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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, June 8, 1987

50-Across : Says

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { F J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, 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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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,726
Across
1
Philadelphia pro eleven : EAGLES
7
Child's toy : TOP
10
Hoover, for one : DAM
13
Loser to Cleveland: 1884 : BLAINE
14
Neighbor of the Keys : CUBA
15
Dutch commune : EDE
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This provides interest : BANKDEPOSIT
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Pea holder : POD
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Locale : SITE
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"___ Pinafore" : HMS
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Steal away to wed : ELOPE
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Sandwich sausage : SALAMI
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Movie dog : ASTA
27
Also : AND
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Effort : NISUS
31
Do slaloms : SKI
32
Actor Marvin : LEE
33
Adolescent : TEEN
34
Tried to shed weight : DIETED
37
Chart : MAP
38
Alphabetical listings : INDICES
40
Fury : IRE
41
Scents : AROMAS
43
Insincere statements : CANT
44
Quarter of four : ONE
45
D.A.R. counterpart : SAR
46
Billiard shot : MASSE
47
Boy in "Little Men" : NED
48
Young herring : BRIT
50
Says : UTTERS
52
Toolshop machine : LATHE
54
It's often cast : DIE
55
Russian hut : ISBA
59
Wedding words : IDO
60
This is needed for 16 Across : DEPOSITSLIP
64
Tarnish : MAR
65
Profit : GAIN
66
Sauté meat and cook slowly : BRAISE
67
Use a lever : PRY
68
Before, to Keats : ERE
69
Aslant : TILTED
Down
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Wanes : EBBS
2
Russian range : ALAI
3
Thomas Wolfe hero : GANT
4
Prefers : LIKES
5
Finish : END
6
Observe : SEE
7
Cough : TUSSIS
8
Honshu sash : OBI
9
Top of the monk : PATE
10
Testimony under oath : DEPOSITION
11
Take in a foundling : ADOPT
12
Euripides play : MEDEA
14
Interchange of thoughts : COMMUNICATION
17
Synchronized : PHASED
22
Erie or Huron : LAKE
24
Arrow poison : ANTIAR
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Mortgages : LIENS
27
___ mater : ALMA
28
In the vicinity of : NEAR
29
Place for storage : DEPOSITORY
31
Nun : SISTER
34
Thick : DENSE
35
Sea bird : ERNE
36
Legal document : DEED
39
Hindu groups : CASTES
42
School subj. : MATH
46
Child's make-believe food : MUDPIE
48
Pompous, smug conservative : BLIMP
49
"M*A*S*H" character : RADAR
51
Rope material : SISAL
53
Flange : EDGE
56
Narrow cut : SLIT
57
Cold Alpine wind : BISE
58
Mimicked : APED
61
Unit of corn : EAR
62
Teamster org. : IBT
63
Prefix with cycle or angle : TRI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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