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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Saturday, April 2, 1983

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 33.2
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. 12,198
Across
1
Tasse qualifier : DEMI
5
Batter's locale : PLATE
10
Behaves like a tout : TIPS
14
"___ Get It for You Wholesale" : ICAN
15
Fiddler's need : ROSIN
16
Old weapon : SNEE
17
"That's how you spell Chicago!": Part I : CHICKENINTHECAR
20
Ages and ages : EON
21
On the briny : ASEA
22
Turn on an axis : ROTATE
23
Spud : TATER
25
Lip : SASS
26
He made a mint in mines : HEARST
28
Carlton Fisk's colleagues : WHITESOX
32
Deplaned : ALIT
33
Lean and hungry look, e.g. : MIEN
34
"Diamonds ___ Forever" : ARE
35
Car pts. : IGNS
36
French-door components : PANES
37
Chinese city : SIAN
38
Inconclusive conclusion : TIE
39
First-grade subj. : ADDN
40
Dividing word : INTO
41
Chicago Museum of Science and ___ : INDUSTRY
44
Put weight on : FATTEN
46
Simpatico : NICE
47
"The mouse ___ the clock" : RANUP
48
Antonym for 44 Across : FAMISH
51
Sentry's word : HALT
52
Dawn goddess : EOS
55
See 17 Across: Part II : ANDTHECARCANTGO
58
Mete out : DOLE
59
De Mille ballet : RODEO
60
Prefix for plane or space : AERO
61
Tennyson heroine : ENID
62
Ache, emotionally : YEARN
63
Gun type : BREN
Down
1
Las Vegas lure : DICE
2
Narcissus spurned her : ECHO
3
Asserted : MAINTAINED
4
Business abbr. : INC
5
Like a programmed computer : PRESET
6
Hermit : LONER
7
Shortest continent, in a way : ASIA
8
British can : TIN
9
Catches the Metroliner : ENTRAINS
10
Dreaded fly : TSETSE
11
Peruvian indigene : INCA
12
Bog contents : PEAT
13
Very dry : SERE
18
African teas : KATS
19
Multitude : HOST
24
Martial ___ : ARTS
25
Gloss : SHEEN
26
Papa Doc's milieu : HAITI
27
City northwest of Chicago : ELGIN
28
Chicago weather forecast : WINDY
29
Martyr at Rome: A.D. 64? : SAINTPETER
30
Wax rhetorical : ORATE
31
Inert gas : XENON
33
"The Treasure of the Sierra ___" : MADRE
36
Clumsy repairing : PATCHERY
37
In ___ (in position) : SITU
42
Conjoint : UNITED
43
New thin ice : SISH
44
Peregrine : FALCON
45
Theater org. : ANTA
47
Less prevalent : RARER
48
Cover a bet : FADE
49
Unsigned, for short : ANON
50
Year in the reign of Edward VI : MDLI
51
"Mary ___ little lamb ... " : HADA
53
Karloff portrayal : OGRE
54
Part of a.s.a.p. : SOON
56
Great miler : COE
57
Bag : NAB

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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