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Sidney L. Robbins
New York Times, Friday, January 7, 1977
23-Across : Postal abbr.
Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 A | 2 F | 3 R | 4 O | 5 R | 6 O | 7 L | 8 L | 9 S | 10 A | 11 C | 12 K |
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13 F | R | A | U | 14 E | D | I | E | 15 O | M | A | H | A |
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16 F | A | S | T | 17 E | N | E | R | S | 18 F | O | R | A | Y |
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19 T | H | E | R | E | S | A | S | 20 U | C | K | E | R | ||
21 R | I | G | S | 22 N | A | Y | ||||||||
23 R | 24 F | 25 D | 26 N | E | A | 27 C | A | P | 28 S | 29 O | 30 U |
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31 U | R | I | 32 A | 33 T | O | R | R | 34 E | N | T | S |
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35 B | O | R | N | 36 E | 37 V | 38 E | R | Y | M | I | N | U | T | E |
39 E | S | T | I | M | A | T | E | 40 E | B | E | R |
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41 S | T | Y | 42 B | L | A | 43 B | 44 U | 45 S | 46 S | R | S |
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47 P | A | S | 48 I | R | E | 49 S | ||||||||
50 P | 51 H | I | N | E | 52 A | 53 S | B | A | R | N | 54 U | 55 M | ||
56 S | L | I | N | K | 57 P | A | L | E | F | A | C | E | 58 S |
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59 T | A | R | E | S | 60 E | M | E | U | 61 I | L | S | E |
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62 E | Y | E | D | 63 S | E | S | S | 64 L | A | S | T |
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,009
Across
1
Hairdo : AFRO
5
Rock's partner : ROLL
9
Sad ___ : SACK
13
Housewife : FRAU
14
Miss Adams : EDIE
15
Indian of Midwest : OMAHA
16
Zippers, e.g. : FASTENERS
18
Raid : FORAY
19
Start of a cynicism about people : THERESASUCKER
21
Manipulates : RIGS
22
Denial : NAY
23
Postal abbr. : RFD
26
Educ. group : NEA
27
___ the climax : CAP
28
Old French coin : SOU
31
Auk genus : URIA
33
Downpours : TORRENTS
35
Rest of cynicism : BORNEVERYMINUTE
39
Educated guess : ESTIMATE
40
Descendant of Shem : EBER
41
Eye trouble : STY
42
College degree : BLA
43
Vehicle : BUS
46
Grownup jrs. : SRS
47
Dance step : PAS
48
Irritates : IRES
50
Source of the cynicism : PHINEASBARNUM
56
Move seductively : SLINK
57
Indians' nemeses : PALEFACES
59
Wrapping weights : TARES
60
Flightless bird : EMEU
61
Fraulein's name : ILSE
62
Ogled : EYED
63
Meeting: Abbr. : SESS
64
Shoemaker's need : LAST
Down
1
Debating side: Abbr. : AFF
2
Campus group : FRAT
3
Impetuous : RASH
4
Kind of space : OUTER
5
Go back on : RENEGE
6
Soviet city : ODESSA
7
Genoa money : LIRA
8
Partner of more : LESS
9
Like some fireplaces : SMOKY
10
Swiss river : AARE
11
Burn : CHAR
12
Francis or Kendall : KAY
15
"On the Isle ___" : OFCAPRI
17
Cobh's land : ERIN
20
Deprive of weapons : UNARM
23
Yokels : RUBES
24
David or Robert : FROST
25
Like some tricks : DIRTY
27
Bashful : COY
28
Affronts : SNUBS
29
Aquatic animal : OTTER
30
Consumers : USERS
32
Cuckoo : ANI
33
Three, in Italy : TRE
34
Chemical suffix : ENE
36
Dams up : EMBANKS
37
Concert piece : VALSE
38
Greek letter : ETA
43
Gideon offerings : BIBLES
44
Sacred asp : URAEUS
45
One in servitude : SERF
47
Yearned : PINED
49
Slowpoke : SNAIL
50
___ possum : PLAY
51
Rent : HIRE
52
Zoo animals : APES
53
Duplicate : SAME
54
Calif. campus : UCLA
55
Disorder : MESS
56
___ Marie : STE
58
Fixed : SET
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 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.