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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Tuesday, January 23, 1990

41-Down : Crescent-shaped figure

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 250 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 12, XRef: 0
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,686
Across
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Shopper's mecca : MALL
5
Wise ___ owl : ASAN
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Young bull : CALF
13
Red as ___ : ABEET
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Tony ___, memorable golfer : LEMA
16
Sheltered at sea : ALEE
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His sentence is lengthy : LIFER
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Broadway hit of yore, with "The" : FRONTPAGE
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Tropical fish : TETRA
21
Puts in a container : ENCASES
22
Residue : ASH
23
Shows fear : CRINGES
26
"___ for Danny Fisher": Robbins : ASTONE
28
Andrea del ___ : SARTO
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___ avail : TONO
35
Loni's husband : BURT
37
Eastern biggies : EMIRS
38
Lasts : ENDURES
40
Asseverates : ALLEGES
42
Ebbets Field star : REESE
43
Brown, as raw silk : ECRU
45
Stadium in Queens : SHEA
46
Having form without reality : MODAL
47
Aboveboard : HONEST
49
Land holdings : ESTATES
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Kind of mask or pipe : GAS
55
Oriental : EASTERN
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Pat or tap : TOUCH
60
Behind the scenes : BACKSTAGE
62
Gladden : ELATE
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Lake in Ireland : ERNE
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Joined : TIED
65
Fathered : SIRED
66
Kind of club : GLEE
67
Rival of Henry Ford : OLDS
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Tout's concern : ODDS
Down
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Knights of ___ : MALTA
2
"___ Irish Rose" : ABIES
3
Sinistral : LEFTHANDED
4
Ogle's cousin : LEER
5
Landon : ALF
6
More tranquil : SERENER
7
Surrounded by : AMONG
8
John ___ Garner, former V.P. : NANCE
9
Tams : CAPS
10
Amor's wings : ALAE
11
Diamond that was rough : LEGS
12
Charge : FEE
14
Region : TRACT
19
Pendent ornament : TASSEL
24
Garb for an investiture : ROBE
25
Occupied : INUSE
27
March king : SOUSA
29
"Better a ___ of pottage ... " : AMESS
30
College lineman : RIGHTGUARD
31
Sweet bay, e.g. : TREE
32
Greek mountain : OSSA
33
Six years in the Senate : TERM
34
___ -cat (sandlot game) : ONEO
36
Fortuneteller's card : TAROT
39
Finds new tenants : RELETS
41
Crescent-shaped figure : LUNE
44
Altered : CHANGED
48
Kefauver : ESTES
50
Fracas : SETTO
51
Oregon or Santa Fe : TRAIL
53
Performed : ACTED
54
Gets rid of : SHEDS
55
A peer : EARL
56
Teen woe : ACNE
57
___-Ball (amusement-park game) : SKEE
59
Mélange : OLIO
60
What mendicants do : BEG
61
McMahon and Sullivan : EDS

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