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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Thursday, June 7, 1979

56-Down : Dips bait lightly

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, 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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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,803
Across
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Alpaca's land : PERU
5
.035 ounce : GRAM
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Short race : DASH
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Novelist Hunter : EVAN
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Suggestive of chards : BEETY
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Iroquoian language : ERIE
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At ___ end : WITS
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Neckwear : ASCOT
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Forsaken : LORN
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Abattoirs : SLAUGHTERHOUSES
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Japanese-American : NISEI
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Arabian port : ADEN
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___ bell (sound familiar) : RINGA
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Meadows, to Milanese : PRATI
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Country festival in England : ALE
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Set in order : NEATEN
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Monte Carlo bet : NOIR
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Like some skirts : PLEATED
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Spiritual interpretation : ANAGOGE
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Sea bird : TERN
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Waxed vituperative : RAILED
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Eur. country : POL
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Emulates Escoffier : COOKS
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Indistinct : MISTY
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Last word : AMEN
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Kind of acid : OLEIC
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Employees agin sins at inns : HOUSEDETECTIVES
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Formerly, formerly : ERST
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From the beginning : ABOVO
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Quote : CITE
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The Appian Way, e.g. : ITER
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Visit unexpectedly : POPIN
66
Singer Cantrell : LANA
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Godiva's title : LADY
68
Homophone for scene : SEEN
69
Ardor : ELAN
Down
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Seats in the nave : PEWS
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The Devil's work : EVIL
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Pro ___ (proportionately) : RATA
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Like some heroes : UNSUNG
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"Beau ___" : GESTE
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Canceled check, e.g. : RECEIPT
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Suffix with liquid : ATOR
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The Hero-Leander tale is one : MYTH
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Con man's forte : DELUDING
10
Got up : AROSE
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Singer at sea : SIREN
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Coop denizens : HENS
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Scrooge's shouts : BAHS
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Ferber title : GIANT
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Grain : OAT
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Transported : RAPT
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"Winnie ___ Pooh" : ILLE
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___-do-well : NEER
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"Camino ___," play by Williams : REAL
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Queenly name : ANNE
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Saarinen : EERO
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One of the Aleutians : ADAK
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Butterfingers' cry : OOPS
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"___ Rhythm" : IGOT
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Depend (on) : RELY
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Family tree : ANCESTRY
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Own up : ADMIT
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Nuclide : ISOTOPE
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"___ nation under God ... " : ONE
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Yule-tree ornament : ICICLE
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Trunk artery : AORTA
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Reflected : MUSED
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He wrote "Rosemary's Baby" : LEVIN
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A social sci. : ECON
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Salzburg salute : HEIL
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Dips bait lightly : DAPS
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Central American tree : EBOE
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Medicine-cabinet item : VIAL
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Heater : ETNA
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Actor Connery : SEAN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 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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