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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Saturday, July 17, 1982

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 24.4
Robert Katz has 73 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,939
Across
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Type of dough : PATE
5
Scads : SLEW
9
Caron role: 1953 : LILI
13
Three monkeys' no-no : EVIL
14
Statistical trial : TTEST
15
A grandson of Eve : ENOS
16
Prized edible fungus : PERIGORDTRUFFLE
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Blende, e.g. : ORE
20
___-cat (ball game) : ONEA
21
Wrap : STOLE
22
Brainstorm : IDEA
23
Be an accomplice : ABET
25
Cultivated edible fungi : MEADOWMUSHROOMS
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Jargon : ARGOT
33
Farrow and Slavenska : MIAS
34
Séance sound : RAP
35
Jeune fille : GIRL
36
He composed "The Merry Widow" : LEHAR
38
Actress Barrie : MONA
39
Surface for Gretzky : ICE
40
Eastern solon : GURU
41
Sharp tastes : TANGS
42
Wild edible fungus : CAESARSMUSHROOM
46
___ in one's bonnet : ABEE
47
Mangel-wurzel : BEET
48
Bitter, in Bologna : AMARO
51
Pork product : LARD
52
Desert wear : ABA
55
Wild, deadly fungus : DESTROYINGANGEL
59
Turkish title : EMIR
60
Vindicate : VENGE
61
Zone : AREA
62
"And then there were ___" : NONE
63
Wine town in Piedmont : ASTI
64
Bossy's abode : BARN
Down
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Melon or pumpkin : PEPO
2
Assert : AVER
3
Balloon ___ : TIRE
4
Yalie : ELI
5
Brook : STREAM
6
Clytemnestra's mother : LEDA
7
New York time : EST
8
When Jan. comes : WTR
9
"There is nothing ___ me but honor ... ": Francis I : LEFTTO
10
Dope : INFO
11
Droop : LOLL
12
Listener's phrase : ISEE
14
" ... yielding place ___": Tennyson : TONEW
17
"Waiting for ___" : GODOT
18
Consumers : USERS
22
Teraph : IDOL
23
Tibet is here : ASIA
24
Indian caste : BHAR
25
Prestidigitation : MAGIC
26
Heath : ERICA
27
Sign a contract : AGREE
28
Sound of comprehension : UMHUM
29
Maine town : ORONO
30
Tropical fruit : MANGO
31
Twitch : SPASM
36
Play the siren : LURE
37
Gaelic : ERSE
38
Rialto : MART
40
Magda is one : GABOR
41
"___ Calls It Murder": Gardner : THEDA
43
French existentialist : SARTRE
44
Congo feeder : UBANGI
45
Suit fabric : SERGE
48
South Yemen capital : ADEN
49
Office note : MEMO
50
B ___ Baker : ASIN
51
Whisk-broom target : LINT
52
Pearl Mosque site : AGRA
53
Milwaukee brew : BEER
54
Presidential middle name : ALAN
56
Female gametes : OVA
57
Sycophant's word : YES
58
Collar : NAB

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

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