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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Thursday, April 17, 1975

17-Across : Span

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q U V W Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,378
Across
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Huntley : CHET
5
Certain days : SALAD
10
Facial mark : MOLE
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Prefix for drome : AERO
15
Landing places : PIERS
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Solo : ARIA
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Dawn goddess : EOS
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Angers : IRES
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Fountain drinks : MALTS
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Warm-water fish : SCAD
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Spot card : TREY
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Of a plant wall : SEPTAL
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Blarney milieu : IRELAND
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Swiss river : AARE
33
Groom's need : BRIDE
34
Slippery one : EEL
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Abstract being : ENS
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Consider : OPINE
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Paradise : EDEN
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"If you've ___ you've ... " : SEENONE
45
Searches a suspect : FRISKS
47
___ majesty : LESE
48
Prognosticator : SEER
49
Chassis parts : AXLES
52
Machine gun : STEN
53
Stupid one : ASS
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Indian lady : RANI
61
Milkmaid's need : STOOL
62
___ contendere : NOLO
63
Court cry: Var. : OYES
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Inane : SAPPY
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Math subject : TRIG
Down
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Saloon : CAFE
2
Sandwich : HERO
3
Love god : EROS
4
Jerry's drink partner : TOM
5
Kind of stairway : SPIRAL
6
Broadcast : AIRED
7
Lacking: Suffix : LESS
8
Carney : ART
9
Summer time : DST
10
Asian peninsula : MALAYA
11
Exam : ORAL
12
Lean over : LIST
13
Diner sign : EATS
18
Pay-envelope initials : FICA
19
Crack a shell for this : OMELET
23
Pipe part : STEM
24
Old-hat : TRITE
25
Decorate over : REDO
26
Secure : SAFE
27
Merits : EARNS
28
Writing field : PROSE
29
Goodnight girl : IRENE
30
Requires : NEEDS
31
Actor John : DEREK
33
Pickling solution : BRINE
35
Glass item : LENS
37
Abe or Injun : HONEST
38
Certain poetry : EPOS
39
Testator's choice : HEIR
44
Resins : ELEMIS
45
Weakly : FEEBLY
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Unhitching post : RENO
48
Deign : STOOP
49
Hairdo : AFRO
50
Roentgen's find : XRAY
51
Like Texas's star : LONE
52
Automatic-elevator button : STOP
53
Noun ending : ATOR
54
Coloratura's offerings : SOLI
55
Air pollutant : SMOG
57
W. W. II initials : OSS
58
School org. : PTA
59
Blasting material : TNT

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

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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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