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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Tuesday, July 27, 1993

22-Across : Ohio city

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q V }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,967
Across
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Impetuous : RASH
5
Cleaned, in a way : SWEPT
10
Season : SALT
14
Hodgepodge : OLIO
15
Calculated the speed : TIMED
16
Bright thought : IDEA
17
Special sales spot : BARGAINBASEMENT
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Opposite NNW : SSE
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Kind of club : GLEE
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Ohio city : XENIA
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Call's opposite : PUT
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Furry masked bandit? : RACCOON
27
Reparation : REDRESS
31
Avoid : SHUN
32
Margarine : OLEO
33
Facilitates : EASES
35
Self : EGO
38
Laughton film: 1932 : PAYMENTDEFERRED
42
Printers' measures : ENS
43
___ Hall University, in N.J. : SETON
44
Wings for angeli : ALAE
45
A convertiplane, for short : STOL
46
Race-track figures : TOUTERS
49
Darwin disciple George ___ : ROMANES
52
Utilize : USE
53
Be appropriate for : BEFIT
54
Knocks : PANS
56
Onager : ASS
59
Bankers' confirmations : LETTERSOFCREDIT
63
Words of comprehension : ISEE
64
Worship : ADORE
65
Steady look : GAZE
66
Ballpoints : PENS
67
Circles of light : HALOS
68
Developed : GREW
Down
1
Hijacks : ROBS
2
Wellaway! : ALAS
3
Father : SIRE
4
Duroc, e.g. : HOG
5
Posts for harbor houses : STILTS
6
Grape product : WINE
7
Small live coal : EMBER
8
Kind of soup : PEA
9
Six-pt. scores : TDS
10
___ Stylites, Syrian saint : SIMEON
11
Gland: Comb. form : ADENO
12
Former Russian hero : LENIN
13
Bye-bye, in Soho : TATA
18
Chills and fever : AGUE
19
Alibi : EXCUSE
23
Hop's big sister : PROM
25
Agreement : ASSENT
26
Kitchen bigwig : CHEF
27
Lasso : ROPE
28
Dash : ELAN
29
Former Ottoman officials : DEYS
30
Pay, as a bill : SETTLE
34
Fuss : ADO
35
Gardner of whodunits : ERLE
36
Equipment : GEAR
37
Pindar products : ODES
39
Landed property : ESTATE
40
An inert gas : NEON
41
Evaluate : RATE
45
Hits hard : SMITES
47
Pound parts : OUNCES
48
Rus., Ukr., etc., once : USSR
49
Brooklyn star of yore : REESE
50
Frequently : OFTEN
51
Thread holder : SPOOL
53
Radar-screen image : BLIP
55
A hairdo : AFRO
56
Hebrew month : ADAR
57
Dimensions : SIZE
58
Fret : STEW
60
Very short cheer : RAH
61
Religious gp. : SDA
62
Embryonic dinosaur : EGG

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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