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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, February 1, 1982

7-Down : Halting walk

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 10, 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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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,773
Across
1
Departed : LEFT
5
Wise : SAGE
9
Unbalanced : ALOP
13
She, in Paris : ELLE
14
Dress up : PRIMP
16
Ballot : VOTE
17
Inter ___ : ALIA
18
Chinese silk plant : RAMIE
19
Israeli seaport : ACRE
20
Original impact : FIRSTIMPRESSION
23
Strict : STERN
24
Tank for liquids : VAT
25
___ loss for words : ATA
27
"Go down to ___ ... ": Noyes : KEW
28
Author Marshall : SLA
31
Org. : ASSN
35
A social sci. : ECON
37
One of the Allens : ETHAN
39
42
News on the sports page : TRADE
43
Pictorial presswork, for short : ROTO
44
"___ Can": Sammy Davis Jr. : YESI
45
Frequently, to Keats : OFT
46
A Gershwin : IRA
48
Tree juice : SAP
50
Type of trip : EGO
51
Popular form of music : DISCO
55
"Eroica" : BEETHOVENSTHIRD
62
Type of support : ARCH
63
Go ___ for : TOBAT
64
Actor-writer-director : ALDA
65
Anent : INRE
66
Mouthlike opening : STOMA
67
Opinion : VIEW
68
Barnstorm : TOUR
69
An ace: Slang : ONER
70
Be a jobholder : EARN
Down
1
Page : LEAF
2
___ Island : ELLIS
3
Play at love : FLIRT
4
Annoy : TEASE
5
Raced : SPRINTED
6
Syria in ancient times : ARAM
7
Halting walk : GIMP
8
Eastern bigwig : EMIR
9
"Cease, you swabbies!" : AVAST
10
Places : LOCI
11
Other, in Madrid : OTRO
12
End of a hammerhead : PEEN
15
Irritate : PEEVE
21
Folk-song syllable : TRA
22
Cut into cords : SAWED
26
Ghanaian port : ACCRA
27
Does some needlework : KNITS
28
Tire : SHOE
29
Country slightly larger than Utah : LAOS
30
"The Breeze ___," 1940 song : ANDI
31
Apropos of : ASTO
32
Derivative of "servus" (slave) : SERF
33
"Scram!" : SCAT
34
Where stained Cain lived : NOD
36
Exclamation of amused surprise : OHO
38
"___ Neighbor's Wife": Talese : THY
40
Horse cry : NEIGH
41
Guiding principle : LOADSTAR
47
One of TV's biggest hits : ROOTS
49
Seed : PIT
50
Solvent for resins and fats : ETHER
52
This is often close : SHAVE
53
Eyelashes : CILIA
54
Command : ORDER
55
What a shark might take : BAIT
56
Conductor Rapee : ERNO
57
Tan shade : ECRU
58
Author Bernard De ___ : VOTO
59
Black : EBON
60
In ___ only : NAME
61
Begin to be clear : DAWN

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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