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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Wednesday, November 6, 1991

33-Down : Back-room plotters

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Robert Katz has 73 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,338
Across
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Grad : ALUM
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Like the best laugh : LAST
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Actress Moore : DEMI
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___ Ridge, famed horse : RIVA
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Mercator work : ATLAS
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Knowledgeable about : UPON
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Eastern power wielder : EMIR
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Norman Vincent : PEALE
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Actor Robert De ___ : NIRO
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Big names in TV : ABCCBSNBCANDCNN
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Make haste : HIE
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___ vs. Wade : ROE
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Used a calculator : ADDED
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Apple-pie maker : MOM
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Don't just stand there : REACT
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Chasers of bees : CEES
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Put back in the microwave : REWARM
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Book by Nabokov : DAR
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Big names in educ. : UCLAMITNYUANDBU
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Light-bulb man's monogram : TAE
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"I have ___ ... ": M.L.K. Jr. : ADREAM
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Expression of sadness : ALAS
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Church figure : ELDER
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Sea hawk : ERN
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Food fish : SMELT
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Kind of sync : LIP
51
Tracks connection : TIE
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Big names in intl. orgs. : NATOOASUNANDEEC
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Crooked : ALOP
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Lorelei, e.g. : SIREN
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Risqué : RACY
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Ache : PINE
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What some do to a quarry : STALK
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Memorable publisher : OCHS
67
Nice summers : ETES
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Building additions : ELLS
69
Unit of illumination : PHOT
Down
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Vicinage : AREA
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Chance-taker's perch : LIMB
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___ acid, from grapes : UVIC
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Italian noblewoman : MARCHESA
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Run out : LAPSE
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" ... ___ o'clock scholar" : ATEN
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Piece of the rock : SLAB
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Baby powder : TALC
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"Crocodile ___" : DUNDEE
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"Poema del Cid," e.g. : EPIC
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Cockcrow : MORN
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Privy to : INON
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Catch in a gunlock : SEAR
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Auction nod : BID
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Shearer or Rae : NORMA
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Opposite of obtuse : ACUTE
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Sticker, for short : DECAL
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Struck out : DELED
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About 39 inches in Soho : METRE
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Landlord : OWNER
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A Yucatán native : MAYAN
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Drive meshuga : ADDLE
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Back-room plotters : CABAL
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Rely on : TRUST
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Disencumber : RID
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Cuba libre component : RUM
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Cuomo or Lanza : MARIO
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Brag, in a way : NAMEDROP
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Flees to wed : ELOPES
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Peccadillo : SIN
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By me, in cards : PASS
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Cisterns : TANKS
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Scruff : NAPE
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Got off a Spad : ALIT
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Hue : TONE
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Lot or spot : SITE
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Russian river : URAL
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"Our ___," Gershwin musical : NELL
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Other preceder : EACH
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Reverberate : ECHO
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Sac; vesicle : CYST

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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