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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, November 24, 1986

13-Across : Group of eight

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 48, Avg Word Len: 4.54, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, 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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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,530
Across
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More's antithesis : LESS
5
Poker-pot item : ANTE
9
Express shock : GASP
13
Group of eight : OCTAD
15
Repair argyles : DARN
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Margarine : OLEO
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Poe short story : THEGOLDBUG
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German song : LIED
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Lincoln Center attraction : OPERA
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Residue of combustion : CINDER
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Okla. city : ADA
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Joint down below : KNEE
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Dance popular in the 30's : SHAG
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March 15, in Roma : IDI
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Sea birds : ERNES
35
Metric unit, for short : KILO
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"The ___ Tailors," Sayers book : NINE
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Flattop's milieu : OCEAN
40
Graven image : IDOL
41
Meir : GOLDA
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"Comus" composer : ARNE
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Takes care of : TENDS
46
Droops : SAGS
47
Fashionable beach resort : LIDO
48
Stitched : SEWED
50
Affirmative vote : YES
51
Charges : FEES
52
Salt's story : YARN
54
Poorly lit : DIM
56
Dwarfed shrub : BONSAI
58
Marner or Lapham : SILAS
62
Monkey or tree : TITI
63
Girl in a nursery tale : GOLDILOCKS
67
Scraps : ORTS
68
"Wind nobody blows good" : OBOE
69
Pyle or Banks : ERNIE
70
Land of Esau's descendants : EDOM
71
Latest reports : NEWS
72
Depression : DENT
Down
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House locale : LOT
2
Repeat : ECHO
3
Kind of mother or child : STEP
4
Wise person : SAGE
5
Total : ADD
6
Collar : NAB
7
Commercial vehicle : TRUCK
8
Auto's heart : ENGINE
9
Aaron creation : GOLDENCALF
10
"Shall Caesar send ___?" : ALIE
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Soothsayer : SEER
12
Seed holder : POD
14
Copperfield's first wife : DORA
18
Bill of ___ : LADING
22
Roman fiddler : NERO
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Goodbye, in Granada : ADIOS
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Short sketch : SKIT
27
Secretes : HIDES
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Unaccompanied : ALONE
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"Include me out," for one : GOLDWYNISM
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Dental filling : INLAY
33
Causing goose pimples : EERIE
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Jockey Earl : SANDE
37
Rimmed : EDGED
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Modernists : NEOS
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St. Francis of ___ : ASSISI
45
Red and Coral : SEAS
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Loser to St. George : DRAGON
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Daughter of Tantalus : NIOBE
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Distance of 5,280 feet : MILE
56
Kind of dog or louse : BIRD
57
Preminger : OTTO
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Olivier's title : LORD
60
Teen woe : ACNE
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Flimflam : SKIN
62
Nail holder : TOE
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Depressed : LOW
65
___ Moines : DES
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Defeat at bridge : SET

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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