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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Tuesday, December 19, 1989

19-Across : Theme

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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. 14,651
Across
1
Holbrook or Linden : HAL
4
Horner's reward : PLUM
8
Whimper : PULE
12
Soft drinks : ADES
14
Hayworth or Moreno : RITA
15
Strayed : ERRED
16
Split : RIFT
17
Obese : OVERWEIGHT
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Theme : MOTIF
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More tranquil : CALMER
22
Seashore sales : SHELLS
25
Standout : ONER
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Orientals, e.g. : ASIANS
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Worships : ADORES
32
Press for payment : DUN
34
Chew the scenery : EMOTE
36
Farm building : SILO
37
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Lyric poems : ODES
42
Threefold : TRINE
43
Men and boys : HES
44
Sally forth : SORTIE
47
Scenarist's product : SCRIPT
49
Glacial ridges : OSAR
51
Russian rustic cart : TELEGA
53
Rigidly exact : SEVERE
55
Antilles island : ARUBA
57
Comprehend : UNDERSTAND
61
Brother of Faisal : SAUD
62
Chaplain : PADRE
63
___ squad : RIOT
64
Gaelic : ERSE
65
Baden-Baden and Ems : SPAS
66
Track figures : ODDS
67
Lair : DEN
Down
1
Damage : HARM
2
Adieu, in Madrid : ADIOS
3
Southpaw : LEFTHANDER
4
Golf-club V.I.P. : PRO
5
Actress Ullmann : LIV
6
Navajo's foe : UTE
7
Traveler Polo : MARCO
8
Kind of path : PRIMROSE
9
Prod : URGE
10
Comic Lou : LEHR
11
N.Y. summer time : EDT
13
Pig pads : STIES
15
Hunted lampreys : EELED
18
Historic frontier post in Pakistan : WANA
20
Advertising throwaway : FLIER
23
Aladdin's was magic : LAMP
24
Stable sound : SNORT
27
Agitates : STIRS
29
College linesman : RIGHTGUARD
30
Gen. Robt. ___ : ELEE
31
Upgrades the lawn : SODS
32
Twosomes : DUOS
33
Tear down : UNDO
35
Oust : EVICT
38
Legal necessaries : ESTOVERS
39
Concerning : INRE
40
Bulwer-Lytton novel : LEILA
45
Rhone feeder : ISERE
46
Corn units : EARS
48
Dark grayish blue : PERSE
50
Kind of rocket : RETRO
52
Manhandle : ABUSE
53
Lead-pipe cinch : SNAP
54
Icelandic work : EDDA
56
Arabia's Gulf of ___ : ADEN
57
Periods of prosperity : UPS
58
Assist : AID
59
Acknowledge silently : NOD
60
Skid-row affliction : DTS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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