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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Thursday, August 30, 1990

32-Down : Bears, to Ovid

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Robert Katz has 73 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,905
Across
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Lion's hangout : LAIR
5
"Thy word is ___ unto my feet ... ": Psalm 119 : ALAMP
10
Command to Fido : HEEL
14
Within: Comb. form : ENDO
15
Not now : LATER
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Take the edge off : EASE
17
"They have spread ___ ... ": Psalm 140 : ANET
18
What Berra once guarded : PLATE
19
Partner of crafts : ARTS
20
Nay or neigh : HOMOPHONEFORNEE
23
Inlet : RIA
24
I.o.u., e.g. : DEBT
25
Ethiopian prince : RAS
28
River of Spain collector : EBRO
31
Confutes : REBUTS
35
Of the ear : OTIC
37
Chalet feature : EAVE
39
Eagle's abode : AERIE
40
Ite or clam chowder : MANHATTANCHASER
43
Without embellishment : PLAIN
44
Of a time period : ERAL
45
Snappish : TART
46
Broke bread, in a way : SLICED
48
Belgium stream : YSER
50
Ar-tee connection : ESS
51
River of Switzerland : AARE
53
Broadcast : AIR
55
Being or begin : ANAGRAMFORBINGE
63
A neighbor of Ghana : TOGO
64
From bad to ___ : WORSE
65
Pop drink : COLA
66
Kazan of Hollywood : ELIA
67
Les ___-Unis : ETATS
68
One of the Alcotts : AMOS
69
When both hands are up : NOON
70
Adjust the clock : RESET
71
Eft : NEWT
Down
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A wife of Jacob : LEAH
2
Part of A.D. : ANNO
3
Footnote term : IDEM
4
Chopper part : ROTOR
5
From A to Z : ALPHABET
6
"Namouna" composer : LALO
7
___ impasse : ATAN
8
Doled : METED
9
Lean toward : PREFER
10
Pulsation : HEARTBEAT
11
Bring home the bacon : EARN
12
An in-law of the Borgias : ESTE
13
___-majesté : LESE
21
Bird allied to a jay : PIE
22
Caribbean witchcraft : OBEAH
25
Gambols : ROMPS
26
In any way : ATALL
27
Horeb : SINAI
29
Control a race horse's speed : RATE
30
Female gonad : OVARY
32
Bears, to Ovid : URSAE
33
Shea levels : TIERS
34
Certain Spanish paintings : SERTS
36
Actor Belushi, by birth : CHICAGOAN
38
Namesakes of a Spanish queen : ENAS
41
Lend ___ (listen) : ANEAR
42
Most lucid : CLEAREST
47
Top-___ (A1) : DRAWER
49
Roast or something to roast : RIB
52
Chew the scenery : EMOTE
54
Puerto or Costa follower : RICAN
55
" ___ o'clock scholar" : ATEN
56
___ contendere : NOLO
57
Exchange premium : AGIO
58
Some monks : FRAS
59
Italian innkeeper : OSTE
60
City on Seward Peninsula : NOME
61
Incandescence : GLOW
62
Orient : EAST

Answer summary:
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