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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, June 18, 1990

17-Across : Headline sometimes seen in June

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,832
Across
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Pile : HEAP
5
Hallowed: Comb. form : SACRO
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Freudian follower : SLIP
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Othello's villainous aide : IAGO
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Apportion : ALLOT
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Yield : CEDE
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Headline sometimes seen in June : SCHOOLSOUT
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Patriot Nathan : HALE
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Pottery fragment : SHARD
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Brief halt en route : STOPOVER
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Recipient of a gift : DONEE
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Garden tools : HOES
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Towel word : HERS
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Place for a pea : POD
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Warsaw is its cap. : POL
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Ousted : EVICTED
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Pianist Gyorgy ___ : SANDOR
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Tom Swift's flying ___ : MACHINE
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High crime : TREASON
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Marine hazards : SHOALS
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Skin shedding : ECDYSIS
43
Suffix with audit or direct : ORY
44
Twelve fifty-nine successor : ONE
45
Casa room : SALA
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Cinders of comics : ELLA
48
Waggish : DROLL
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Spot for a welcome mat : DOORSTEP
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Specks; jots : IOTAS
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Regarding : ASTO
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Old-style word for a teacher : SCHOOLMARM
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Broz : TITO
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"As sure ___ as ever won ... ": Shak. : ACARD
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His Rose was Irish : ABIE
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Tree of the Philippines : ANAM
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Rajah's bride : RANEE
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Unmannerly : RUDE
Down
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Serpentine sound : HISS
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Every's fellow traveler : EACH
3
Turkish commander : AGHA
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___ Richard of Almanack fame : POOR
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Pitcher Maglie : SAL
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D'Amato and Smith : ALS
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Shut down : CLOSED
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Course of travel : ROUTE
9
Preminger or Graham : OTTO
10
Period in the life of Tom Brown : SCHOOLDAYS
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Part of AWOL : LEAVE
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Runs in neutral : IDLES
13
Jury member : PEER
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Eccentric : ODD
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Dialed : PHONED
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In a candid way : OPENLY
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Central points : NODES
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Stitch preceder : HEM
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Le Gallienne and a Gabor : EVAS
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Opulent : RICH
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This has class : SCHOOLROOM
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Post predecessor : PARCEL
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Certain crowns : TIARAS
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Worker in a pool : STENO
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Pelion supporter : OSSA
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Stir up the waters : ROIL
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Org. for collegians : NSA
44
Little Oliver Twist, e.g. : ORPHAN
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Red dye used in cosmetics : EOSIN
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Actress Crabtree : LOTTA
48
British navigational aid : DECCA
49
Diamond bearer : LIL
50
Info : DATA
51
Ivan or Nicholas : TSAR
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Famed tentmaker : OMAR
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Prohibition : TABU
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Dry : ARID
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"Peter Pan" pirate : SMEE
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Metal holder : ORE
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Pindar product : ODE

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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