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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, August 23, 1982

20-Across : Deserted the party

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 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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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,976
Across
1
Pod used for fodder : CAROB
6
End of the seventh century : DCC
9
Ghost : SHADE
14
___ and kicking : ALIVE
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Sis, boom, bah's kin : RAH
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Type of discussion : PANEL
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Bellow offering : NOVEL
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___ snit (peeved) : INA
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Serfs : ESNES
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Deserted the party : TERGIVERSATED
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Future fish : ROE
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Admire : LIKE
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Furniture material : RATTAN
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Spectacles supports : EARS
30
About 3,000 miles from EST : PST
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Not silently : ALOUD
34
Comic Johnson : ARTE
35
"O patria mia" is one : ARIA
36
Noncommital politicians : FENCESTRADDLERS
39
Boer migration : TREK
40
Collar or jacket : ETON
41
Lets up : EASES
42
Counterparts of aves. : STS
43
Dock : PIER
44
Calif. city : FRESNO
45
T.V.A. locale : TENN
46
A.F.L. partner : CIO
47
What demagogues speak with : FORKEDTONGUES
53
TV cousin : RADIO
54
Sofa extremity : ARM
55
Efficacy : AVAIL
57
Emulate Jessica : ELOPE
58
Born : NEE
59
Seed covering : TESTA
60
Ventures : DARES
61
Hanoi holiday : TET
62
Horner or Sprat : EATER
Down
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Is able : CAN
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"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
3
Split : RIVE
4
Done : OVER
5
Oft-besieged city in Europe : BELGRADE
6
Riverside, e.g. : DRIVE
7
Birch : CANE
8
Mountebank : CHARLATAN
9
Gives a lecture : SPEAKS
10
Speed : HASTE
11
Hathaway : ANNE
12
Sealed document : DEED
13
High rails : ELS
21
Charged atom : ION
22
Fathered : SIRED
25
Oodles : RAFTS
26
Keen : ALERT
27
Firms up : TONES
28
Hood's friend : TUCK
29
Fluff : ERROR
30
Kind of release : PRESS
31
Lorelei : SIREN
32
Italian poet: 1544-95 : TASSO
34
Usher, e.g. : ATTENDANT
35
Wings : ALAE
37
River of Paris : SEINE
38
Lose face : DEROGATE
43
Black teas : PEKOES
44
Fiver : FIN
45
Worthless item : TRIPE
46
Celestial body : COMET
47
Refrain in old songs : FALA
48
Skunk's weapon : ODOR
49
Corner : TREE
50
Eye part : UVEA
51
Bridge seat : EAST
52
Locale : SITE
53
Glowing : RED
56
Tutelary god : LAR

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