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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, June 28, 1993

41-Down : Remove, as wire on a spool

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
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
6
Vaudeville initials : RKO
9
Pierre's its cap. : SDAK
13
Eagle's home : AERIE
14
Hang fire : PEND
15
Corncob, e.g. : PIPE
16
Thwarted : FRUSTRATED
18
A ___ Able : ASIN
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Umbrageous plant : ELM
20
Address abusively : REVILE
21
Remain : STAY
22
High goals : IDEALS
23
Important acid, for short : RNA
24
Figure out : DEDUCE
28
Argentine timber tree : TALA
31
Neat as ___ : APIN
32
Poet Lazarus : EMMA
36
In two: Comb. form : DICHO
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Happen : OCCUR
43
Last word : AMEN
44
Roman fiddler : NERO
45
Auricular : OTIC
47
Primer, e.g. : READER
49
Criticize severely : PAN
51
More wan : ASHIER
55
Clare Boothe ___ : LUCE
57
Sound system : STEREO
58
Onassis nickname : ARI
61
Arabian gulf : ADEN
62
Perplexed : BEWILDERED
64
A mark of sorrow : ZERO
65
Pub drinks : ALES
66
Avoid : EVADE
67
Intruders in the dust : ANTS
68
She, objectively : HER
69
Navigators Islands, today : SAMOA
Down
1
Bistro : CAFE
2
Angler's barb : HERL
3
Calla lily, e.g. : ARUM
4
Fam. member : SIS
5
Pertaining to distance : METRIC
6
Neural networks : RETIA
7
Sound of parting day? : KNELL
8
Most peculiar : ODDEST
9
Ems and Baden-Baden : SPAS
10
Intensely worried : DISTRACTED
11
Of bees : APIAN
12
Nairobi's land : KENYA
14
Do road work : PAVE
17
Clear by payment : REDEEM
24
Base topper : DADO
25
Heroic : EPIC
26
Perplex or ruffle : DISCONCERT
27
Not sliced : UNCUT
29
Anti-hate org. : ADL
30
Tropical vine : LIANA
33
Wharton School deg. : MBA
34
Pop's partner : MOM
35
Honest ___ : ABE
37
Present : HERE
38
Scent : ODOR
40
Boundary: Comb. form : ORI
41
Remove, as wire on a spool : UNREEL
46
Algiers native quarter : CASBAH
48
Eats away : ERODES
49
Simon's "___ Suite" : PLAZA
50
"Age of Anxiety" poet : AUDEN
52
Commemorative slab : STELE
53
Lumberjack : HEWER
54
Rainbow : IRIS
56
Biblical oldster : ENOS
58
Ancient Syria : ARAM
59
Fix over : REDO
60
Germ for a novel : IDEA
63
Stowe character : EVA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 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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