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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Tuesday, November 28, 1989

20-Across : Ties

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,630
Across
1
Kind of exam : ORAL
5
Part of a pipe : STEM
9
An Ala. neighbor : FLA
12
Bundles of cotton : BALES
14
A Guthrie : ARLO
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Suds maker : SOAP
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Singly : ONEATATIME
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Unadulterated : PURE
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And so forth: Abbr. : ETC
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Ties : EVENS
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Kin of wimps : NERDS
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Lively : BRISK
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Liquid measure : PINT
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Come to the meeting : ATTEND
27
Certain college members : ELECTORS
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Stitched : SEWN
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Encampment : ETAPE
33
Hannibal, to Scipio : FOE
34
Jogged : TROTTED
37
Effete : WORNOUT
39
"___ was saying ... " : ASI
40
Suffix with tact : ICIAN
42
Eject : OUST
43
Considers : REFLECTS
45
Sound system : STEREO
47
Unclothed : BARE
48
L. W. Reese poem : TEARS
50
Chasm : ABYSS
52
Welsh ___ (breed of dogs) : CORGI
53
Bus. degree : MBA
56
Fail to conquer : LOSE
57
Fairy-tale trio : THREEBEARS
59
Nonpareil : ONER
60
Not of the clergy : LAIC
61
White heron : EGRET
62
Earl Grey, e.g. : TEA
63
Auto follower : CRAT
64
Gumbo ingredient : OKRA
Down
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Heckelphone : OBOE
2
Rave's partner : RANT
3
Actor Guinness : ALEC
4
Meadow : LEA
5
Cloys : SATES
6
Souvenir, often : TRINKET
7
Guernsey and Jersey : ELMS
8
A Stooge : MOE
9
Three fifty-six : FOURTOFOUR
10
Rendered fat : LARD
11
Mimics : APES
13
Rear : STERN
15
Used up : SPENT
17
Eager : AVID
21
More pleasant : NICER
22
Inclination : BENT
23
Cucumber : PEPO
24
"___ Is Born" : ASTAR
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Succinct : TERSE
26
Phrase from "Paul Revere's Ride" : TWOIFBYSEA
28
Place to play croquet : LAWN
29
Waken : ROUSE
30
Fracas : SETTO
32
Redact : EDIT
35
Rows : TIERS
36
"___ homo!" : ECCE
38
Negatives : NOES
41
City in Ore. : ASTORIA
44
Surgeon's beam : LASER
45
Wise one : SAGE
46
One of 12 in ancient Israel : TRIBE
49
Upright : ERECT
50
"Little Things Mean ___" : ALOT
51
Study hard, with "up" : BONE
52
Scorch : CHAR
53
Con man's victim : MARK
54
___ Rabbit : BRER
55
Movie dog : ASTA
57
Nursing, initially : TLC
58
Self : EGO

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

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