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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Wednesday, April 18, 1984

28-Across : Carpenter with six legs

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 245 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Robert Katz has 73 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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R
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I
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M
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F
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L
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A
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C
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A
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L
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L
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S
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A
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O
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B
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S
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N
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T
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R
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N
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A
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P
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S
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G
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O
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I
C
H
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R
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S
L
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W
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B
O
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T
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T
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O
C
H
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A
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K
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A
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T
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L
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S
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S
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T
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O
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C
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H
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Y
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M
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A
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R
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L
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G
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T
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U
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,580
Across
1
The ___ Reaper : GRIM
5
Old Glory, e.g. : FLAG
9
Man the picture : CAST
13
Better than never : LATE
14
Citrus fruits : LIMES
16
Competent : ABLE
17
Like a jalopy : USED
18
Fight site : ARENA
19
Cheer (for) : ROOT
20
Line from a nursery rhyme : THREEMENINATUB
23
"Exodus" character : ARI
24
Extinct relative of NATO : SEATO
25
Kind of relief : BAS
28
Carpenter with six legs : ANT
30
Ringed planet : SATURN
33
Dadaist works : ARPS
35
Thermal starter : GEO
37
Zeus's "juice" : ICHOR
39
Loesser's lazy vessel : SLOWBOATTOCHINA
43
Rhee ruled here : KOREA
44
Sailor : TAR
45
Organic compound : ENOL
46
Takes care of : SEESTO
49
Letterhead letters : INC
51
Follower of Japan or Siam : ESE
52
What Shea patrons are in : TIERS
54
___ artium (art of arts) : ARS
56
Novel about events on a mine sweeper : THECAINEMUTINY
62
Countenance : MIEN
63
Net type : SEINE
64
On the briny : ASEA
65
Dies ___ : IRAE
66
"Life is an ___ itself": O. W. Holmes Jr. : ENDIN
67
100 Iranian dinars : RIAL
68
Weaken : GELD
69
Camp sight : TENT
70
Famous penultimate words : ETTU
Down
1
Satiate : GLUT
2
Reckless : RASH
3
Roman road : ITER
4
Jason's helpmate : MEDEA
5
Everglades denizen : FLAMINGO
6
Cambio currency : LIRE
7
Approvals at revival meetings : AMENS
8
Islamic spirits : GENIES
9
Scroll-like tablet : CARTOUCHE
10
___ Ben Adhem : ABOU
11
Boor : SLOB
12
Asian holiday : TET
15
A Yemeni capital : SANAA
21
Epoch : ERA
22
Spot for old toys : ATTIC
25
Take a place in the sun : BASK
26
Guthrie namesakes : ARLOS
27
Reproductive body : SPORE
29
Kind of room or time : TEA
31
North Sea feeder : RHINE
32
Taboos : NONOS
34
Sugared : SWEETENED
36
Great Giant : OTT
38
Wheeze's cousin : RALE
40
Fundamental : BASIC
41
Southern Chinese people : TAI
42
Embellish : ORNAMENT
47
Hairdresser's offering : TEASE
48
This is not Occidental : ORIENT
50
French wine region : CRU
53
Insinuative : SNIDE
55
Gape : STARE
56
Item on a buggy : TIRE
57
Mend : HEAL
58
Grape pigment : ENIN
59
"Where ___ now, the glory ... ?": Wordsworth : ISIT
60
Undiluted, as a bar drink : NEAT
61
River in 43 Across : YALU
62
Russian fighter plane : MIG

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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