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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Tuesday, October 6, 1992

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 234 (avg 1.26)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 26.4
Robert Katz has 73 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,673
Across
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"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
5
Data-converting device : MODEM
10
First victim : ABEL
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Arp's art : DADA
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Houston's The Summit, e.g. : ARENA
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Winning margin : NOSE
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Count calories : DIET
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Golf great : SNEAD
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Bag type : TOTE
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Actor Tom's vacation? : CRUISESCRUISE
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Bus. degree : MBA
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Chris attachment : TINA
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Cakes' partner : ALE
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Eight in 9 Down : OCHO
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More unpredictable : DICIER
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Cause a ho-hum : BORE
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Rake : ROUE
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Papal headgear : TIARA
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Actor Jeff's dental work? : BRIDGESSBRIDGES
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Walking ___ (elated) : ONAIR
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Raison d'___ : ETRE
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Orgs. of sorts : SOCS
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Aunts, in Arles : TANTES
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Mediocre : SOSO
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Jeanne d'Arc, e.g. : STE
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Wine combiner : OENO
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Degs. for trestle builders : CES
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Actress Kathleen's old master? : TURNERSTURNER
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Spydom name : HARI
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Harden : ENURE
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Not written : ORAL
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Lanchester or Maxwell : ELSA
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Helicopter part : ROTOR
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Soprano Ponselle : ROSA
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Genuine : REAL
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Cancels the dele : STETS
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Spot : ESPY
Down
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Offer an afterthought : ADD
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Secular : LAIC
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Baltic Sea feeder : ODER
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Ryan's daughter : TATUM
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"___ in Rome," Burton film : MASSACRE
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Calvados neighbor : ORNE
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These are worse than cees : DEES
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Stage : ENACT
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Prado's locale : MADRID
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Heartburn cures: Var. : ANTIACIDS
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Bravos' opposites : BOOS
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Ferrara family : ESTE
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Grant's adversary : LEE
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Nigerian native : IBO
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Stati ___ (United States) : UNITI
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Monastic title : ABBOT
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Doone of fiction : LORNA
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Of a Great Lake : ERIAN
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Nylons : HOSE
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Deposes : OUSTS
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Plummer and Ferrer, e.g. : IAGOS
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Build a building : ERECT
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Lesser civet : RASSE
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Publisher's article : EDITORIAL
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Zaragoza's river : EBRO
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March 17 color : GREEN
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Lifesavers : RESCUERS
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Scoffs : SNEERS
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"___ the ramparts ... " : OER
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"To be ___ to be" : ORNOT
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Saw at night : SNORE
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Two cities' story : TALE
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Major or Minor : URSA
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Flock of mallards : SUTE
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A gait : TROT
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Amor, to Aristotle : EROS
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Harsh sound : RASP
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" ... bells on ___ toes" : HER
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Ballad : LAY

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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