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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Saturday, March 10, 1984

29-Across : Beginnings

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q U X }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Robert Katz has 73 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,541
Across
1
Boundless : VAST
5
Part of B.S.A. : SCTS
9
Subject of Katz's "Days of Wrath" : MORO
13
"___ of Capri," 1934 song : ISLE
14
"He did not ___ button for it": Rabelais : CAREA
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Iowa city : AMES
16
___ impasse : ATAN
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Ryan or Tatum : ONEAL
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Appoint : NAME
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Two cities in Italia : LIVORNOETORINO
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Soak flax : RET
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The goods, to a D.A. : PROOF
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Squealer : RAT
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Pep : VIM
29
Beginnings : ONSETS
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Road sign : SLOW
34
Jigger contents : NIP
36
Bandleader Jones : ISHAM
38
Two cities in Italia : VENEZIAEMANTOVA
42
Rossellini classic: 1946 : PAISA
43
Wave's kin : WAC
44
A Cassini : OLEG
45
Something to serve : NOTICE
48
Reporter's query : WHO
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"___ tu," Verdi aria : ERI
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Label : BRAND
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First biter : EVE
55
Two cities in Italia : FIRENZEENAPOLI
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River under the Ponte Vecchio : ARNO
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Rinse or dry : CYCLE
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Tasso's "Rinaldo" is one : EPIC
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Perennial herb : SEGO
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Pile up : AMASS
66
Saarinen : EERO
67
Steal a look : PEEK
68
Cleveland's ___ Park : NELA
69
Peruse : SCAN
Down
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Drugstore container : VIAL
2
Vino town : ASTI
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Czech, for one : SLAV
4
Gedda, e.g. : TENOR
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Healthy, in Elba : SANO
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Fawn : CREEP
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___ alla Scala : TEATRO
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Old West gathering place : SALOON
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Poster, in Positano : MANIFESTO
10
Muscat is its capital : OMAN
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San ___, on the Italian Riviera : REMO
12
Simple sugar : OSE
14
"Il Giardino dei Finzi-___," De Sica film : CONTINI
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Gun an engine : REV
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Pitcher's aid : ROSIN
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Invitation abbr. : RSVP
25
" ... ___ and hungry look" : ALEAN
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Leoncavallo clown : TONIO
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"Mamma ___!" : MIA
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Fulcrum for an oar : THOLE
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Frugal one : SAVER
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Columnist Pegler : WESTBROOK
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Fixed bench : PEW
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They followed that star : MAGI
39
Belgian Congo today : ZAIRE
40
Bird's crop : MAW
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Buttercup parts : ACHENES
46
Moulin Rouge dance : CANCAN
47
Cell product : ENZYME
49
Breakfast in old Rome? : OVA
52
Decorative sticker : DECAL
54
Fencing gear : EPEES
55
Kind of enterprise : FREE
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"Picnic" author : INGE
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Mme. Schiaparelli : ELSA
58
Cartel letters : OPEC
59
Cuneo coin : LIRA
60
Image : ICON
61
Viper : ASP

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 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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