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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, January 16, 1984

42-Down : Most unusual

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, 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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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,487
Across
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Andy's pal : AMOS
5
Young haddock : SCROD
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Fix over : REDO
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Edge : SIDE
15
Patriot Tom : PAINE
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Abba of Israel : EBAN
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Di and Margaret : PRINCESSES
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Fuller creation : DOME
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Life, for one : SENTENCE
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Not so dull : KEENER
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Word form with European or Chinese : INDO
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Bowlers' surfaces : ALLEYS
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Means : AGENTS
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Burst of energy : SPASM
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Ear part : LOBE
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Seer of a sort : SWAMI
31
" ... the foggy, foggy ___" : DEW
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Dictum feared by 53 Across : PUBLISHORPERISH
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Nov. 1 is their day : STS
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Set out : START
40
Puzzler's pet eagle : ERNE
41
Ho's predecessor : HEAVE
42
Uproar : RACKET
44
A bridge to Cape Cod : BOURNE
46
Plant for seasoning : SAGE
47
Felt : SENSED
48
Tender touches : CARESSES
52
Sweat out a delay : WAIT
53
Campus group : PROFESSORS
55
Chemical suffix : ITOL
56
Assistants : AIDES
57
Give forth : EMIT
58
Lion's pride : MANE
59
Breakfast item : TOAST
60
Lairs : DENS
Down
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Slithery ones : ASPS
2
Muck's next of kin : MIRE
3
Norse god : ODIN
4
Guard : SENTINEL
5
Shells out skekels : SPENDS
6
Maine bay : CASCO
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Sit on a tack and then ___ : RISE
8
Quarter of four : ONE
9
Writer's light : DESKLAMP
10
Cash in : REDEEM
11
Hard wood : EBONY
12
Hess and Christie : DAMES
13
Superhero : ONER
18
Dime segment : CENT
22
Dinsmore of fiction : ELSIE
24
Away : APART
25
Swiss sight : ALPS
26
Style, in Sedan : GOUT
27
Wanes : EBBS
28
Said "!*!*" : SWORE
30
Graze : SHAVE
31
Dagger : DIRK
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Puzzler's pet toiler : ESNE
33
Hone : WHET
35
French department : ISERE
36
What holders of a straight do : STANDPAT
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Apselike : RECESSED
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Shake a leg : HUSTLE
42
Most unusual : RAREST
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Ice and Stone : AGES
44
"A staff is quickly found to ___ dog": Shak. : BEATA
45
Tear producer : ONION
46
Vaults : SAFES
47
Ape fish : SWIM
48
Finale for Friml : CODA
49
"___ pumpkins!" : SOME
50
Ireland : ERIN
51
Fast planes : SSTS
54
The Tagus is one : RIO

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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