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Robert Herrig
Robert Herrig

New York Times, Tuesday, October 5, 1993

37-Down : Familiar OPEC figure

Author:
Robert Herrig
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 31.3
Robert Herrig has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,037
Across
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Olympic judge, for one : RATER
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Use lots : CAST
10
Pier site : PORT
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Habituate : ENURE
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Wasatch ski resort : ALTA
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Declare : AVER
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Aweigh : ATRIP
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Mountain lake : TARN
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Starting half? : DEMI
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Bowler's margin of comfort? : PINCUSHION
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Slow flow : DRIP
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N.F.L. sudden-death situation : TIE
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Reconcile differences : MEDIATE
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Halts : SUSPENDS
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Jimmy's successor : RON
32
Bubbly place? : ASTI
33
Cut short : CROP
35
Trolls' first cousins : OGRES
39
Foul-sounding container? : VIAL
40
Like a jug of corn? : EARED
42
A year and a day, e.g. : TIME
43
Anthony Eden's peers : EARLS
45
Until the wee hours : LATE
46
Auditory : OTIC
47
Killer whale : ORC
49
Religious school : SEMINARY
51
British actress Estelle ___ : WINWOOD
55
Andrew, to Charles : SIB
56
"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
57
Giving a boost : BOLSTERING
63
Large green moth : LUNA
64
Precinct : AREA
65
Richards of tennis : RENEE
66
Dortmund donkey : ESEL
67
Connect : LINK
68
Bury : INTER
69
Office fixture : DESK
70
English art patron: 1819-99 : TATE
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Emulate the Magi : ADORE
Down
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Fell a crop : REAP
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Adverse beginning : ANTI
3
Deviation : TURN
4
First name in exploration : ERIC
5
Fame : REPUTE
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Chartres attraction : CATHEDRAL
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Senator Thurmond : STROM
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Leatherworker : TANNER
10
London train station : PADDINGTON
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___ barrel : OVERA
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Pay back : REMIT
13
Codswallop : TRIPE
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Because : SINCE
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Scooby-___ (TV cartoon dog) : DOO
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Retain : SAVE
27
American info. source : USIA
28
Lead a troupe : STAR
29
Day-Hudson comedy: 1959 : PILLOWTALK
30
Marsh birds : SORAS
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Synonym for "the love of Mike" : PETESSAKE
36
Hayworth or Gam : RITA
37
Familiar OPEC figure : EMIR
38
First aide, for short? : SECY
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Resign : DEMIT
44
Nearly full sign : SRO
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Shade of blue : COBALT
50
Spain and Portugal : IBERIA
51
Enticed : WILED
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Not unoccupied : INUSE
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Good marks from 1 Across : NINES
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Andrea ___ : DORIA
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Advanced money : LENT
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Pull apart : REND
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Preoccupied with : INTO
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Poetic contraction : NEER
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Officer-gentleman? : GERE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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