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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Saturday, November 10, 1984

32-Across : R.b.i., e.g.

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 33.5
Robert Katz has 73 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,786
Across
1
Loud noises : BAMS
5
Out front : AHEAD
10
Launching sites : PADS
14
"Step ___!" : ONIT
15
Amazon feeder : NEGRO
16
One bad way to run : AMOK
17
Trophies : OSCARGRAMMYTONY
20
Like a firearm : BARRELED
21
Region of ancient Greece : IONIA
22
Part of Mao's name : TSE
23
Burns poem : ANNA
24
Freight-car type : COALER
27
"When I was ___ ... " : ALAD
28
Tillie the Toiler's boyfriend : MAC
31
Kind of ink : INDIA
32
R.b.i., e.g. : STAT
33
Roman-fleuve : SAGA
34
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Viet ___ : CONG
38
Guthrie the younger : ARLO
39
Exodus land : EGYPT
40
Unclose, to Keats : OPE
41
___-dieu : PRIE
42
"On a clear day you ___ ... " : CANSEE
43
"Educating ___," 1983 film : RITA
44
___ loss : ATA
45
Coney Island feature : BEACH
47
Scolder's action : BERATING
52
54
Sarah ___ Jewett : ORNE
55
Wed : UNITE
56
Hurdy-gurdy : ROTA
57
String, in a way : BEAD
58
Solitaire stock : TALON
59
Conductor Peter ___ : EROS
Down
1
Type of tube : BOOB
2
Big Dipper part : ANSA
3
Minute: Comb. form : MICR
4
Scary or wondrous : STARTLING
5
He may get the blues : ANGLER
6
Now's partner : HERE
7
Mild expletive : EGAD
8
Gunrunning unit : ARM
9
Rule the roost : DOMINATE
10
Kind of rice : PATNA
11
Mine, in Marseille : AMOI
12
Portuguese lady : DONA
13
High "measure" : SKY
18
Open and shut : RESEAL
19
"___ Cassius has a lean ... " : YOND
23
Southwestern aspen : ALAMO
24
Great Lakes food fish (we kid you not) : CISCO
25
"___ of Old Smokey" : ONTOP
26
" ... more an antique Roman than ___": Shak. : ADANE
27
Start of a Dickens title : ATALE
28
___ Thanksgiving Day Parade (N.Y.C. event) : MACYS
29
Awestruck : AGAPE
30
Brahman is one : CASTE
32
Mideast land : SYRIA
33
John Hancock : SIGNATURE
35
Truffle : EARTHNUT
36
Ropes for vaqueros : REATAS
41
___ Rivera, Calif. : PICO
42
Sway sharply : CAREEN
43
Assigned X or PG, e.g. : RATED
45
Yawn maker : BORE
46
Lab heater : ETNA
47
Recipe word : BOIL
48
This, to Pedro : ESTO
49
Frankenstein's aide in films : IGOR
50
Western org. : NATO
51
Fat, in France : GRAS
52
Pipe material, for short : COB
53
Gene stuff: Abbr. : RNA

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

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