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Robert Zimmerman
Robert Zimmerman

New York Times, Friday, October 9, 1992

66-Across : A 1493 landfall

Author:
Robert Zimmerman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1 Grid is asymmetric. Grid has duplicate clues.
Robert Zimmerman has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,676
Across
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Turkish official's former title : PASHA
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Some turkeys : TOMS
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Bumpkin : HICK
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On a par : EQUAL
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Landed : ALIT
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Object of worship : IDOL
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A 1493 landfall : PUERTORICO
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Blackthorn : SLOE
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Isla de Pascua : EASTER
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Closed truck : VAN
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Jazzman Fountain : PETE
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Wedding shower : RICE
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Monroe's ___ of Good Feeling : ERA
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Con game : SCAM
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Goes astray : ERRS
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Burden : ONUS
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Director of "The Four Seasons" : ALDA
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"___ we forget ... " : LEST
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Japanese-American : NISEI
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Evelyn was one : DIARIST
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Defective : UNSOUND
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Lets out : EMITS
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Titian's "___ Homo" : ECCE
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Use a dipper : LADE
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Lawyer's filing : BRIEF
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J.E.C.'s birth month : OCT
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"___ Sprach Zarathustra" : ALSO
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Avant-gardist : NEO
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Gypsy, e.g. : MOTH
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City in Lombardy : LODI
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Fenway Pk. arbiter : UMP
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Contacts : LENSES
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A 1991 war zone : IRAQ
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A 1493 landfall : GUADELOUPE
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Light brown : ECRU
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Employ : HIRE
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Inexperienced : GREEN
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Atropos, e.g. : FATE
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Oxford's form preserver : TREE
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Some stakes : ANTES
Down
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Le Moko of fiction : PEPE
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Pastel shade : AQUA
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Takes to court : SUES
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Stag : HART
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Revise : ALTER
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Sailor : TAR
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North and 9 Down : OLIVERS
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Layered mineral : MICA
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"J.F.K." director : STONE
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A 1492 landfall : HISPANIOLA
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Between engagements : IDLE
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Scoter : COOT
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"Twittering Machine" painter : KLEE
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Miradors : ORIELS
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Labyrinth site in mythology : CRETE
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Ziegler and Reagan : RONS
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Nigerian-born pop singer : SADE
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Scale : CLIMB
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Oil-fires fighter : ADAIR
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A 1502 landfall : MARTINIQUE
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Fine plaster : STUCCO
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Ordinary : USUAL
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Posts : SENDS
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Concept: Comb. form : IDEO
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"___ Your Face Before Me" : ISEE
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Vex : NETTLE
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Regard as similar : COMPARE
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Battled : FOUGHT
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Wyeth model : HELGA
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Willingly, to Shakespeare : LIEF
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"Jaws" vessel : ORCA
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A Frenchman's flèche : DART
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U.S. naturalist: 1838-1914 : MUIR
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Norse goddess : NORN
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Mincemeat ingredient : SUET
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Sign-language inventor : EPEE
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Huguenots' city : SENS
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Duant : DEE

Answer summary:
3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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