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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Saturday, January 15, 1983

29-Down : "In ___ that's romantic": Gilbert

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, 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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C
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A
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E
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G
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G
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O
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M
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B
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H
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G
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N
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S
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H
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S
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T
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S
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T
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D
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P
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N
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Y
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D
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,121
Across
1
Seafood item : CRAB
5
Nest robber : EGGER
10
Flop : BOMB
14
Golfer's target : HOLE
15
Valor, virtue, etc., in sum : ARETE
16
Not quite closed : AJAR
17
Typeface: Abbr. : ITAL
18
Shankar's strings : SITAR
19
Palermo pooches : CANI
20
Potluck at a comic's table? : CHICKENALANKING
23
New Year's Eve word : AULD
24
"___ to worry" : NOT
25
Ladd classic : SHANE
28
Fri. follower : SAT
31
Brown shade : TOAST
35
Kind of book : TEXT
36
Fellini film, with "La" : STRADA
38
School org. : PTA
39
See 20 Across : ONIONSOUPYSALES
42
OPEC concern : OIL
43
Pyle and Kovacs : ERNIES
44
Membership : SEAT
45
Steel-plow pioneer : DEERE
47
Printers' measures : ENS
48
Panache : STYLE
49
Old English letter : EDH
51
Stadium feature : TIER
53
See 20 Across : SIDCAESARSSALAD
61
Pulitzer Prize author: 1958 : AGEE
62
" ... to fetch ___ of water" : APAIL
63
A bowl of cherries? : LIFE
64
"Rosebud," e.g. : SLED
65
Street show : RAREE
66
Spare : LEAN
67
Famed Scottish philosopher : HUME
68
Word with rehearsal or parade : DRESS
69
Siberian tent : YURT
Down
1
Smart : CHIC
2
Portnoy's creator : ROTH
3
"Merry" in a game name : ALAI
4
Operatic singing style : BELCANTO
5
Artist's need : EASEL
6
Place for a nose : GRINDSTONE
7
"___ horse!" : GETA
8
Etc.'s relative : ETAL
9
Showed an oldie : RERAN
10
"___ the drawing board" : BACKTO
11
City in Calif. : OJAI
12
Nobel Prize author: 1929 : MANN
13
Shipboard jail : BRIG
21
Ar predecessor : KUE
22
Madrid memos : NOTAS
25
Bore : STOOD
26
Memorable Sonja : HENIE
27
Of a straight line : AXILE
29
"In ___ that's romantic": Gilbert : ARUIN
30
Museum offerings : TAPESTRIES
32
Marquand hero : APLEY
33
Underpriced item : STEAL
34
Enologist's interest : TASTE
36
S.U. unit : SSR
37
Prefix with function : DYS
40
"___ body cry?": Burns : NEEDA
41
In an exalted way : ASTRALLY
46
Ebb : RECEDE
48
French possessive : SES
50
Granted : HEARD
52
Skye and Wight : ISLES
53
Obi : SASH
54
Eskimo abode : IGLU
55
Think : DEEM
56
Train in the ring : SPAR
57
Thun's river : AARE
58
Place : LIEU
59
In the distance : AFAR
60
Scar on a car : DENT

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