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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, December 4, 1989

31-Across : Suffix with Burns

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,636
Across
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Root or Yale : ELIHU
6
Platter : DISC
10
Shoe cover : SPAT
14
Gannet : SOLAN
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"Do ___ others ... " : UNTO
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Actress Petrova : OLGA
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Caution! : EASYDOESIT
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Trepidation : FEAR
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Renegade : DESERTER
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Commence : START
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Take ten : REST
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The gift of ___ : GAB
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Papas' partners : MAMAS
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Dialects : ARGOTS
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Scandinavian sea-god : AEGIR
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Suffix with Burns : IANA
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Sr. citizens' nest eggs : IRAS
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State of being not allowable : INADMISSIBILITY
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Give temporarily : LEND
39
Barker at a circus : SEAL
40
Tibetan neighbor : NEPAL
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Exotic biblical dancer : SALOME
43
Expand : WIDEN
44
Koch and McMahon : EDS
45
Give forth : EMIT
47
Frighten : SCARE
50
Acted as chairman : PRESIDED
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Birthplace of seven U.S. Presidents : OHIO
55
Like a laborer's money : HARDEARNED
57
Mother of Helen of Troy : LEDA
58
Plant used in lotions : ALOE
59
French critic-historian: 1828-93 : TAINE
60
Was in debt : OWED
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Antitoxins : SERA
62
German seaport : EMDEN
Down
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Suffix with journal : ESE
2
Burden : LOAD
3
Pianist von Alpenheim : ILSE
4
Attorney Arthur Garfield ___ : HAYS
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Like a softball pitch : UNDERARM
6
Twosomes : DUETS
7
Gore in a garment : INSET
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Agitate : STIR
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Barracks bed : COT
10
Like some eggs : SOFTBOILED
11
Legal item : PLEA
12
Seaweed product : AGAR
13
Baker's product : TART
18
Gold holders : ORES
21
Droop : SAG
23
Snatch : GRAB
24
First king of Egypt : MENES
25
Guam's capital : AGANA
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Standing between extremes : MIDDLEROAD
27
Deep blue : ANIL
28
Worthless item : TRIPE
29
Beelzebub : SATAN
30
Suffer : AIL
31
Words of comprehension : ISEE
32
___ matter of fact : ASA
34
Scansion unit: Abbr. : SYL
36
Tenets : ISMS
37
Begin : INITIATE
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Sappho creation : ODE
43
Sagacious : WISE
45
Miscue : ERROR
46
Jason's wife : MEDEA
47
Unaccompanied : SOLO
48
Masticate : CHEW
49
Assistant : AIDE
50
Wan : PALE
51
Small amount : DRAM
52
Arthurian lady : ENID
53
Sand hill : DENE
55
Owns : HAS
56
Retreat : DEN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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