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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Tuesday, December 9, 1980

21-Across : Abalone

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 W X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, 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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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,354
Across
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Where a muchacho lives : CASA
5
Panel strip : SPLAT
10
The Adamson cat : ELSA
14
Sale sign : ASIS
15
Emulate Jean Brodie : TEACH
16
Linguistics expert Chomsky : NOAM
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Grid situation : FIRSTANDTENTOGO
20
Oriental : EASTERN
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Abalone : ORMER
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Pig pad : STY
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It's sometimes crashed : GATE
25
Commencements : ONSETS
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Hindu garb : SARI
30
Author Hyman : MAC
33
Spume : FOAM
34
Keen relish : GUSTO
35
Added wing : ELL
36
Punishment for delaying or moving too soon : FIVEYARDPENALTY
40
Japan follower : ESE
41
Eradicate : ERASE
42
Pit : SEED
43
Ruffing of baseball fame : RED
44
Tax : LEVY
45
Orb : SPHERE
47
Part of a threatening phrase : ELSE
48
Hinder : BAR
49
Dote on : ADORE
52
Like some vitamin pills : ONEADAY
57
What hotdoggers indulge in : GRANDSTANDPLAYS
61
French roast : ROTI
62
Bit of color : TINGE
63
Wings of insects : ALAE
64
Church recess : APSE
65
John Jacob : ASTOR
66
Very, in Berlin : SEHR
Down
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___ au lait : CAFE
2
Where to meet lamas and gurus : ASIA
3
Letter opener : SIRS
4
Type of prof : ASST
5
Shows fright : STARTS
6
"___ Lane," Beatles song: 1967 : PENNY
7
Terhune canine hero : LAD
8
Something to put on : ACT
9
Article used every day : THE
10
___ nous : ENTRE
11
Device for weaving : LOOM
12
"Riders of the Purple ___": Grey : SAGE
13
Cupid : AMOR
18
Use for litmus paper : TEST
19
Knickknack : NOTION
23
Quebec peninsula : GASPE
24
"Vissi d'___," Puccini aria : ARTE
25
Bid : OFFER
26
Cacophony : NOISE
27
Salvaged : SAVED
28
Palindromic Scotch friend : EME
29
Like bubble baths : SUDSY
30
Fracas : MELEE
31
Do tailoring : ALTER
32
Bonnie's beau : CLYDE
34
Solemn : GRAVE
37
Said "Ziss, boom, bah!" : YELLED
38
War god : ARES
39
Residue : ASH
45
Carpentry tool : SANDER
46
Get ready, for short : PREP
47
Cartoonist Bushmiller : ERNIE
48
Drum or antelope : BONGO
49
Where Akbar died : AGRA
50
Type of kick : DROP
51
Feel one's ___ : OATS
53
"Woe is me!" : ALAS
54
Hill's partner : DALE
55
Nursemaid in New Delhi : AYAH
56
River of Flanders : YSER
58
Union in D.C. is one : STA
59
Opposite of 't aint : TIS
60
Picnic pest : ANT

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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