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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Friday, March 1, 1985

22-Down : "Christ Stopped at ___"

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 249 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, 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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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,897
Across
1
Lima locale : PERU
5
Asp : ADDER
10
Coin eater : SLOT
14
He was Terrible : IVAN
15
Sawlike organ : SERRA
16
Item in Caesar's closet : TOGA
17
___ an ear (heed) : LEND
18
Ship's upward heaving : SCEND
19
Middle East gulf : ADEN
20
Crossword-puzzle fodder : ERIEEERIEAERIES
23
Grade : RATE
24
Baseball stat. : RBI
25
Until now : SOFAR
28
Ave. crossings, sometimes : STS
31
Type of orange : OSAGE
35
Betsey ___, Dickens character : PRIG
36
Organic compound : ACETAL
38
Part of R.S.V.P. : SIL
39
More of 20 Across : ALEEELEEELIEELI
42
Jailbird : CON
43
Transported horses, e.g. : VANNED
44
Nothingness : NADA
45
Supply : ENDUE
47
Image: Comb. form : TYP
48
Mercator work : ATLAS
49
Fla.-Ore. dir. : NNW
51
Top sound : WHIR
53
Still more of 20 Across : ATEETEITEOTEUTE
61
Tabula ___ : RASA
62
Quaker gray : ACIER
63
In a line : AROW
64
Squirrel gatherings : NUTS
65
Peddles : VENDS
66
Kind of clock or bomb : TIME
67
Siouan Indian : OTOE
68
Do a pupil's chore up front : ERASE
69
Belgian river : YSER
Down
1
Stack : PILE
2
Always : EVER
3
Indian princess : RANI
4
Like some collegians : UNDERAGE
5
Have-not's need : ASSET
6
Waning, as the moon : DECRESCENT
7
Zwei chaser : DREI
8
Former lightweight champ : ERNE
9
Speeder's trapper : RADAR
10
"A ___ Born" : STARIS
11
N.J. city : LODI
12
Curved molding : OGEE
13
Beach sights : TANS
21
Corn unit : EAR
22
"Christ Stopped at ___" : EBOLI
25
Comet's milieu : SPACE
26
Synthetic fabric : ORLON
27
Ogre : FIEND
29
Wee : TEENY
30
Butterworts : STEEPWEEDS
32
" ... ___ upon thine heart": Song of Solomon : ASEAL
33
Rita Hayworth role : GILDA
34
Hebrew prophet : ELIAS
36
___ carte : ALA
37
City off. : ALD
40
Happening : EVENT
41
Plea : ENTREATY
46
Malaise : UNEASE
48
River island : AIT
50
Stagger : WEAVE
52
Kelso or Alsab : HORSE
53
River to the Ligurian Sea : ARNO
54
Tense : TAUT
55
This, in Toledo : ESTO
56
Bakery worker : ICER
57
Singer Turner : TINA
58
"Exodus" author : URIS
59
Library item : TOME
60
Pitcher : EWER

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 5 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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