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New York Times, Monday, November 29, 1993

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Shortz
30-Down : Magnetism
TotalDebutLatest
2033/27/19742/8/1999
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01413675122
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.47891535%
Sidney L. Robbins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JKXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 154 for Mr. Robbins. Monday freshness: 0%
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© 1993, The New York Times11/29/93 ( No. 16,092 )
Across
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New Woman rival : SELF
5
One-liners : GAGS
9
Soccer legend : PELE
13
Egg-shaped : OVAL
14
TV oldie "Green ___" : ACRES
16
Vientiane's land : LAOS
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Building code requirement : FIREESCAPE
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Prod : URGE
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Pilgrim John : ALDEN
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Most pleasant : NICEST
23
Madam's mate : SIR
25
July 4, 1776, e.g. : DATE
26
Opposite of vert. : HOR
29
W. Hemisphere org. : OAS
32
Mr. Arnaz : DESI
34
The lowdown on dancing? : LIMBO
36
Kind of car or sandwich : CLUB
38
Use a crayon : COLOR
41
Ratted (on) : TOLD
42
Armbone : ULNA
43
By oneself : ALONE
44
Writer Hunter : EVAN
45
Hauls : LUGS
46
Stimulate, as curiosity : PIQUE
47
Measure out : METE
48
Provence city : ARLES
50
Stalin ruled it : USSR
52
"The Bridge of San Luis___" : REY
53
Stephen of "The Crying Game" : REA
54
Late tennis V.I.P. : ASHE
57
Dawn goddess : EOS
59
Lustrous fabric : SATEEN
61
"Faust," for one : OPERA
65
[Shock!] : GASP
67
Summer treat : WATERMELON
70
Matures : AGES
71
Go 1-1 in a doubleheader : SPLIT
72
Letterman's "Top Ten," e.g. : LIST
73
Model's position : POSE
74
"Auld Lang ___" : SYNE
75
Not so much : LESS
Down
1
Divan : SOFA
2
"Hear no___ ..." : EVIL
3
Cooking fat : LARD
4
Hightails it : FLEES
5
Oil alternative : GAS
6
U.N.C. and U.Va. grp. : ACC
7
In a lofty style : GRANDILOQUENTLY
8
Artist's brown : SEPIA
9
+ : PLUS
10
Bulldozer : EARTHMOVER
11
Captain's record : LOG
12
Language suffix : ESE
15
Church offshoot : SECT
18
Arthurian lady : ENID
22
Slippery one : EEL
24
Sum up : RECAP
27
Not quite spherical : OBLATE
28
Los Angeles motorist King : RODNEY
29
Of the eyes : OCULAR
30
Magnetism : ALLURE
31
Shades : SUNGLASSES
33
By oneself: Prefix : SOLI
35
News entry : ITEM
37
Home port : BASE
39
Burden : ONUS
40
Hall-of-Famer Pee Wee : REESE
49
Was in session : SAT
51
Motel vacancy : ROOM
55
Does needlework : SEWS
56
Mounds : HEAPS
58
"How do you ___ relief?" : SPELL
60
Church nook : APSE
62
Writer Wiesel : ELIE
63
Flagmaker Betsy : ROSS
64
Picnic pests : ANTS
65
Cumberland, e.g. : GAP
66
In the past : AGO
68
One for Wilhelm : EIN
69
Numbered rd. : RTE

Answer summary:
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