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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, June 28, 1993

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { G J Q X }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 24.7
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,938
Across
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Gorge-ous place? : CHASM
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Vaudeville initials : RKO
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Pierre's its cap. : SDAK
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Eagle's home : AERIE
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Hang fire : PEND
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Corncob, e.g. : PIPE
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Thwarted : FRUSTRATED
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A ___ Able : ASIN
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Umbrageous plant : ELM
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Address abusively : REVILE
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Remain : STAY
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High goals : IDEALS
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Important acid, for short : RNA
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Figure out : DEDUCE
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Argentine timber tree : TALA
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Neat as ___ : APIN
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Poet Lazarus : EMMA
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In two: Comb. form : DICHO
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Happen : OCCUR
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Last word : AMEN
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Roman fiddler : NERO
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Auricular : OTIC
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Primer, e.g. : READER
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Criticize severely : PAN
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More wan : ASHIER
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Clare Boothe ___ : LUCE
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Sound system : STEREO
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Onassis nickname : ARI
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Arabian gulf : ADEN
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Perplexed : BEWILDERED
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A mark of sorrow : ZERO
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Pub drinks : ALES
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Avoid : EVADE
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Intruders in the dust : ANTS
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She, objectively : HER
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Navigators Islands, today : SAMOA
Down
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Bistro : CAFE
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Angler's barb : HERL
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Calla lily, e.g. : ARUM
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Fam. member : SIS
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Pertaining to distance : METRIC
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Neural networks : RETIA
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Sound of parting day? : KNELL
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Most peculiar : ODDEST
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Ems and Baden-Baden : SPAS
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Intensely worried : DISTRACTED
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Of bees : APIAN
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Nairobi's land : KENYA
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Do road work : PAVE
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Clear by payment : REDEEM
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Base topper : DADO
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Heroic : EPIC
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Perplex or ruffle : DISCONCERT
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Not sliced : UNCUT
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Anti-hate org. : ADL
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Tropical vine : LIANA
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Wharton School deg. : MBA
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Pop's partner : MOM
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Honest ___ : ABE
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Present : HERE
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Scent : ODOR
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Boundary: Comb. form : ORI
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Remove, as wire on a spool : UNREEL
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Algiers native quarter : CASBAH
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Eats away : ERODES
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Simon's "___ Suite" : PLAZA
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"Age of Anxiety" poet : AUDEN
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Commemorative slab : STELE
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Lumberjack : HEWER
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Rainbow : IRIS
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Biblical oldster : ENOS
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Ancient Syria : ARAM
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Fix over : REDO
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Germ for a novel : IDEA
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Stowe character : EVA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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