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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, January 26, 1981

15-Across : Chaff

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,402
Across
1
Townshend ___: 1767 : ACTS
5
Type of vote : STRAW
10
Cotillion : BALL
14
Cerulean : BLUE
15
Chaff : TEASE
16
Hawaiian thrush : OMAO
17
Likely victims of con artists : BABESINTHEWOODS
20
Hurricane center : EYE
21
They rarely meet : ENDS
22
Stubborn as ___ : AMULE
23
Captures : BAGS
24
He feeds feasters for a fee : CATERER
26
N.Y. in 1775, for one : COLONY
29
More intelligent : SANER
30
College town in Iowa : AMES
31
Staid : SOBER
32
"___ Girls" : LES
35
Parental putdown : MOTHERKNOWSBEST
39
Grass on the streets : POT
40
Inclined, in London : LEANT
41
Theater org. : ANTA
42
Like N.Y.'s Trade Center : LOFTY
43
"___ therefore unto Caesar ... " : RENDER
45
Vague sense of discomfort : MALAISE
48
Mardi Gras Fountain : PETE
49
Encourages an evildoer : ABETS
50
Redeem : SAVE
51
Age : ERA
54
Santa in England : FATHERCHRISTMAS
58
"Picnic" playwright : INGE
59
Apes owls : HOOTS
60
Flirt : WINK
61
Commotions : ADOS
62
Stout : OBESE
63
Mel and Ed of baseball : OTTS
Down
1
Title of respect for a French cleric : ABBE
2
Orator Henry : CLAY
3
TV item : TUBE
4
Bishopric : SEE
5
Tightfisted : STINGY
6
Cares for : TENDS
7
Word of disgust : RATS
8
Wood for skis : ASH
9
Tiny : WEE
10
Dog on TV : BOOMER
11
Pierre's passion : AMOUR
12
Chef's spoon : LADLE
13
He may be sore : LOSER
18
O'Casey or Connery : SEAN
19
A memorable Ethel : WATERS
23
Pretentious nonsense : BOSH
24
Discoverer of Nova Scotia: 1497 : CABOT
25
Once more : ANEW
26
Creator of the QB position : CAMP
27
Book in which Doctor Long Ghost appears : OMOO
28
Baltic native : LETT
29
Al Jolson's "Boy" : SONNY
31
Cheap follower : SKATE
32
Lease's partner : LEND
33
Town near Padua : ESTE
34
Subject of a Keatsian sonnet : STAR
36
Fictional imp at the Plaza : ELOISE
37
They whistle while they work : REFS
38
Ruin : BANE
42
Cabinetmakers' tools : LATHES
43
Edit : REVISE
44
Seasons in Savoie : ETES
45
"Valachi Papers" subject : MAFIA
46
"___ of angels ... " : ABAND
47
Released : LETGO
48
Splits : PARTS
50
Galosh, e.g. : SHOE
51
Utter : EMIT
52
Do some tub-thumping : RANT
53
Inquires : ASKS
55
Letter before sigma : RHO
56
Black-headed sea gull : COB
57
Tenth of a score : TWO

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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