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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Friday, January 21, 1983

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 42.1
Robert Katz has 73 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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F
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L
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C
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O
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C
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A
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R
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C
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L
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E
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W
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E
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M
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R
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A
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R
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B
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T
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A
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L
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D
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V
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S
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T
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A
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I
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S
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E
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Z
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T
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F
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R
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F
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L
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A
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U
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S
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E
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I
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A
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J
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H
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L
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G
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A
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K
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,127
Across
1
Paris cop : FLIC
5
Filmland statuette : OSCAR
10
Sail corner : CLEW
14
Saarinen : EERO
15
Having many: Comb. form : MULTI
16
Type of notice : RAVE
17
___ the Man (Musial) : STAN
18
"___ in the hand ... " : ABIRD
19
Final word : AMEN
20
"Jaws" director : STEVENSPIELBERG
23
Man the city desk : EDIT
24
Johnny ___ : REB
25
Cubic meter : STERE
28
Mun. post : ALD
31
Short match : VESTA
35
Eye part : IRIS
36
Sternutation : SNEEZE
38
Sesame : TIL
39
"8½" director : FEDERICOFELLINI
42
Inventor's monogram : TAE
43
Reading problem : ALEXIA
44
Savoie seraph : ANGE
45
Rooster's gait : STRUT
47
Attack word : SIC
48
"You used to come ___ ... " : ATTEN
49
Society-page word : NEE
51
Rumanian city : IASI
53
"Darling" director : JOHNSCHLESINGER
61
Fencing piece : EPEE
62
Simpletons : LOONS
63
Letter famed for its size : IOTA
64
Radiation measures : REMS
65
She wore a blue gown : ALICE
66
Cinch : SNAP
67
Purl's partner : KNIT
68
Curtis and Bennett : TONYS
69
Thaw : MELT
Down
1
Actor Parker : FESS
2
Latvian : LETT
3
Dies ___ : IRAE
4
Chitchat : CONVERSE
5
Gulf Arab : OMANI
6
Elements, e.g. : SUBSTANCES
7
Gridiron foul : CLIP
8
Longfellow's bell town : ATRI
9
Passenger : RIDER
10
A Tarzan : CRABBE
11
Kind of duck : LAME
12
Always : EVER
13
Crossword puzzledom's Will : WENG
21
Dutch town : EDE
22
On the ___ (honest) : LEVEL
25
Pans : SIFTS
26
Halloween option : TREAT
27
Soft down : EIDER
29
Pope Clement VIII's successor : LEOXI
30
Shortage : DEFICIENCY
32
Tour of duty : STINT
33
Hue : TINGE
34
Foreign : ALIEN
36
Part of R.S.V.P. : SIL
37
___ mays (Indian corn) : ZEA
40
Is acceptable : RATES
41
59 Down is one : LATINISM
46
Evict a starling : UNNEST
48
"___ was saying ... " : ASI
50
Display of pomp : ECLAT
52
Fools : ASSES
53
Steve Martin film, with "The" : JERK
54
Kind of house or sandwich : OPEN
55
Prefix for sphere or cycle : HEMI
56
Total: Comb. form : HOLO
57
Butcher-shop offering : LOIN
58
Part of "G.W.T.W." : GONE
59
Etc.'s kin : ETAL
60
Transported : RAPT

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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