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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Saturday, March 14, 1981

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 243 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 32.2
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. 11,449
Across
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Humerus is one : BONE
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Asexual: Comb. form : AGAM
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More sincere : TRUER
14
Sermon word : AMEN
15
Quintet less duet : TRIO
16
Like pancake batter : RUNNY
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Be facetious : JEST
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Emulate a devil chaser : RANT
19
Stage device : ASIDE
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Opener at a trattoria : ANTIPASTOMISTO
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Tie or money follower : CLIP
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Inventor-clockmaker Terry : ELI
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Monkeylike : SIMIAN
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Pluperfect starter : HAD
30
Ventilated : AIRY
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In re : ANENT
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Olive for Ovid : OLEA
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Aegean island, also called Ios : NIO
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Trattoria course : SPAGHETTIALRAGU
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Energy source : SUN
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Compete for the America's Cup : SAIL
44
Chorus member : TENOR
45
Von Bismarck : OTTO
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Lab item for Dr. Carver : SOY
48
Acronymic beams : LASERS
49
Literary monogram : TSE
51
Serve, with "on" : WAIT
52
Trattoria main dish : VITELLOARROSTO
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Belief : TENET
60
Painting, to Picasso : ARTE
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Meteorological prognostication : RAIN
62
Coin for Begin : AGORA
63
Glace : ICED
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Raison d'___ : ETRE
65
Shakespeare's "are you able?" : CANST
66
Elephant's-ear : TARO
67
Cimino's "The ___ Hunter" : DEER
Down
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___ California, Mexico : BAJA
2
Straw in the wind : OMEN
3
Brooding place : NEST
4
Sirenic : ENTICING
5
"Take the ___," Strayhorn song : ATRAIN
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Get the point : GRASP
7
Solecistic contraction : AINT
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Marquand sleuth : MOTO
9
Ho Chi Minh is one : TRAIL
10
Gogol's land : RUSSIA
11
One : UNIT
12
Inside: Comb. form : ENDO
13
Gypsy gentleman : RYE
21
Writer Sylvia's family : PLATHS
22
Jason's helper : MEDEA
25
Gran ___ d'Italia, Apennine group : SASSO
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Current supplied for a circuit : INPUT
27
Intended : MEANT
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" ... this chase is ___ follow'd": Shak. : HOTLY
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Holmes called him "The Oldest" : ALI
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Like an ament's comments : INANE
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Martinet's imposition : RIGOR
33
Letter ending : YOURS
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Alpha Aquilae (star) : ALTAIR
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Tripod for Georgia O'Keeffe : EASEL
40
Pedro's uncle : TIO
41
Fixed an antique : RESTORED
46
Zoo denizens : OTTERS
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Site of Fort McIntosh : LAREDO
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Attack : SETAT
51
Din's burden : WATER
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Lope de ___, Spanish dramatist : VEGA
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Hip to : INON
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Milk, in Champagne : LAIT
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Killer whale : ORCA
56
Please a gourmand : SATE
57
Place for a tread : TIRE
58
Humdinger : ONER
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Between tic and toe : TAC

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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