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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Saturday, February 4, 1989

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { G Q Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 21.5
Robert Katz has 73 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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A
2
J
3
A
4
M
5
A
6
B
7
E
8
D
9
P
10
A
11
C
12
E
13
S
O
L
E
14
N
O
M
A
15
D
16
A
L
A
R
17
T
H
I
R
18
T
Y
N
I
N
E
19
S
T
E
P
S
20
O
N
A
I
R
21
D
R
I
L
L
22
E
E
E
23
N
U
24
T
25
S
L
A
26
P
27
A
28
R
29
O
O
M
W
30
I
31
T
H
A
V
I
32
E
33
W
34
M
A
R
35
P
A
R
A
36
A
X
I
37
L
38
E
N
O
39
S
40
S
E
R
41
B
42
S
43
F
A
L
A
44
N
A
N
A
45
O
A
K
46
S
47
C
L
I
48
T
O
Y
49
S
50
I
51
N
T
H
E
A
52
T
T
I
C
53
A
N
N
O
54
P
L
O
55
A
56
B
57
A
58
E
D
I
59
T
60
S
61
S
P
62
L
63
A
64
T
65
H
O
U
66
S
E
I
S
N
O
67
T
A
H
O
M
E
68
A
E
R
O
69
A
E
T
N
A
70
A
D
I
T
71
B
R
A
D
72
S
S
T
S
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T
I
D
E
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,333
Across
1
In ___ (having trouble) : AJAM
5
Not up and around : ABED
9
Tempo : PACE
13
Part of a golf club : SOLE
14
Navajo, historically : NOMAD
16
Opposite of apterous : ALAR
17
Hitchcockian staircase? : THIRTYNINESTEPS
20
Walking ___ (elated) : ONAIR
21
Sergeant's forte : DRILL
22
Large shoe width : EEE
23
Chest chaser : NUT
25
Duel starter : SLAP
27
Lighthouse chamber? : AROOMWITHAVIEW
34
Where to see olas : MAR
35
Graph initiator : PARA
36
Leaf angle : AXIL
38
TV role for Sonny Shroyer : ENOS
40
Yugoslav group : SERBS
43
A predecessor of Checkers : FALA
44
Zola title : NANA
45
The ___, Epsom downs race : OAKS
47
Quarter of DCIV : CLI
48
Hellman's stash? : TOYSINTHEATTIC
53
A year in Napoli : ANNO
54
Arafat's org. : PLO
55
Saharan garb : ABA
58
Emulates Charles Dudley Warner : EDITS
61
Thud's kin : SPLAT
65
Adlerian distinction? (with "A") : HOUSEISNOTAHOME
68
Dynamic beginning : AERO
69
Vulcan's workshop : AETNA
70
This may lead to lead : ADIT
71
Park of N.H.L. fame : BRAD
72
Heathrow arrivals : SSTS
73
A waiter for no man : TIDE
Down
1
In re : ASTO
2
Silver coined by R.L.S. : JOHN
3
Former Jordanian queen : ALIA
4
Yarn originally spun in Spain : MERINO
5
Whatever : ANY
6
"M" associate : BOND
7
Eastern ruler : EMIR
8
Breakfast order : DANISH
9
One way to stand : PAT
10
Away from gusts : ALEE
11
Balenciaga creation : CAPE
12
Irish Gaelic : ERSE
15
Lucia ___ Robbia, sculptor : DELLA
18
A big dealer : TRUMP
19
Pole, e.g. : SLAV
24
"___ the night ... " : TWAS
26
Memorable Edith : PIAF
27
The last word in churches : AMEN
28
Attacked : RANAT
29
University of Me. town : ORONO
30
Pique at its peak : IRE
31
Mystic card : TAROT
32
Require : EXACT
33
"___ set up my everlasting rest": Shak. : WILLI
37
Not of the cloth : LAIC
39
Philippine skirt : SAYA
41
Tchu! : BAH
42
Straw beehive : SKEP
46
Hot sauce : SALSA
49
Old dagger : SNEE
50
Kipling was here : INDIA
51
Some pollutants : NOISES
52
Astaire-Rogers hit : TOPHAT
55
Jezebel's husband : AHAB
56
One of the wars : BOER
57
Charisma's cousin : AURA
59
Explosives : TNTS
60
A form of être : SONT
62
Napoleonic battle site: 1796 : LODI
63
Right in there : AMID
64
Place for a beret : TETE
66
Material for a permanent igloo : SOD
67
Londoners' grateful words : TAS

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

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