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Robert Katz
Robert Katz

New York Times, Tuesday, September 9, 1986

Author:
Robert Katz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { K X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 19.4
Robert Katz has 73 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,454
Across
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Cause of a duel : SLAP
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Observe Yom Kippur : FAST
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Ablution : BATH
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Entice : LURE
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Collegian's specialty : MAJOR
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Canyon phenomenon : ECHO
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Rare bird : ONER
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Fla. city : OCALA
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Dance : STEP
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Self-centered traits : EGOCENTRICITIES
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Torrid : HOT
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"___ Rosenkavalier" : DER
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Polit. position : CTR
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Two of these a prison make : SING
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Went hither and thither quickly : DARTED
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Shelter sine qua non : ROOF
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Gare du ___ (Paris depot) : NORD
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Part of a ream : QUIRE
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Markedly self-reliant : INDIVIDUALISTIC
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"___ evil ... " : SEENO
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Sicilian province : ENNA
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Mexican sandwich : TACO
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Quickly, out West : PRONTO
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Six years in the Senate : TERM
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Aye neutralizer : NAY
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Paleozoic, for one : ERA
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Ares or Thor : GOD
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In a narrowly moralistic way : SELFRIGHTEOUSLY
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On the big drink : ASEA
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Inventor Howe : ELIAS
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Memorable U.S. journalist : RIIS
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Play the lead : STAR
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Criteria : NORMS
69
Kitchen follower : ETTE
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In this place : HERE
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Bird sound : TWEE
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Rhine feeder : RUHR
Down
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___ gin fizz : SLOE
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Thoracic organ : LUNG
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Mars: Comb. form : AREO
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Vantage point : PERCH
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Actuality : FACT
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Not fully closed : AJAR
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Dependable : SOLID
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Did a shamus's job : TRACED
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Carter's "Why Not the ___?" : BEST
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Playbill heading : ACTI
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"Of ___ I Sing" : THEE
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Short trips : HOPS
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Pope Paul VI : MONTINI
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Dawn goddess : EOS
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Baghdad native : IRAQI
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Bacon order : CRISP
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Paint-factory specialist : TONER
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Where broncos get busted : RODEO
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Predicament : NODE
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Sound in a sty : GRUNT
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Iron's nemesis : RUST
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Gigantic creature : TITAN
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Writer Jong : ERICA
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Hunter's ruse : DECOY
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Mickey ___ : FINN
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A Scandinavian : DANE
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Balloter : VOTER
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Big tip : LARGESS
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The East : ORIENT
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Cow's call : MOO
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Lit up : AGLOW
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Old-master Albrecht : DURER
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Window part : SASH
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Famed Italian family : ESTE
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King or Norman : LEAR
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Subway token : FARE
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Take on : HIRE
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Unexciting : TAME
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In ___ (in its original place) : SITU
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Mono or mega follower : LITH
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French-Belgian river : YSER

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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