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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, January 14, 1991

29-Down : Garnish used by chefs

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { B J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,042
Across
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African range : ATLAS
6
Wife of Saturn : OPS
9
Display : SHOW
13
___ Loa, Hawaiian volcano : MAUNA
14
Music, painting, etc. : ARTS
16
Cod or Horn : CAPE
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Having no more energy : OUTOFSTEAM
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Using speech : ORAL
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Belief : TENET
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Labor org. : CIO
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Archer William ___ : TELL
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Cooperative : SYNERGIC
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Dostoyevsky's "___ Youth" : ARAW
30
Cover : LID
31
Jerk : SCHMO
34
Festive occasion : GALA
35
Office biggie : EXEC
37
Emulate Valentino : EMOTE
39
Hazard for boaters : RIPTIDE
41
Helps : ASSISTS
43
Residue : ASHES
44
Plate : DISH
46
Observed : SEEN
47
Having hearing organs : EARED
49
P.O. item : LTR
50
Phoenician seaport : TYRE
51
Deep blue : CERULEAN
54
Hebrew measure : OMER
57
Actress Blyth : ANN
58
Ruth's mother-in-law : NAOMI
62
Fail to win : LOSE
63
Hans Brinker et al. : ICESKATERS
66
Notable periods : ERAS
67
Space org. : NASA
68
Sir Arthur ___ Doyle : CONAN
69
Burden : ONUS
70
Attention getter : PST
71
Showy flower : PEONY
Down
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I love, to Ovid : AMO
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Tight : TAUT
3
Stringed instrument : LUTE
4
Soon : ANON
5
Temptations for Jimmy Valentine : SAFES
6
Kind of meal : OAT
7
Go before : PRECEDE
8
Way up or down : STAIR
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Cocktail or weather phenomenon : SCOTCHMIST
10
Warren denizen : HARE
11
Gem for Jimmy Carter : OPAL
12
Water holder : WELL
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L.A. problems : SMOGS
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Fashioned : STYLED
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Said "Nyet!" : NIXED
25
Summer treats : ICES
26
Taj Mahal site : AGRA
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Elevate : RAISE
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It's a start : ALPHA
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Garnish used by chefs : WATERCRESS
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Shuffle along : MOSEY
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Aquatic mammal : OTTER
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Untouchables, e.g. : CASTE
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Serf of yore : ESNE
40
Words of comprehension : ISEE
42
Diminished : SHRANK
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Health problem : ILLNESS
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Sewer : DRAIN
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Open, as a bottle : UNCAP
53
Civil-rights org. : NAACP
54
Butter substitute : OLEO
55
Daybreak, to Donne : MORN
56
Jacob's twin : ESAU
59
Indian of Okla. : OTOE
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"But ___ buts": Fielding : MENO
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Persia, updated : IRAN
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Posed : SAT
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Timber bend on a ship : SNY

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3 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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