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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, December 3, 1984

24-Across : Sneer at

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, 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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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,809
Across
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Fleshy fruit : PLUM
5
Hairy item : BRAID
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Wine city : ASTI
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Top-notch : AONE
15
Mrs. Paul McCartney : LINDA
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Mahogany tree : TOON
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Marquand book: 1949 : POINTOFNORETURN
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Like bright pupils : APT
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Decree : RULE
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Partner of raves : RANTS
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Leg covering : HOSE
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Sneer at : DERIDE
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Squire's place : ESTATE
29
Dance of the 16th century : PAVAN
30
Gossip away : CHIN
31
Like a bucket in a song : OAKEN
32
Wager : BET
35
Speed contest : HUNDREDYARDDASH
39
Baseball great : OTT
40
Eastern V.I.P. : EMEER
41
Erupter at least 140 times : ETNA
42
Strike : SMITE
43
Land of plenty : GOSHEN
45
Finagles : CHEATS
47
Assamese export : SILK
48
Fleeced : SHORN
49
Israeli port : ACRE
50
Rearward, on a ship : AFT
53
Baseball thrill : LINEDRIVEDOUBLE
57
Soon : ANON
58
Good-night girl : IRENE
59
Sage : SEER
60
Undraped : BARE
61
Peeled : PARED
62
Paradise : EDEN
Down
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Hemingway's nickname : PAPA
2
Lasso end : LOOP
3
Army group : UNIT
4
Fellows : MEN
5
Shirtlike garment : BLOUSE
6
Garand, e.g. : RIFLE
7
Queen or princess : ANNE
8
Wedding words : IDO
9
Women's org. : DAR
10
Reach : ATTAIN
11
Free from flaws : SOUND
12
Bakery item : TORTE
13
Hotels in the hinterlands : INNS
18
Gait for a standardbred : TROT
19
Purposeful trip : ERRAND
23
Arm ending : HAND
24
Senegalese port : DAKAR
25
Eternally : EVER
26
Repeat : ECHO
27
Close : SHUT
28
Hue : TINT
29
Recipient of a check : PAYEE
31
He wrote "Waiting for Lefty" : ODETS
32
Saturday-night special : BATH
33
Serf : ESNE
34
Comparative word : THAN
36
Order back into custody : REMAND
37
Give forth : EMIT
38
Kind of job or set : DESK
42
Calm : SERENE
43
Scoffed; jeered : GIRDED
44
Margarine : OLEO
45
Dishes : CHINA
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Fame : HONOR
47
Play part : SCENE
48
Thick slice : SLAB
49
Declare : AVER
50
Asleep, perhaps : ABED
51
Run away : FLEE
52
Sea bird : TERN
54
Kind of tide : RIP
55
Nest-egg acct. : IRA
56
Consume : USE

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

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