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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Thursday, May 23, 1985

13-Across : " ... ___ saw Elba"

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { F J K Q }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 34.0
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. 12,980
Across
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Luke follower : WARM
5
"___ Little Acre" : GODS
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Withered : SERE
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" ... ___ saw Elba" : EREI
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"Olympia" painter : MANET
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Family of sorts : CLAN
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Places for dust : BINS
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How some go it : ALONE
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Audience approval : HAND
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Writer's middleman : LITERARYAGENT
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Diamond stats. : RBIS
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"The word" : MUM
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Thriller feature : ACTION
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Peaches and cream, e.g. : DESSERT
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Sand bar : SHOAL
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In ___ (not in vitro) : SITU
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Berlin's "___ a Rag Picker" : HES
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Admonition to a professor : PUBLISHORPERISH
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Marie or Jeanne: Abbr. : STE
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Heart : CORE
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Spanish inn : VENTA
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Writers' overseers : EDITORS
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Put more powder in a musket : RELOAD
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Skiff item : OAR
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Skirt type : MINI
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Another name for 19 Across et al. : TENPERCENTERS
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See 47 Across : MAXI
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Fur pieces : PELTS
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Part of R.S.V.P. : VOUS
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Nev. neighbor : ARIZ
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Idolize : ADORE
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It, in Italy : ESSO
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Kind of board : TOTE
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Bird that went bye-bye : DODO
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College V.I.P. : DEAN
Down
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Network : WEB
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Seed covering : ARIL
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Painter Guido: 1575–1642 : RENI
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Judge's judgment, sometimes : MISTRIAL
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Fetes : GALAS
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___ about (approximately) : ONOR
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Contradict : DENY
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Gets angry : STEAMSUP
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Plot : SCHEME
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Verve : ELAN
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Rave's partner : RANT
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Book part : END
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Calif. county : MARIN
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"Christ Stopped at ___" : EBOLI
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Astronaut Grissom : GUS
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Vipers : ASPS
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Rapids : CHUTE
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"Early ___ ... " : TOBED
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Some stylish garments : DIORS
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To be, in Paris : ETRE
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Large beast, for short : RHINO
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Episperm : TESTA
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Memorable restaurateur Toots : SHOR
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Roe source : SHAD
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Game accessory : SCOREPAD
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Happening : EVENT
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Unburdened : RELIEVED
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Become electrically charged : IONIZE
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Dance, in a way : TAP
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Washer setting : RINSE
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Paris subway : METRO
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Elephant's-ear : TARO
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Way out : EXIT
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Renovate : REDO
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Dolt : CLOD
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Stein's flower : ROSE
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Elam's capital : SUSA
54
Frame inside a frame : MAT
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Charles, to Elizabeth : SON

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1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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