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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Friday, February 25, 1977

35-Across : Prior to

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { B J }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,058
Across
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"Where there's a ___ ... " : WILL
5
Swimmer's hazard : CRAMP
10
Area of Istanbul : PERA
14
Words of comprehension : ISEE
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Skater Sonja : HENIE
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Classroom event : EXAM
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Infirmity, forgetfulness, etc. : SIGNSOFSENILITY
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Curve : ESS
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Devout : PIOUS
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I.O.U.'s, etc. : NOTES
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Bitter: Prefix : PICR
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At the age of: Abbr. : AET
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Traditional send-off : RETIREMENTPARTY
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Overjoy : ELATE
34
Give up : QUIT
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Prior to : ERE
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Atlantic or Sioux : CITY
37
Woodland deities : FAUNS
39
Mexican drink : AGUA
40
Douay Bible name : AZA
41
Hindu garb : SARI
42
Nautical call : AVAST
43
Gold watches for departing war-horses : PARTINGPRESENTS
47
Printer's measures : ENS
48
Fraternal ones : ELKS
49
Wide open : AGAPE
52
Political bone : ISSUE
54
Greek letter : TAU
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Speech of a sort : FAREWELLADDRESS
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Egyptian singing girl : ALME
61
U.S. painter : PEALE
62
End in ___ (draw) : ATIE
63
Beams : RAYS
64
Elias and Julia Ward : HOWES
65
Go one's way : WEND
Down
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___ up (catch on) : WISE
2
Egyptian goddess : ISIS
3
Gangster Diamond : LEGS
4
Writer Deighton : LEN
5
Option : CHOICE
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Politician's promise : REFORM
7
Korean apricot : ANSU
8
___ van der Rohe : MIES
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State or play : PEN
10
Relative of jai alai : PELOTA
11
Theater-door sign : EXIT
12
Value : RATE
13
Poet Lowell et al. : AMYS
18
Skyline component : SPIRE
19
Clumsy : INEPT
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Compassion : PITY
24
Monkshood : ATIS
25
Sum up : RECAP
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Miss Doolittle : ELIZA
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Soviet republic : TATAR
28
Fit out : EQUIP
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Type of buoy : NUN
30
Lear's daughter : REGAN
31
Kind of fund : TRUST
32
Irish poet : YEATS
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Devotees : FANS
38
S.A. nation : ARG
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Relatives of sts. : AVES
41
Tendon : SINEW
42
Used the information desk : ASKED
44
Tents : TEPEES
45
Business deal : RESALE
46
Avoids : ELUDES
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At a distance : AFAR
50
Type of occasion : GALA
51
Coxey's, for one : ARMY
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Intestine: Prefix : ILEO
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Side dish : SLAW
54
French head : TETE
55
"It's ___ to tell ... " : ASIN
56
Secondhand : USED
58
N.T. book : EPH
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Kind of deal : RAW

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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