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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Friday, October 31, 1975

36-Across : Thumb-twiddling status

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 13, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,575
Across
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Little Sir ___ : ECHO
5
Rut of a sort : HABIT
10
___ up (increase) : STEP
14
"I'd just as ___" : SOON
15
Greek weights : OBOLI
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Andes wind : PUNO
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Burden for a waiter : TIMEONONESHANDS
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Drink : ALE
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Noah's scout : DOVE
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Remove : ERASE
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Links call : FORE
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N. Z. parrots : KEAS
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Snouted animals : TAPIRS
29
Veal orders : CUTLETS
32
Japanese apricots : UMES
33
Do C.P.A. work : AUDIT
34
Dry or tommy : ROT
36
Thumb-twiddling status : NOTHINGMUCHTODO
40
Big ___ of Calif. : SUR
41
Godunov : BORIS
42
"Once ___ a ... " : UPON
43
Brownish pink : ROSETAN
45
Sultans' collections : HAREMS
47
Very, in Paris : TRES
48
Cape Hatteras sight : HULK
49
Very, in music : ASSAI
52
Miss Bayes : NORA
53
Stir : ADO
56
Advice to the edgy : SITBACKANDRELAX
60
Running track : OVAL
61
Manikin : MODEL
62
___ mecum : VADE
63
Word for Ben Jonson : RARE
64
Sleuth Sam : SPADE
65
Later : ANON
Down
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This, in Spain : ESTA
2
Rope arrangement : COIL
3
Type of run : HOME
4
"___ more time" : ONE
5
Aces, kings, etc. : HONORS
6
"This ___ all ... " : ABOVE
7
Mother Hubbard's quest : BONE
8
___ de France : ILE
9
Poetic word : TIS
10
Like receding hair : SPARSE
11
Sandwich filler : TUNA
12
Difficult things to make meet : ENDS
13
Attitude : POSE
18
Scent : ODOR
19
"To your ___!" : HEALTH
23
Gefi1te ___ : FISH
24
African antelopes : KUDUS
25
Noun suffix : ETIC
26
Receptacles : TUNS
27
___-propre : AMOUR
28
Rock: Prefix : PETRO
29
Cookery seed : CUMIN
30
Figure of speech : TROPE
31
Wicked city : SODOM
33
Carpets from India : AGRAS
35
Heavy weights : TONS
37
Peninsula of Europe : IBERIA
38
Observe : NOTE
39
Horse breed : TURK
44
Home for 39 Down : STABLE
45
Barrier : HURDLE
46
Winglike : ALAR
48
Sharpened : HONED
49
Old zither : ASOR
50
Hindu divinity : SIVA
51
Gold or Lone : STAR
52
Nothing, in Madrid : NADA
53
Comedian King : ALAN
54
Pedestal part : DADO
55
Beasts of burden : OXEN
57
Metric units: Abbr. : CMS
58
African hill : KOP
59
Little ___ : EVA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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