs banked : ERNIE
31
Weatherman's adjective : NASTY
33
Presses a suit : WOOS
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Momentous : EVENTFUL
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Armistice : TRUCE
38
Qualified to make a will : TESTABLE
43
Ornate : DRESSY
44
Tellegen of silents : LOU
45
Nobelist in Chemistry: 1918 : HABER
48
"Bright" inspiration for Keats : STAR
49
Actress Eilbacher : LISA
50
Tennis's Mandlikova : HANA
51
Word on a dollar bill : ORDO
52
Z. Taylor and Tecumseh : FOES
53
Range : ROAM
54
Pickings or Pickens preceder : SLIM
55
Select : OPT
58
Between, in Bari : TRA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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