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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, December 30, 1985

38-Across : Apprentices in classrooms

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, 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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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,201
Across
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"The King ___" : ANDI
5
Antitoxins : SERA
9
Don clothes : DRESS
14
Carrots' companions : PEAS
15
A son of Seth : ENOS
16
Rambles : ROVES
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Scholar, usually from abroad : EXCHANGESTUDENT
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Makes a cup of tea : STEEPS
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Pressing : URGENT
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Watchman in uniform : SENTRY
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Kind of rib or time : PRIME
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Exist : ARE
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___ trap (prepares to ensnare) : SETSA
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Top-notch : AONE
36
Pierre's assent : OUI
37
Limit of resources : TETHER
38
Apprentices in classrooms : STUDENTTEACHERS
41
Knobbed : TOROSE
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Possess : OWN
43
Therefore : ERGO
44
Straight up : ERECT
45
Chemical suffix : ANE
46
Imitate peacocks, in a way : PREEN
47
Come out of a cave : EMERGE
49
Melancholy, in Paris : TRISTE
53
Cause : REASON
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Institution for future instructors : TEACHERSCOLLEGE
61
"Tiny Alice" playwright : ALBEE
62
Army mess : CHOW
63
Madrid room : SALA
64
Strange : WEIRD
65
"The ___ of Texas ... " : EYES
66
Hebrew measure : OMER
Down
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Swingers in a jungle : APES
2
Barber's call : NEXT
3
Fish of the carp family : DACE
4
"Who ___, Lord ... ": John 9:36 : ISHE
5
Touch, e.g. : SENSE
6
Sch. subject : ENG
7
Caviar : ROE
8
Guarantee : ASSURE
9
Pharmacist's concern : DRUG
10
Took a cab : RODE
11
Fifty-fifty : EVEN
12
Shipped out : SENT
13
Fast plane : SST
18
Church nook : APSE
19
Attempt : TRY
23
Pert. to seamen : NAUT
24
A musical interval : TRITONE
25
Use glue : PASTE
26
Opposite of stator : ROTOR
27
Habituate : INURE
28
Red Bordeaux wine : MEDOC
30
Jiffy : SEC
31
The clear sky : ETHER
32
As to that : THERE
33
Twilled fabric : SERGE
34
Hot crime : ARSON
36
Quarter of four : ONE
37
Wallop : TAN
39
N.Y. time zone : EST
40
Pitcher : EWER
45
Punish : AMERCE
46
Pare : PEEL
47
French season : ETE
48
Enlarges : GROWS
49
Far: Comb. form : TELE
50
Physics Nobelist: 1944 : RABI
51
Champagne bucket : ICER
52
Place for tools : SHED
54
Too : ALSO
55
Something to be sewed : SEAM
56
Stare amorously : OGLE
57
Close by : NEAR
58
Playing marble : TAW
59
Bashful : SHY
60
Cedar Rapids institution : COE

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

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