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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, June 27, 1988

67-Across : Tors

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, 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.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,111
Across
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Rumanian dance : HORA
5
Platter : DISC
9
Basilica feature : APSE
13
Redact : EMEND
15
To join, to Jeanne : UNIR
16
Driblet : DROP
17
Pride of Kilgore, Tex. : RANGERETTE
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Puccini heroine : MIMI
20
Manumit : RELEASE
21
Marble of tennis fame : ALICE
23
Suffix for south : ERN
24
Alternate : ROTATE
26
Indian weight : SER
29
Shirt insert : GUSSET
31
Gorki loc. : RUS
34
Partner of true : TRIED
37
A proportion: Abbr. : PCT
38
Brown bread : TOAST
40
Deduce : INFER
41
"___ Didn't Say Yes" : SHE
42
Lassitude : ENNUI
43
Dijon daughter : FILLE
44
Top ad spot: Abbr. : POA
45
Adjective for purple : REGAL
46
Charge : FEE
47
Trains : DRILLS
50
Cockney's Gehenna : ELL
51
Saskatchewan capital : REGINA
53
West German river : EMS
56
Orchid meal : SALEP
57
Eldritch : STRANGE
61
Skin : RIND
62
Unreachable : OUTOFRANGE
65
Prod : URGE
66
Somersault : FLIP
67
Tors : CRAGS
68
Ginger or root follower : BEER
69
Kind of card : FACE
70
Irish Gaelic : ERSE
Down
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Part of H.M.C.S. : HER
2
Persian name : OMAR
3
Director Clair : RENE
4
Northumbrian settler : ANGLE
5
Clubman's costs : DUES
6
Among schools : INTERSCHOLASTIC
7
Pose : SIT
8
Design : CREATE
9
Ticket word : ADMIT
10
Salesman's concern : PRICERANGE
11
Suffix for tooth : SOME
12
Upon: Prefix : EPI
14
Cervine creature : DEER
18
Resounded : RANG
22
Closer to the end : LATTER
25
Bony : OSTEAL
26
Brittle : STIFF
27
Banks of baseball : ERNIE
28
Where shots are heard : RIFLERANGE
30
Opposite of downdraft : UPSPIN
32
Customary : USUAL
33
Moonshiner's need : STILL
35
Grig, e.g. : EEL
36
Coat with flour : DREDGE
39
Follower of 9 Down : ONE
48
Gyp : RIPOFF
49
Villein : SERF
52
Church V.I.P. : ELDER
54
Actor Singer : MARC
55
Springe : SNARE
56
Father : SIRE
58
Small shark : TOPE
59
Growl : GNAR
60
Fabergé jeweled them : EGGS
61
Annoy : RUB
63
Gums : ULA
64
Taiwan follower : ESE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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