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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Tuesday, April 20, 1982

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K X }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 42.1 Grid has duplicate clues.
Robert Katz has 73 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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H
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A
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L
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F
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A
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R
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M
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A
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S
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S
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A
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P
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S
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A
L
A
R
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L
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H
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Q
U
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I
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S
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N
A
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L
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M
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A
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U
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P
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Z
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Z
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S
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P
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I
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Z
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E
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A
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L
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A
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D
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N
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A
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H
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C
L
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A
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S
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H
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I
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S
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C
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C
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T
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S
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P
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H
S
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T
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S
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H
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M
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L
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G
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O
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E
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S
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U
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S
S
R
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A
M
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N
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B
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I
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A
G
O
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F
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O
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U
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N
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F
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E
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V
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I
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A
G
R
A
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S
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N
O
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R
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A
R
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D
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T
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O
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S
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E
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,851
Across
1
It's better than no loaf : HALF
5
A's slugger : ARMAS
10
Fools : SAPS
14
Winglike : ALAR
15
Tether : LEASH
16
___ d'Orsay, Paris : QUAI
17
"Mens ___ ... " : SANA
18
Witch : LAMIA
19
Single : UNAL
20
Rome "must" : PIAZZASANPIETRO
23
Founder of Stoicism : ZENO
24
Spanish queen : ENA
25
Kitchen aid : LADLE
28
Slangy negative : NAH
31
Fail to hit it off : CLASH
35
What "video" means : ISEE
36
Kind of brick or cement : SILICA
38
Bee follower : CEE
39
Rome "must" : THESPANISHSTEPS
42
Seamstress's concern : HEM
43
Roman deputy : LEGATE
44
Old English coins : ORAS
45
Follow : ENSUE
47
Byelorussia is one: Abbr. : SSR
48
Mosey : AMBLE
49
Catch a thief : NAB
51
Othello's "consigliere" : IAGO
53
Rome "must" : FOUNTAINOFTREVI
61
Where to visit the Taj Mahal : AGRA
62
Kind of pool : STENO
63
Caboose's locale : REAR
64
An Arnaz : DESI
65
S.A. timber tree : TENIO
66
Salmagundi : OLIO
67
Do an energy-saving job : SEAL
68
Build : ERECT
69
Keenan or Ed : WYNN
Down
1
Fastener : HASP
2
Jai ___ : ALAI
3
Actress Turner : LANA
4
Unnerves : FRAZZLES
5
Poe's middle name : ALLAN
6
Arguments : REASONINGS
7
Doll's word : MAMA
8
B ___ Baker : ASIN
9
Dieter's worry : SHAPE
10
Rat on the mob : SQUEAL
11
Dad's sister, e,g, : AUNT
12
Carson's predecessor : PAAR
13
Barn's neighbor : SILO
21
Last letter : ZEE
22
"People of the sun" : INCAS
25
Supple : LITHE
26
White-faced : ASHEN
27
Musicologist Taylor : DEEMS
29
A.k.a. : ALIAS
30
Like a ham's performance : HISTRIONIC
32
Sour : ACERB
33
Plant part : SEPAL
34
Writer Hermann : HESSE
36
So, in Scotland : SAE
37
Guevara : CHE
40
Kilt feature : PLEAT
41
Song from "Annie" : TOMORROW
46
Use a claw hammer : UNNAIL
48
Ten-pct. person : AGT
50
Recipe instruction : BASTE
52
On the move : AFOOT
53
Pet rock and hula hoop : FADS
54
S-shaped molding : OGEE
55
___ Major : URSA
56
Via Appia's kin : ITER
57
Hawaiian goose : NENE
58
Slippery : EELY
59
Conceited : VAIN
60
Something to pump : IRON

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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