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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, August 2, 1993

18-Down : Type of firearm

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1
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. 15,973
Across
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Plaster of ___ : PARIS
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Stiffly neat : PRIM
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Role : PART
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Zinc ___ : OXIDE
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Hebrides isle : IONA
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On the briny : ASEA
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Blind purchase : PIGINAPOKE
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Row : TIER
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Curve to test a driver's nerve : ESS
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Satisfies : SUITS
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Top officers : BRASS
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Nugatory : PETTY
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Exact copy : CLONE
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Rio Grande city : LAREDO
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Old cap made of net : CAUL
29
Milky gem : OPAL
30
Lupine biped? : MASHER
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Ripen : AGE
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Baron Verulam : SIRFRANCISBACON
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Suffix with ethyl : ENE
40
Region surrounding Athens : ATTICA
41
Major role : LEAD
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Samoan seaport : APIA
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Friars' frivolities? : ROASTS
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Savory jelly : ASPIC
47
Ratite birds : EMEUS
49
Quoted : CITED
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Mardi Gras feature : FLOAT
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Chit : IOU
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First of all of us : ADAM
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Breakfast combo : HAMANDEGGS
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Bare : MERE
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Algerian seaport : ORAN
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They might have feet of clay : IDOLS
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Paradise : EDEN
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Writes : PENS
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He's too fond : DOTER
Down
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Adrian or Pius : POPE
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W.W. II losers : AXIS
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Outfits : RIGS
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Amin : IDI
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Felt : SENSED
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Small songbird : PIPIT
7
Anglo-Indian bread : ROOTY
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Signs : INKS
9
West or Murray : MAE
10
Kind of wagon : PATROL
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Native of Tibet, e.g. : ASIAN
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Pee Wee of baseball : REESE
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Sailors : TARS
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Type of firearm : AUTOMATIC
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Laudatory ad : BLURB
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Riches : PELF
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Relating to Julius or Augustus : CAESAREAN
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Be an also-ran : LOSE
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Neat as ___ : APIN
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Highly unusual : RARE
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Stylish : CHIC
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Square column : ANTA
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Phys. or chem. : SCI
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Top pilots : ACES
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Fall guy : GOAT
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Pass receivers : ENDS
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Speedy : RAPID
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Oh, woe! : ALAS
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Tarzan imitators? : APEMEN
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Performed in excess : OUTDID
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Gave succor : AIDED
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Gaze fixedly : STARE
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Mischa, the violinist : ELMAN
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Suffers audibly : MOANS
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"___ the dawn" : CAME
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Bus fee : FARE
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"___ Rhythm" : IGOT
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Leer's cousin : OGLE
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Former world pwr. : USSR
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Bell follower : HOP
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Tokyo of yore : EDO

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