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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, December 8, 1986

12-Down : Foxiest

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, 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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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,544
Across
1
Discourage : CHILL
6
Chicago nine : CUBS
10
Bad ___, W. German spa : EMS
13
Ban : TABOO
14
Finishes a laundering chore : IRONS
16
Bad start? : MAL
17
Coney Island boardwalk attraction : SHOOTINGGALLERY
20
Strained food : PUREE
21
Salinger or Cardin : PIERRE
22
Ripen : AGE
25
Houston or Rayburn : SAM
26
Bellboys : PAGES
27
Kind of dunk : SLAM
29
Greek poet : SAPPHO
33
N.Y. summer time : EDT
34
First of the Minor Prophets : HOSEA
36
Depart : LEAVE
38
Sign seen at 17 Across : WEAIMTOPLEASE
43
Band : TROOP
44
Flow: Comb. form : RRHEA
46
Kind of sack : SAD
49
Teeter-totter : SEESAW
52
Realtor's "Eureka!" : SOLD
53
Afflicted, to Cowper : PREST
55
Friend of David : REI
57
Scan : EYE
58
Subway customers : RIDERS
60
Provides nourishment : FEEDS
62
Second line of sign at 17 Across : YOUAIMTOOPLEASE
67
Port. monetary unit : ESC
68
Bailey or Buck : PEARL
69
Sea birds : ERNES
70
Soak flax : RET
71
Writer Bombeck : ERMA
72
Depressions : DENTS
Down
1
Parts of dols. : CTS
2
Exclamation of triumph : HAH
3
African tribesman : IBO
4
Circuit : LOOP
5
Dream supplier : LOTUS
6
The movies : CINEMA
7
Prod : URGE
8
Marsh : BOG
9
Ape some turtles : SNAP
10
Come out : EMERGE
11
Spoiled : MARRED
12
Foxiest : SLYEST
15
Type of sweater or shirt : SLIPOVER
18
Popular accts. : IRAS
19
Meadow : LEA
22
Can or tray preceder : ASH
23
Shine : GLOW
24
Facilitate : EASE
28
Pith : MEAT
30
Falls heavily : PLOPS
31
Vim, vigor or verve : PEP
32
Holbrook or Linden : HAL
35
Runway at Kennedy : AIRSTRIP
37
Corn units : EARS
39
Curly friend in foolery : MOE
40
Line nudger : TOE
41
Nursery-rhyme residence : SHOE
42
Slippery : EELY
45
Soft drink : ADE
46
More lively : SPRYER
47
Melodic : ARIOSE
48
Subtract : DEDUCT
50
Space between a leaf's veins : AREOLA
51
Sob : WEEP
54
Sargasso, e.g. : SEA
56
Took it very easy : IDLED
59
"Peter Pan" pirate : SMEE
60
Shape : FORM
61
Withered : SERE
63
Feather's companion : TAR
64
Rutherford or Sothern : ANN
65
Coterie : SET
66
Curve or letter : ESS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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