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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, December 23, 1985

31-Across : Arrow poison

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, 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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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,194
Across
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Female horse : MARE
5
Moby Dick's pursuer : AHAB
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Reminders, in short : MEMOS
14
Eastern V.I.P. : IMAM
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Kind of block : CELL
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Actress Rich : IRENE
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Coed's escort : DATE
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Queenly nickname : CLEO
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Ocean greyhound : LINER
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Berle or Youngman : STANDUPCOMIC
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Diacritical marks : TILDES
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One of Curly's pals : MOE
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Pat : DAB
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Vault : LEAP
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Arrow poison : CURARE
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Lane : PATH
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Singer Johnny : CASH
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Eternally : EVER
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Despite everything : NOTWITHSTANDING
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In re : ASTO
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Network of nerves : RETE
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Jot : IOTA
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___ girl : GEISHA
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Peak : APEX
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Rainbow : ARC
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Perform : ACT
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Harsh : COARSE
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Not tied down : FREESTANDING
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Comedian Brenner : DAVID
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Scorch : SEAR
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Aroma : ODOR
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Lithe : AGILE
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Piece of pastry : TART
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A Dumas : PERE
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Luce's "The ___" : WOMEN
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___ gin fizz : SLOE
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Customs word : TRET
Down
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Center, in poesy : MIDST
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Famed violin : AMATI
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Tax base in Britain : RATAL
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Remove errors : EMEND
5
Blame : ACCUSE
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Render assistance : HELP
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Guinness or Templeton : ALEC
8
Flourish : BLOOM
9
Environment : MILIEU
10
Leif's redheaded sire : ERIC
11
Kingsley's "___ in White" : MEN
12
Washington bill : ONE
13
Indian weight : SER
21
Former Mogul capital : DELHI
22
Yemeni seaport : MOCHA
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Lifeboat-raising device : DAVIT
26
Sports palace : ARENA
27
"Wozzeck" composer : BERG
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Yearn : ACHE
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Ziti, e.g. : PASTA
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Fix over : REDO
33
Tough puzzle : POSER
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Garret : ATTIC
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Pairs : TWOS
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Kind of mother or child : STEP
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Philippine city : NAGA
40
Smidgeon : TRACE
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San Diego court star : NIXON
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Solidify : HARDEN
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Two-handed card game : ECARTE
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Orals, e.g. : TESTS
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Take as one's own : ADOPT
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Legislative ploy : RIDER
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Nocturnal sound : SNORE
56
Plumed one : EGRET
57
Rasp : FILE
58
Waxed closure : SEAL
59
Edible root : TARO
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Margery of seesaw fame : DAW
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Past : AGO
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Vigor : VIM

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

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