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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Thursday, August 30, 1990

36-Down : Actor Belushi, by birth

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 27.9
Robert Katz has 73 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,905
Across
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Lion's hangout : LAIR
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"Thy word is ___ unto my feet ... ": Psalm 119 : ALAMP
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Command to Fido : HEEL
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Within: Comb. form : ENDO
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Not now : LATER
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Take the edge off : EASE
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"They have spread ___ ... ": Psalm 140 : ANET
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What Berra once guarded : PLATE
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Partner of crafts : ARTS
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Nay or neigh : HOMOPHONEFORNEE
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Inlet : RIA
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I.o.u., e.g. : DEBT
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Ethiopian prince : RAS
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River of Spain collector : EBRO
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Confutes : REBUTS
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Of the ear : OTIC
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Chalet feature : EAVE
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Eagle's abode : AERIE
40
Ite or clam chowder : MANHATTANCHASER
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Without embellishment : PLAIN
44
Of a time period : ERAL
45
Snappish : TART
46
Broke bread, in a way : SLICED
48
Belgium stream : YSER
50
Ar-tee connection : ESS
51
River of Switzerland : AARE
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Broadcast : AIR
55
Being or begin : ANAGRAMFORBINGE
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A neighbor of Ghana : TOGO
64
From bad to ___ : WORSE
65
Pop drink : COLA
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Kazan of Hollywood : ELIA
67
Les ___-Unis : ETATS
68
One of the Alcotts : AMOS
69
When both hands are up : NOON
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Adjust the clock : RESET
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Eft : NEWT
Down
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A wife of Jacob : LEAH
2
Part of A.D. : ANNO
3
Footnote term : IDEM
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Chopper part : ROTOR
5
From A to Z : ALPHABET
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"Namouna" composer : LALO
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___ impasse : ATAN
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Doled : METED
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Lean toward : PREFER
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Pulsation : HEARTBEAT
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Bring home the bacon : EARN
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An in-law of the Borgias : ESTE
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___-majesté : LESE
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Bird allied to a jay : PIE
22
Caribbean witchcraft : OBEAH
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Gambols : ROMPS
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In any way : ATALL
27
Horeb : SINAI
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Control a race horse's speed : RATE
30
Female gonad : OVARY
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Bears, to Ovid : URSAE
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Shea levels : TIERS
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Certain Spanish paintings : SERTS
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Actor Belushi, by birth : CHICAGOAN
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Namesakes of a Spanish queen : ENAS
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Lend ___ (listen) : ANEAR
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Most lucid : CLEAREST
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Top-___ (A1) : DRAWER
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Roast or something to roast : RIB
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Chew the scenery : EMOTE
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Puerto or Costa follower : RICAN
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" ___ o'clock scholar" : ATEN
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___ contendere : NOLO
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Exchange premium : AGIO
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Some monks : FRAS
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Italian innkeeper : OSTE
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City on Seward Peninsula : NOME
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Incandescence : GLOW
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Orient : EAST

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