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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Saturday, April 27, 1985

54-Down : First radio station

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 33.0 Grid has duplicate clues.
Robert Katz has 73 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,954
Across
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Nail type : SPAD
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Moslem's divinity : ALLAH
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Munich's river : ISAR
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Berg opera : LULU
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Doughboy's ally : POILU
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Catch sight of : NOTE
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Yemeni, e.g. : ARAB
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Gourmand or gourmet : EATER
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La ___ tar pits : BREA
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Former "capital" in the U.S. : BERLINNH
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Donnybrook participant : RIOTER
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Hostels : INNS
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Holy: Comb. form : SACR
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Meager : SCANTY
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"Capital" in the U.S. : ATHENSGA
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Canonical hour : TERCE
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"I Promessi ___," Manzoni classic : SPOSI
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Bi plus one : TRI
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AMPAS prize : OSCAR
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Type of ct. of law : APP
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Slander : SMEAR
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Map abbr. : RTE
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Lemur of Asia : LORIS
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Actress Lenya : LOTTE
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"Capital" in the U.S. : MADRIDIA
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Formed into a bulk : MASSED
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Slaughter of baseball : ENOS
48
Hence, to Hadrian : HINC
49
Way : MANNER
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"Capital" in the U.S. : LONDONKY
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Landed : ALIT
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Deliver rhetoric : ORATE
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Ample : WIDE
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Tatter's product : LACE
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In the red : UNDER
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Miss Chase : ILKA
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Prevaricated : LIED
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Rides on the briny : SAILS
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Letter opener : DEAR
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Thick slice : SLAB
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Unadulterated : PURE
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Winged : ALAR
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"Capital" in the U.S. : DUBLINCA
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"___ for your thoughts" : APENNY
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Bankers' transactions : LOANS
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Neo follower : LITH
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Pub offering : ALE
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Cheers : HURRAHS
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Hereditary : INBORN
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Classify : SORT
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Suit to ___ : ATEE
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Bring up : REAR
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Do a seamstress's job : INTERLINE
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Arctic sight : ICEISLAND
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These can be full : STOPS
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Kind of window or warning : STORM
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Basket in 50 Down : CESTA
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Curved like a rainbow : ARCED
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Via ___ (Roman road) : APPIA
30
MS. words : STETS
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Rub the wrong way : GRATE
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Made public : AIRED
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Ranis' wardrobe items : SARIS
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"Capital" in the U.S. : MOSCOWID
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Scentful : ODOROUS
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Signed a lease : RENTED
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U.M.W. members : MINERS
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Bellhop's milieu : HOTEL
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Shopping zone : MALL
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Airport for Cannes : NICE
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___-da (highfalutin) : LADI
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Blue or White stream : NILE
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First radio station : KDKA
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On Mars, this is 687 days : YEAR
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Gene component : RNA

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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