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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Saturday, February 15, 1992

25-Across : Tachometer calibration, for short

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 316 (avg 1.71)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,439
Across
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Zero in, in a way : ZOOM
5
Javanese village community : DESSA
10
U.S. painter Alex ___ : KATZ
14
Hungarian patriot Nagy : IMRE
15
Pelvic bone : ILIUM
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Dies ___ : IRAE
17
Yuletide sound : NOEL
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Comic like Chaplin : SERIO
19
Restrain : BIND
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Boulevard of Mended Dreams? : COMEBACKTRAIL
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Shocking fish, at times : EEL
24
Do certain road work : SALT
25
Tachometer calibration, for short : RPM
28
Out of kilter : ALOP
31
More indolent : LAZIER
35
Norse king : OLAF
37
Adit pass-throughs : ORES
39
___ Gordo, county in Iowa : CERRO
40
Baum byway : YELLOWBRICKROAD
43
Catchall combo : ANDOR
44
Kind of bath : SITZ
45
Egyptian queen of the gods : SATI
46
Elbow room : LEEWAY
48
Jack Sprat's diet : LEAN
50
"Dieu et ___ droit" : MON
51
Nice summers : ETES
53
Legal thing : RES
55
Manhattan beaten path? : GREATWHITEWAY
61
Coque : LOOP
63
Ranis' wear : SARIS
64
___ National Park, Angola : IONA
65
Division word : INTO
66
Council setting: 1545 : TRENT
67
Fervor : ZEAL
68
___-suiter of the 40's : ZOOT
69
Faxes, perhaps : SENDS
70
Ferrara family : ESTE
Down
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Brass component : ZINC
2
"Typee" sequel : OMOO
3
Utah city : OREM
4
Fracas : MELEE
5
Rule against : DISALLOW
6
Household exp. : ELEC
7
Director of "Magnificent Obsession": 1954 : SIRK
8
Seventh Avenue offerings : SUITS
9
Ethically neutral : AMORAL
10
Buttinskies of a sort : KIBITZERS
11
Seed covering : ARIL
12
Thrash : TAN
13
Last letter, in Leeds : ZED
21
"___ Clown," Porter song : BEA
22
Alas's kin : ALACK
25
Kind of treatment : ROYAL
26
___ administravit (court plea) : PLENE
27
___ mer : MALDE
29
Globes : ORBS
30
Fright for Pearl White : PERIL
32
"Sadly ___": S. Foster : IROAM
33
Sappho's muse : ERATO
34
"The Thinker" sculptor : RODIN
36
Geranium container : FLOWERPOT
38
Realtor's stop : SITE
41
Emulate Bryan : ORATE
42
Ivan's supporters : CZARISTS
47
Bakers' stock : YEASTS
49
Take-home pay : NET
52
Rubberneck : STARE
54
Grab or nab : SEIZE
55
Computer programmer's command : GOTO
56
Small flier : WREN
57
Quarters starter : HIND
58
Tribulations : WOES
59
Premed course : ANAT
60
Bush's alma mater : YALE
61
Columnist Smith : LIZ
62
Yoko ___ : ONO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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