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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Thursday, June 24, 1982

23-Down : "'Tis better to have ___ ... "

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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. 11,916
Across
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Vino center : ASTI
5
Oates novel : THEM
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Titian's "___ Homo" : ECCE
13
Looking like Cassius : LEAN
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Macaw : ARARA
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Duplicate event : SLAM
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Talk-show name : MERV
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Sunlike bodies : SOLARSTARS
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Start of a saying made famous by 5 Down : SPEAKSOFTLYAND
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Haunts : DENS
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Choose : OPT
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Magic Johnson is one : LAKER
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Bumble : ERR
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Ice breaker of sorts : HELLO
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___ about (approximately) : ONOR
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City of Spain : OVIEDO
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Poetic time of night : EEN
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Latin man : VIR
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Kind of maid : SLEEPIN
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Compass pt. : NNE
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Greek letter : ETA
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Type of apartment house : WALKUP
42
Arouse : STIR
43
"Inferno" creator : DANTE
45
Bar bill : TAB
46
Collars or jackets : ETONS
47
Barry Goldwater, e.g. : HAM
49
Tra trailers : LALA
51
End of saying at 19 Across : CARRYABIGSTICK
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Do a zoning job : REDISTRICT
59
Quechuan : INCA
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Sevareid : ERIC
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A Papuan people : HULAS
62
Thor's sire : ODIN
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___ noire : BETE
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British gun : STEN
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Predecessor of dieci : NOVE
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Something for the poor : ALMS
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Exude : SEEP
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Weight allowance : TARE
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Hannibal was one : INVADER
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Sometime signature of "Bull Moose" : TROOSEVELT
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Third-quarter antecedent : HALF
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Actress Thomas : MARLO
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Will subject : ESTATE
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The Campbells, e.g. : CLAN
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Joker : CARD
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Bad ___, German spa : EMS
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Y, e.g. : ASSN
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Seltzer bottle : SYPHON
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Prefix for plop : KER
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"'Tis better to have ___ ... " : LOVED
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Bryant or Colby : ANITA
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Allah's revelations : KORAN
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Yugoslav seaport : RIEKA
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Party of 5 Down : REPUBLICAN
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Musical direction : LENTO
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V. I. Ulyanov : LENIN
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Lulus : ONERS
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Biographer Winslow : OLA
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Dancer's move : DIP
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Breaks a Commandment : SWEARS
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Pennsylvania, for one : STATION
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Twice plus once : THRICE
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Chi trains : ELS
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Enduring illusions : MYTHS
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Ten-pct. persons : AGTS
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Word with cloth : CERE
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Mine entrance : ADIT
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In ___ (stagnating) : ARUT
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Irascibility : BILE
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___-European : INDO
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A fifth of MXX : CCIV
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Welles role : KANE
58
Johnny ___ : REB

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 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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