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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Friday, April 3, 1981

27-Down : "Leave ___ Heaven," 1945 film

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 48, Avg Word Len: 4.78, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 25.5
Robert Katz has 73 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,469
Across
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Pow! : WHAM
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Wood for skis : ASH
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Steeplejack's item : IBAR
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Part of a horse collar : HAME
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Zeno was one : STOIC
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Appoint : NAME
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Acroamatic : ORAL
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Key ___, Fla. : LARGO
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Brother of Eris : ARES
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He loves man : PHILANTHROPIST
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Six, in Siena : SEI
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Half of MCII : DLI
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Man-haters : MISANTHROPES
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Money in Zagreb : DINAR
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Chaucerian pilgrim : REEVE
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"Swann's ___," Proust book : WAY
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Half the checkers, usually : REDS
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Neighbor of Tibet : BURMA
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Flank : SIDE
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Prefix for cycle or sex : UNI
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Take care of : SEETO
40
Heaters : ETNAS
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The study of man : ANTHROPOLOGY
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The path of virtue in Confucianism : TAO
45
Leave a little something : TIP
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Man-eater : ANTHROPOPHAGUS
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Did a garden job : HOED
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"A ___ santé!" : VOTRE
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Ancient Syria : ARAM
58
On the sheltered side : ALEE
59
Organic compound : ESTER
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Senate employee : PAGE
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Big-___ theory : BANG
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Trifle : TOY
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Cole follower : SLAW
Down
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Kern song : WHO
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Lyre's relative : HARP
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Oriental nurse : AMAH
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Singer Manchester et al. : MELISSAS
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Mussorgsky's "Pictures ___ Exhibition" : ATAN
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Classify : SORT
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On cloud nine : HIGH
8
Locale of two dozen blackbirds : INAPIE
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Where to visit the San Nicola Church : BARI
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Singer Ed : AMES
11
Enjoy a timeout : REST
13
Done in : SLAIN
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City ENE of Seville : CORDOVA
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Cordelia's father : LEAR
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Pitcher for Pericles : OLPE
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Aspect : MIEN
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Land where Moguls once reigned : INDIA
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More faithful : TRUER
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"Leave ___ Heaven," 1945 film : HERTO
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Swab the decks again : REMOP
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Goodman's realm : SWING
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Actress Joanne : DRU
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Call it ___ : ADAY
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Affirmative : YES
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Be ethically necessary : BEHOOVE
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Makeshift solutions : STOPGAPS
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Play the lead : STAR
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Lamb : ELIA
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Utmost: Abbr. : NTHDEG
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The ___ woman : OTHER
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Melville captain : AHAB
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Town near Naples : NOLA
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Preadult : TEEN
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Mail : POST
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Preminger : OTTO
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Mouse, to an owl : PREY
52
___ Mountains : URAL
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"Volsunga ___" : SAGA
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The spicknel : MEW

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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