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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, December 11, 1989

6-Down : Semi

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, 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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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,643
Across
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It's a start : ABC
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Biblical matriarch : SARAH
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This is sometimes clenched : FIST
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Poverty-stricken : POOR
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"A miss is as good as ___" : AMILE
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Little Sir of songdom : ECHO
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Novelist Ferber : EDNA
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Put two and two together : FIGUREDOUT
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Wanted : DESIRED
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Seconds : MOMENTS
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Fatal date for Caesar : IDES
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East or West follower : SIDER
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Did sums : ADDED
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Forbid : BAN
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Marconi's interest : RADIO
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Committed perjury : LIED
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Estuary : ARM
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Amorous starers : OGLERS
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Feathers' partner : TAR
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Wrestle : GRAPPLE
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Tic-___-toe : TAC
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Lacking vitality : ANEMIC
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Conducted : LED
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Alpha follower : BETA
43
Gaseous element : RADON
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Morning moisture : DEW
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More positive : SURER
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Opponents : ANTIS
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Rigid : FIRM
49
Certain dives : GAINERS
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Wed : MARRIED
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Inquired concerning : ASKEDABOUT
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Twice halved : ONCE
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Prophet : SEER
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Rallying point : CAUSE
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"The Way We ___" : WERE
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Bridge call : PASS
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Miscalculated : ERRED
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Lemon : DUD
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Copied : APED
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Augur : BODE
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Took under advisement : CONSIDERED
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Places for valuables : SAFES
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In the center : AMID
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Semi : RIG
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Metallic comb. form : ALUMIN
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A king of Judea : HEROD
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Kind of offense : FEDERAL
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Religious object : ICON
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Closed : SHUT
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Little ones : TOTS
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Made a foray : RAIDED
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Come out : EMERGE
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Embarrassed : RED
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Tastes : SAMPLES
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Hitching post? : ALTAR
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Mythical huntress : DIANA
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Bosom companion : BRA
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Intent on : DETERMINED
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Hot under the collar : IRATE
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Lyricist Hammerstein : OSCAR
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Circle section : ARC
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Venerable : OLD
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Won at a rummy game : GINNED
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Church seat : PEW
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Whiners' cousins : MOANERS
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Rabbit hole : BURROW
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Oust a lawyer : DISBAR
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Knightly title : SIR
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Speck : TRACE
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Doomed : FATED
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Express astonishment : GASP
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On the briny : ASEA
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D.D.E. namesakes : IKES
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Euterpe or Terpsichore : MUSE
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Beige : ECRU
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Boy Scout's "good" one : DEED
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"___ Love," 1939 song : OUR

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

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