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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Tuesday, April 20, 1982

46-Down : Use a claw hammer

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K X }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
Robert Katz has 73 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1
H
2
A
3
L
4
F
5
A
6
R
7
M
8
A
9
S
10
S
11
A
12
P
13
S
14
A
L
A
R
15
L
E
A
S
H
16
Q
U
A
I
17
S
A
N
A
18
L
A
M
I
A
19
U
N
A
L
20
P
I
A
Z
21
Z
A
S
A
N
P
22
I
E
T
R
O
23
Z
E
N
O
24
E
N
A
25
L
26
A
27
D
L
E
28
N
29
A
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H
31
C
L
32
A
33
S
34
H
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I
S
E
E
36
S
I
L
I
37
C
A
38
C
E
E
39
T
H
E
S
40
P
A
N
I
S
H
S
41
T
E
P
S
42
H
E
M
43
L
E
G
A
T
E
44
O
R
A
S
45
E
N
S
46
U
E
47
S
S
R
48
A
M
B
L
E
49
N
A
50
B
51
I
52
A
G
O
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F
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O
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U
N
T
A
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I
57
N
O
F
T
R
58
E
59
V
60
I
61
A
G
R
A
62
S
T
E
N
O
63
R
E
A
R
64
D
E
S
I
65
T
E
N
I
O
66
O
L
I
O
67
S
E
A
L
68
E
R
E
C
T
69
W
Y
N
N
© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,851
Across
1
It's better than no loaf : HALF
5
A's slugger : ARMAS
10
Fools : SAPS
14
Winglike : ALAR
15
Tether : LEASH
16
___ d'Orsay, Paris : QUAI
17
"Mens ___ ... " : SANA
18
Witch : LAMIA
19
Single : UNAL
20
Rome "must" : PIAZZASANPIETRO
23
Founder of Stoicism : ZENO
24
Spanish queen : ENA
25
Kitchen aid : LADLE
28
Slangy negative : NAH
31
Fail to hit it off : CLASH
35
What "video" means : ISEE
36
Kind of brick or cement : SILICA
38
Bee follower : CEE
39
Rome "must" : THESPANISHSTEPS
42
Seamstress's concern : HEM
43
Roman deputy : LEGATE
44
Old English coins : ORAS
45
Follow : ENSUE
47
Byelorussia is one: Abbr. : SSR
48
Mosey : AMBLE
49
Catch a thief : NAB
51
Othello's "consigliere" : IAGO
53
Rome "must" : FOUNTAINOFTREVI
61
Where to visit the Taj Mahal : AGRA
62
Kind of pool : STENO
63
Caboose's locale : REAR
64
An Arnaz : DESI
65
S.A. timber tree : TENIO
66
Salmagundi : OLIO
67
Do an energy-saving job : SEAL
68
Build : ERECT
69
Keenan or Ed : WYNN
Down
1
Fastener : HASP
2
Jai ___ : ALAI
3
Actress Turner : LANA
4
Unnerves : FRAZZLES
5
Poe's middle name : ALLAN
6
Arguments : REASONINGS
7
Doll's word : MAMA
8
B ___ Baker : ASIN
9
Dieter's worry : SHAPE
10
Rat on the mob : SQUEAL
11
Dad's sister, e,g, : AUNT
12
Carson's predecessor : PAAR
13
Barn's neighbor : SILO
21
Last letter : ZEE
22
"People of the sun" : INCAS
25
Supple : LITHE
26
White-faced : ASHEN
27
Musicologist Taylor : DEEMS
29
A.k.a. : ALIAS
30
Like a ham's performance : HISTRIONIC
32
Sour : ACERB
33
Plant part : SEPAL
34
Writer Hermann : HESSE
36
So, in Scotland : SAE
37
Guevara : CHE
40
Kilt feature : PLEAT
41
Song from "Annie" : TOMORROW
46
Use a claw hammer : UNNAIL
48
Ten-pct. person : AGT
50
Recipe instruction : BASTE
52
On the move : AFOOT
53
Pet rock and hula hoop : FADS
54
S-shaped molding : OGEE
55
___ Major : URSA
56
Via Appia's kin : ITER
57
Hawaiian goose : NENE
58
Slippery : EELY
59
Conceited : VAIN
60
Something to pump : IRON

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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