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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Monday, April 12, 1982

37-Down : Type of lettuce

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Robert Katz has 73 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,843
Across
1
Literary captain : AHAB
5
Defunct Times Square hotel : ASTOR
10
Los Angeles 11 : RAMS
14
Bath accessory : ROBE
15
"A face that could ___ clock" : STOPA
16
Dies ___ : IRAE
17
Primates : APES
18
Virile fellows : HEMEN
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Indigo : ANIL
20
Seafood tidbit : LITTLENECKCLAM
23
Carry on : RANT
24
Posed : SAT
25
Kind of acid : BORIC
28
Japanese sash : OBI
31
Tiberius was one : ROMAN
35
Full of fear and respect : AWED
36
Lady Diana married one : PRINCE
38
Writer Levin : IRA
39
Seafood tidbit : BLUEPOINTOYSTER
42
Engineering degs. : EES
43
Screen offerings : IMAGES
44
"___ homo!" : ECCE
45
End of the Titanic : STERN
47
Neither's partner : NOR
48
Laughs galore : HAHAS
49
Tread the boards : ACT
51
Scores for Snead or Sneed : PARS
53
How to serve 20 and 39 Across : ONTHEHALFSHELL
60
Barbecue item : SPIT
61
One of 12 grinders : MOLAR
62
Reed instrument : OBOE
63
Pick : CULL
64
Flat: Comb. form : PLANO
65
Elihu ___: 1845-1937 : ROOT
66
Words of understanding : ISEE
67
He wrote "Golden Boy" : ODETS
68
Sicilian province : ENNA
Down
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Asian sea : ARAL
2
Pueblo Indian : HOPI
3
Be an accomplice : ABET
4
Straddle : BESTRIDE
5
Pale : ASHEN
6
Extremely loud : STENTORIAN
7
Heavy reading : TOME
8
Oil org. : OPEC
9
An army : RANKS
10
Bridge over the Grand Canal : RIALTO
11
Water buffalo : ARNA
12
Disable : MAIM
13
Salt, in Sedan : SEL
21
___ Léman, Genève : LAC
22
V.I.P. at Albany : CAREY
25
"___ in Toyland" : BABES
26
Young "wise one" : OWLET
27
Conservationist's advice : REUSE
29
Game for certain card players : BINGO
30
Sow between rows : INTERPLANT
32
Bandleader Miller : MITCH
33
Asian palm : ARECA
34
Nostrils : NARES
36
Small dog, for short : POM
37
Type of lettuce : COS
40
Penny follower : PINCH
41
Where "she sells ... " : SEASHORE
46
Snake sound : RATTLE
48
60-min. periods : HRS
50
Pace : TEMPO
52
Hairdos : AFROS
53
Composition : OPUS
54
Blue or White : NILE
55
Clutch : HOLD
56
Amor's wings : ALAE
57
Black : EBON
58
Simpleton : LOON
59
"___ Smile Be Your Umbrella" : LETA
60
H.S. course : SCI

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