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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, May 6, 1985

29-Across : What a life he led!

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, 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. 12,963
Across
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Actress Daniels : BEBE
5
Menu item : SALAD
10
Strikebreaker : SCAB
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Internat. cartel : OPEC
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Nurse Barton : CLARA
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Shipping word : TARE
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"Damn ___ ... ": Pope : WITHFAINTPRAISE
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Educated : SCHOOLED
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It's off the mark : ERROR
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Dermal bump : WEN
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Certain supporters : PATRONS
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Raised : UPHELD
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What a life he led! : RILEY
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Genuine : REAL
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"We ___ Overcome" : SHALL
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New Deal org. : NRA
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Melodrama heroine's command : UNHANDMEVILLAIN
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Abbreviated depot : STA
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Upper crust : ELITE
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On top of : UPON
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Kind of complex : GUILT
43
Envoy : LEGATE
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Part of F.R.S. : RESERVE
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Feather's partner : TAR
49
Texas shrine : ALAMO
50
Held back : DETAINED
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Donne statement : NOMANISANISLAND
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An armadillo : APAR
59
Friend of Pythias : DAMON
60
Director Wertmuller : LINA
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Evening, in Roma : SERA
62
Foretokens : OMENS
63
Do in : SLAY
Down
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Nods deeply : BOWS
2
"Odyssey," for one : EPIC
3
"Little Women" character : BETH
4
Repeat : ECHO
5
Like certain fish : SCALED
6
Not native : ALIEN
7
Debark : LAND
8
Buchwald or Carney : ART
9
Dip bait lightly : DAP
10
Like some nights : STARRY
11
African capital : CAIRO
12
Hot crime : ARSON
13
Pub drinks : BEERS
18
Gallinacean : FOWL
19
Narrate anew : RETELL
23
River to the Adriatic : PIAVE
24
"___ Want for Christmas ... " : ALLI
25
Wild ox of yore : URUS
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Confined : PENT
27
Sunken fence : HAHA
28
Guidonian note : ELA
29
Butler of fiction : RHETT
31
Umbrella substitute? : SMILE
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Calif. valley : NAPA
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Kind of squad : RIOT
34
Actress Meara : ANNE
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Nerve cell : NEURON
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Half of MCVIII : DLIV
38
Tote : LUG
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Commentary on the Mishna : GEMARA
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Most South Americans, e.g. : LATINS
44
Historic periods : ERAS
45
Princes of India : RANAS
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Flee to a J.P. : ELOPE
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A Visayan island : SAMAR
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Part of a dovetail : TENON
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Lady of quality : DAME
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Woes : ILLS
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Finger ending : NAIL
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Sicilian resort : ENNA
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June 6, 1944 : DDAY
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"Well, ___ declare!" : IDO
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Uncle for Americans : SAM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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