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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, September 5, 1983

48-Across : Garland's "A ___ the Middle Border"

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 73, 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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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,354
Across
1
Ibsen heroine : NORA
5
Match site : ARENA
10
Tail end : LAST
14
Eastern V.I.P. : EMIR
15
Rocky Mt. pine tree : PINON
16
Indian of yore : INCA
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A-one state : TIPTOPCONDITION
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Spires : STEEPLES
21
Vales : DELLS
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Kennedy or Williams : TED
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Become enraged : SEERED
25
Negligent : REMISS
29
Wading birds : SORAS
30
"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
31
Kind of pea : SPLIT
32
Deg. for a would-be Chagall : BFA
35
Visible part, belying ominous immensity : TIPOFTHEICEBERG
39
Suffix for journal : ESE
40
Broadcast : AIRED
41
Curved molding : OGEE
42
Raise cattle : BREED
43
Apes a hen : ROOSTS
45
Term of address to a nobleman : MILORD
47
Conducted : LED
48
Garland's "A ___ the Middle Border" : SONOF
49
A turning for aid : RECOURSE
54
Greeting at dawn : TOPOFTHEMORNING
57
Calla lily : ARUM
58
Patron of a sort : DONOR
59
Peculiar: Prefix : IDIO
60
Wagers : BETS
61
Shell out : SPEND
62
Asian holidays : TETS
Down
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N.J. court team : NETS
2
Leave out : OMIT
3
Mature : RIPE
4
Comic Johnson : ARTE
5
Some are Delicious : APPLES
6
Prepared potatoes, in a way : RICED
7
A grandson of Adam : ENOS
8
Negative prefix : NON
9
Plus : AND
10
Metric measures : LITERS
11
Like some beldams : ANILE
12
Berate : SCOLD
13
Thrashes : TANS
18
Chooses : OPTS
19
Conceive : IDEATE
23
Reliable : SOLID
24
Leif's father : ERIC
25
Miles per hour : RATE
26
New Haven team : ELIS
27
Dawdle : MOPE
28
Michio ___, famous dancer : ITO
29
Tear along : SPEED
31
Sliver : SHRED
32
Panhandles : BEGS
33
Get vexed : FRET
34
Eras : AGES
36
Distant : FAROFF
37
Row : TIER
38
Disgruntled fan's sound : BOO
42
Thrives, as a flower : BLOOMS
43
Disk : RECORD
44
Smell : ODOR
45
Dudley from London : MOORE
46
Facts fed to a computer : INPUT
47
Flop : LEMON
48
Pierce : STAB
49
Coty or Magritte : RENE
50
Army group : UNIT
51
Take a taxi : RIDE
52
Tizzy : SNIT
53
Selves : EGOS
55
Grid score : TDS
56
Flight on a shuttle : HOP

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