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Sidney L. Robbins
New York Times, Tuesday, June 14, 1988
33-Across : Marmosets of S. America
Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 48, Avg Word Len: 4.78, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 11, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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.
1 H | 2 A | 3 H | 4 A | 5 B | 6 R | 7 I | 8 C | 9 S | 10 L | 11 E | 12 W |
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13 I | C | O | S | 14 I | 15 R | E | N | O | 16 H | I | D | E |
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17 S | T | R | I | N | 18 G | E | N | C | Y | 19 O | M | I | T |
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20 I | N | S | T | E | A | D | 21 E | A | T | S |
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22 R | N | S | 23 G | 24 A | S | |||||||||
25 P | 26 U | 27 T | 28 S | O | U | T | 29 S | A | R | T | 30 R | 31 E | ||
32 I | S | I | T | 33 T | A | M | A | R | I | N | 34 S |
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35 P | H | A | R | 36 M | 37 A | 38 C | O | L | O | G | I | C | A | L |
39 S | E | R | I | A | T | I | M | 40 N | I | T | A |
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41 R | A | N | G | E | D | 42 D | 43 R | 44 A | G | N | E | T |
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45 G | I | N | 46 I | A | N | |||||||||
47 D | 48 E | 49 F | T | 50 E | S | P | O | 51 U | 52 S | 53 E | ||||
54 A | V | E | R | 55 H | 56 I | G | H | S | T | R | U | N | 57 G |
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58 D | E | L | I | 59 U | R | G | E | 60 E | A | R | T | H |
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61 A | R | L | O | 62 M | E | S | S | 63 L | E | O | I |
© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,098
Across
1
It's a laugh : HAHA
5
___-a-brac : BRIC
9
Scads : SLEW
13
Twenty: Comb. form : ICOSI
15
"Splitsville" : RENO
16
Secrete : HIDE
17
Rigor : STRINGENCY
19
Leave out : OMIT
20
In place of : INSTEAD
21
Diner sign : EATS
22
Hosp. group : RNS
23
Yak : GAS
25
Evicts : PUTSOUT
29
Philosopher Jean-Paul : SARTRE
32
"Lord, ___ I?": Matt. 26:22 : ISIT
33
Marmosets of S. America : TAMARINS
35
Concerning drugs : PHARMACOLOGICAL
39
One after another : SERIATIM
40
Actress Naldi : NITA
41
Wandered : RANGED
42
Jack Webb program of yore : DRAGNET
45
Card game : GIN
46
Author Fleming : IAN
47
Skillful : DEFT
50
Marry : ESPOUSE
54
Affirm confidently : AVER
55
Very nervous : HIGHSTRUNG
58
Salami haven : DELI
59
Prod : URGE
60
Blue planet : EARTH
61
A Guthrie : ARLO
62
Chow : MESS
63
A pope who became a saint : LEOI
Down
1
Word on a towel : HIS
2
Play starter : ACTI
3
Unicorn feature : HORN
4
Hoffman play: 1985 : ASIS
5
Chicken part : BREAST
6
Tear : REND
7
Corp. abbreviation : INC
8
Like Marvell's mistress : COY
9
Small sum : SHOESTRING
10
Bean or city : LIMA
11
Redact : EDIT
12
Volstead's opponents : WETS
14
Musical beginning : INTRO
18
Knee, to a zoologist : GENU
23
United: Comb. form : GAMO
24
Berlin's "He's ___ Picker" : ARAG
25
Card spots : PIPS
26
Wedding aide : USHER
27
Crown of a sort : TIARA
28
A combo : STRINGTRIO
29
Maglie or Mineo : SAL
30
Castor-bean product : RICIN
31
Related to Mom : ENATE
33
Piper's son : TOM
34
Wooden strip : SLAT
36
Epiphany threesome : MAGI
37
Egyptian sun disk : ATEN
38
Spanish hero, with "El" : CID
42
Plates : DISHES
43
Séance sounds : RAPS
44
Swinburne's "___ on Charlotte Brontë" : ANOTE
47
Art style : DADA
48
Eternally : EVER
49
Flopped : FELL
50
Roe : EGGS
51
Russian river : URAL
52
Positive : SURE
53
Within: Comb. form : ENTO
55
Top sound : HUM
56
Fury : IRE
57
F-J connection : GHI
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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.