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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Saturday, August 6, 1983

17-Across : U.N. agency

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { B J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 3, Spans: 3, 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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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,324
Across
1
Musical symbol : CLEF
5
Emulated Plummer : ACTED
10
British baby's "wheels" : PRAM
14
Radiant disk : HALO
15
Potlatch : PARTY
16
Shankar specialty : RAGA
17
U.N. agency : ICAO
18
Angry : IRATE
19
"___ and out" : OVER
20
Gotham address : CENTRALPARKWEST
23
High roller's town : RENO
24
Paris chef's need : SEL
25
Wintry fallout : SLEET
28
Before juin : MAI
31
Lauder who makes scents : ESTEE
35
Snake sound : HISS
36
Forty winks : CATNAP
38
Six-legged warrior : ANT
39
See 20 Across : EASTEIGHTYSIXTH
42
WSW's opposite : ENE
43
Pavarotti, e.g. : TENORE
44
Painter of "Dog Barking at the Moon" : MIRO
45
Like stickum : PASTY
47
Explorer Johnson : OSA
48
Chevets : APSES
49
Japanese woman diver : AMA
51
CCXV x X : MMCL
53
See 20 Across : PARKAVENUESOUTH
61
Yours, in Tours : ATOI
62
Mariner's direction : APORT
63
Teutonic trio : DREI
64
Clique : CLAN
65
Bristles : SETAE
66
Ceorl's cousin : ESNE
67
Crystal sound : TING
68
Greenwings : TEALS
69
Rather and Rowan : DANS
Down
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Stylish : CHIC
2
"Arsenic and Old ___" : LACE
3
Dash : ELAN
4
Ottoman : FOOTREST
5
Of bees : APIAN
6
Charlemagne, to Calabrians : CARLOMAGNO
7
"The Tender ___" : TRAP
8
Julia ___ (Judy Canova) : ETTA
9
Users of Red 2 : DYERS
10
Roams stealthily : PROWLS
11
Great review : RAVE
12
Stores fine wine : AGES
13
Mecca for shoppers : MART
21
Macerate : RET
22
Donjons : KEEPS
25
Hampshire Downs : SHEEP
26
Tarzan's "rope" : LIANA
27
Hazards on high roads : ESSES
29
Dumas follower of Louis XIII : ATHOS
30
Kind of contest : INTRAMURAL
32
Broadway horde : TAXIS
33
___ nous : ENTRE
34
Belief system : ETHOS
36
French co. : CIE
37
Popeye's affirmative : AYE
40
Original meanings : ETYMA
41
Burst inward : IMPLODED
46
Attractive : TAKING
48
Chemists' org. : ACS
50
Nautical command : AVAST
52
Doles : METES
53
Locarno ___: 1925 : PACT
54
Gudrun's husband : ATLI
55
Racing-form word : ROAN
56
Fencer's arm : EPEE
57
Part of N.B. : NOTA
58
___ Major : URSA
59
Vols' home : TENN
60
Doesn't tarry : HIES

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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