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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Tuesday, January 9, 1979

64-Across : Gen. Wingate

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,654
Across
1
One source of energy : ATOM
5
Detect : SPOT
9
Ishmael's captain : AHAB
13
Tax : LEVY
14
" ___, Juanita ... " : NITA
15
Cremona violinmaker : AMATI
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One of three monkeys : SEENOEVIL
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Arty party : SALON
19
Infrequently : ONRAREOCCASIONS
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Senator from Colorado : HART
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Blunderbuss : GUN
23
Path of a circle : ARC
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Ghent's river : LYS
27
Word with East or North : FAR
28
Fast plane : SST
31
Star in the neck of the Whale : MIRA
33
Estrange : ALIENATE
35
Infrequently : EVERYNOWANDTHEN
39
Safeguards : BASTIONS
40
Drone's home : HIVE
41
High, in music : ALT
42
Arafat's org. : PLO
43
Here, in Paris : ICI
46
Put chips down : BET
47
Health resort : SPA
48
Type of jerk : SODA
50
Infrequently : ONCEINABLUEMOON
58
"___, ho!" : HEAVE
59
Afternoon TV fare : SOAPOPERA
60
___ nest (hoax) : MARES
61
Cultivate : TEND
62
Loosen : UNDO
63
Bren's cousin : STEN
64
Gen. Wingate : ORDE
65
"Gigi" playwright : LOOS
Down
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Too : ALSO
2
Suffix meaning ten : TEEN
3
Done : OVER
4
Tropical bird : MYNAH
5
Contemptuous : SNEERY
6
Axles : PIVOTS
7
Of the ear : OTIC
8
Baby powder : TALC
9
With full force : AMAIN
10
Nimbus : HALO
11
Like ___ of bricks : ATON
12
Compartments for coal : BINS
15
Confident : ASSURED
17
Type of surgeon : ORAL
20
Once more : AGAIN
23
One-celled body : AMEBA
24
Competitor : RIVAL
25
Wave top : CREST
27
Ga. neighbor : FLA
28
Sir, in Bombay : SAHIB
29
Jockey Cauthen : STEVE
30
Doctrine : TENET
32
Bonsai, for one : ART
33
Cries of disgust : AWS
34
Kind of degree : NTH
36
Radical young activists: Slang : YIPPIES
37
Philip or Lloyd : NOLAN
38
Yoko ___ : ONO
43
Ellis or Long : ISLAND
44
___ grâce (finishing blow) : COUPDE
45
Thought: Comb. form : IDEO
47
Lucky number : SEVEN
49
Sealed glass bulb : AMPUL
50
Units of resistance : OHMS
51
Straight, at the bar : NEAT
52
Tender loving ___ : CARE
53
Anent : ASTO
54
Jan Smuts, e.g. : BOER
55
Princess with a vinous touch : OENO
56
Church booklet : ORDO
57
Ancient temple : NAOS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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