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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Thursday, May 23, 1985

25-Down : Rapids

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { F J K Q }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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. 12,980
Across
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Luke follower : WARM
5
"___ Little Acre" : GODS
9
Withered : SERE
13
" ... ___ saw Elba" : EREI
14
"Olympia" painter : MANET
15
Family of sorts : CLAN
16
Places for dust : BINS
17
How some go it : ALONE
18
Audience approval : HAND
19
Writer's middleman : LITERARYAGENT
22
Diamond stats. : RBIS
23
"The word" : MUM
24
Thriller feature : ACTION
27
Peaches and cream, e.g. : DESSERT
31
Sand bar : SHOAL
32
In ___ (not in vitro) : SITU
33
Berlin's "___ a Rag Picker" : HES
35
Admonition to a professor : PUBLISHORPERISH
39
Marie or Jeanne: Abbr. : STE
40
Heart : CORE
41
Spanish inn : VENTA
42
Writers' overseers : EDITORS
45
Put more powder in a musket : RELOAD
46
Skiff item : OAR
47
Skirt type : MINI
48
Another name for 19 Across et al. : TENPERCENTERS
54
See 47 Across : MAXI
55
Fur pieces : PELTS
56
Part of R.S.V.P. : VOUS
58
Nev. neighbor : ARIZ
59
Idolize : ADORE
60
It, in Italy : ESSO
61
Kind of board : TOTE
62
Bird that went bye-bye : DODO
63
College V.I.P. : DEAN
Down
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Network : WEB
2
Seed covering : ARIL
3
Painter Guido: 1575-1642 : RENI
4
Judge's judgment, sometimes : MISTRIAL
5
Fetes : GALAS
6
___ about (approximately) : ONOR
7
Contradict : DENY
8
Gets angry : STEAMSUP
9
Plot : SCHEME
10
Verve : ELAN
11
Rave's partner : RANT
12
Book part : END
14
Calif. county : MARIN
20
"Christ Stopped at ___" : EBOLI
21
Astronaut Grissom : GUS
24
Vipers : ASPS
25
Rapids : CHUTE
26
"Early ___ ... " : TOBED
27
Some stylish garments : DIORS
28
To be, in Paris : ETRE
29
Large beast, for short : RHINO
30
Episperm : TESTA
32
Memorable restaurateur Toots : SHOR
34
Roe source : SHAD
36
Game accessory : SCOREPAD
37
Happening : EVENT
38
Unburdened : RELIEVED
43
Become electrically charged : IONIZE
44
Dance, in a way : TAP
45
Washer setting : RINSE
47
Paris subway : METRO
48
Elephant's-ear : TARO
49
Way out : EXIT
50
Renovate : REDO
51
Dolt : CLOD
52
Stein's flower : ROSE
53
Elam's capital : SUSA
54
Frame inside a frame : MAT
57
Charles, to Elizabeth : SON

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 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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