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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Saturday, July 17, 1982

59-Across : Turkish title

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
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Prized edible fungus : PERIGORDTRUFFLE
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Blende, e.g. : ORE
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___-cat (ball game) : ONEA
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Wrap : STOLE
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Brainstorm : IDEA
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Be an accomplice : ABET
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Cultivated edible fungi : MEADOWMUSHROOMS
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Jargon : ARGOT
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Farrow and Slavenska : MIAS
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Séance sound : RAP
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Jeune fille : GIRL
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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
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Turkish title : EMIR
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Vindicate : VENGE
61
Zone : AREA
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"And then there were ___" : NONE
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Wine town in Piedmont : ASTI
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Bossy's abode : BARN
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Melon or pumpkin : PEPO
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Assert : AVER
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Balloon ___ : TIRE
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Yalie : ELI
5
Brook : STREAM
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Clytemnestra's mother : LEDA
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New York time : EST
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When Jan. comes : WTR
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"There is nothing ___ me but honor ... ": Francis I : LEFTTO
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Dope : INFO
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Droop : LOLL
12
Listener's phrase : ISEE
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" ... yielding place ___": Tennyson : TONEW
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"Waiting for ___" : GODOT
18
Consumers : USERS
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Teraph : IDOL
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Tibet is here : ASIA
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Indian caste : BHAR
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Prestidigitation : MAGIC
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Heath : ERICA
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Sign a contract : AGREE
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Sound of comprehension : UMHUM
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Maine town : ORONO
30
Tropical fruit : MANGO
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Twitch : SPASM
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Play the siren : LURE
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Rialto : MART
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Magda is one : GABOR
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"___ Calls It Murder": Gardner : THEDA
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French existentialist : SARTRE
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Congo feeder : UBANGI
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Suit fabric : SERGE
48
South Yemen capital : ADEN
49
Office note : MEMO
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B ___ Baker : ASIN
51
Whisk-broom target : LINT
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Pearl Mosque site : AGRA
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Milwaukee brew : BEER
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Presidential middle name : ALAN
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Female gametes : OVA
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Sycophant's word : YES
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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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