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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, November 8, 1982

40-Across : Out of practice

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, 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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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,053
Across
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School subj. : BIOL
5
Island off Venezuela : ARUBA
10
Soft leather : NAPA
14
Chaplin's widow : OONA
15
Scented : NOSED
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"Hallelujah, I'm ___" : ABUM
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Weatherman's phrase : TWENTYBELOWZERO
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Beech or oak : HARDWOOD
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Engineer's helper on a ship : OILER
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Fluffy stuff : LINT
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Farewell to these, mankind hopes : ARMS
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Chant : INTONE
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Graf ___ : SPEE
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Egypt: 1961-71 : UAR
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Jungle sound : ROAR
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Adam's ale : WATER
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Sportsmen's org. : NRA
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Weatherman's phrase : WINDCHILLFACTOR
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Follower : IST
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Out of practice : RUSTY
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Locale of Beauvais : OISE
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Born : NEE
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Ripens : AGES
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Hall of Fame pitcher : FELLER
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Completed : OVER
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Wall St. verb : SELL
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Rope fiber : ABACA
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Striped : STRIATED
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Weatherman's phrase : HIGHTEMPERATURE
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Land measure : ACRE
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Childlike : NAIVE
60
Scholar's collar : ETON
61
Endure : BEAR
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Duo quadrupled : OCTET
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The makings of Adam: Gen. 2:7 : DUST
Down
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The two : BOTH
2
Where Gov. Ray holds sway : IOWA
3
Outstanding fellow : ONER
4
Master of an inn : LANDLORD
5
No particular person : ANYONE
6
Mechanical man : ROBOT
7
Type of car : USED
8
Actress ___ Geddes : BEL
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Fuss : ADO
10
Mussolini's cohorts : NAZIS
11
An early man : ABEL
12
Unsullied : PURE
13
Pedro's passion : AMOR
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Carbon copy of a sort : TWIN
19
Aussie throwing-stick : WOMERA
23
With appropriateness : APTLY
24
Coral creation : REEF
25
Author Shaw : IRWIN
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Cacophony : NOISE
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Plume possessor : TANTE
28
Gives flavor to : SALTS
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Up to such time as : UNTIL
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Came up : AROSE
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Less common : RARER
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More sagacious : WISER
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Tie : CRAVAT
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Like the Pyramids : HUGE
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Compared texts critically : COLLATED
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Polecat's kin : FERRET
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Essayist's pen name : ELIA
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Pigment : OCHER
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Allen or Martin : STEVE
48
"Moby Dick" skipper : AHAB
49
Shade of blue : BICE
50
Tourism center near Delhi : AGRA
51
Partner of polish : SPIT
52
Skirt for Zorina : TUTU
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Plato topic : EROS
54
Bucky of baseball : DENT
56
Two behind em : ENO
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Davis from Lubbock, Tex. : MAC

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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