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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Saturday, November 5, 1983

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 39.4
Robert Katz has 73 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,415
Across
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A symbol of distinction : SASH
5
Summer drinks : ADES
9
Movie or TV program : FAME
13
New Zealander : KIWI
14
"Man ___ dog!" : BITES
16
King of Norway : OLAF
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Legendary Greek hero : IDAS
18
Sidestep : AVERT
19
Rodomontade : RANT
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Riviera relative? : ANTIBESAUNTIE
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Ham's word : OVER
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"___ Meistersinger" : DIE
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___ decisis (legal principle) : STARE
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Prepared for mil. inspection : GID
31
Miles from England : SARAH
35
Water buffalo : ARNI
36
Deficit : REDINK
38
Tokyo of old : EDO
39
High-kicker's question on the Riviera? : CANCANNESCANCAN
42
XXXIV x III : CII
43
Millay's "Aria ___" : DACAPO
44
Kind of dollar : EURO
45
" ... ___ face the world with": Browning : ONETO
47
Inner: Comb. form : ESO
48
Organic compound : ESTER
49
Nigerian native : IBO
51
Ice melter : SALT
53
Another Riviera relative? : NICENICENIECE
59
Bossy's milieu : RINK
60
Berate : CHIDE
61
Score for Trottier : GOAL
63
"___ homo!" : ECCE
64
A Jackson Sec. of War : EATON
65
Caved in : GAVE
66
Three-handed card game : SKAT
67
Like a prestidigitator : DEFT
68
Cancel a dele : STET
Down
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Hit the slopes : SKI
2
Amonasro's daughter : AIDA
3
Kind of song : SWAN
4
Like July 4, 1776 : HISTORIC
5
___ in the woods : ABABE
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A branching off : DIVERGENCE
7
Riviera summers : ETES
8
Evening in Empoli : SERA
9
"And is there honey still ___?": Brooke : FORTEA
10
Turkish regiment : ALAI
11
Lion's "neckpiece" : MANE
12
Triton : EFT
15
Secretariat's post-racing role : STUD
21
"___ got sixpence" : IVE
22
British Columbia group : NISKA
25
Prisoner of 1920 : SACCO
26
Do roadwork : TRAIN
27
"Tomorrow" girl : ANNIE
29
Brainstorms : IDEAS
30
Threw away : DISPOSEDOF
32
Shorten again : RECUT
33
Antarctic cape : ADARE
34
Fete : HONOR
36
A nucleic acid: Abbr. : RNA
37
Sgt. or cpl. : NCO
40
Pueblo brick : ADOBE
41
Some bank accounts : NESTEGGS
46
Slate : TICKET
48
A descendant of Aaron : ELI
50
Story opener : ONCE
52
Concerning : ANENT
53
Name for Santa : NICK
54
Peruvian of yore : INCA
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"If ___ a hammer ... " : IHAD
56
Call to court : CITE
57
Whitewash : COAT
58
Roof part : EAVE
59
Thing, in law : RES
62
Rent : LET

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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