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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, April 13, 1992

6-Down : Boxer Max

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,497
Across
1
David and Edwards : CAMPS
6
Annoyance to a horse : BIT
9
The ugly duckling : SWAN
13
Spanish blonde bombshell : CHARO
14
Afresh : ANEW
16
Cloak : CAPE
17
Ade fruit : LEMON
18
To be, in Nice : ETRE
19
Ripened : AGED
20
With 38 Across, quotation from Matthew : MANYARECALLED
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Trumpet locale : EAR
24
Skit locale : REVUE
25
Actress Ullmann : LIV
28
Turkey flock on the roof? : RAFTER
30
" ... my beamish ___!": Carroll : BOY
33
Words of approximation : ONOR
35
Pindar specialty : ODE
36
Kind of hanger? : CREPE
38
See 20 Across : BUTFEWARECHOSEN
42
Betel palm : ARECA
43
Explorer Johnson : OSA
44
Parks or Wheeler : BERT
45
Embarrassed : RED
46
Overwhelms : SWAMPS
49
Former chess champ : TAL
50
Uncle Miltie : BERLE
51
Kind of pole : TAD
54
Lure of London's Klondike? : CALLOFTHEWILD
59
Olympics event : RACE
60
O'Hara plantation : TARA
61
Mab or Titania : FAIRY
63
Taj Mahal's site : AGRA
64
The old sod : ERIN
65
Loosen : UNTIE
66
Earth's inheritors : MEEK
67
Mil. school : OCS
68
Jumps : LEAPS
Down
1
D halved : CCL
2
Attention getter : AHEM
3
Doll's sound : MAMA
4
Apt : PRONE
5
Sophia, to a Russian : SONYA
6
Boxer Max : BAER
7
Measuring wavelengths of light : INTERFEROMETRIC
8
Triplet, in music : TERCET
9
Piano exercise : SCALE
10
Engage in : WAGE
11
Copied : APED
12
Sparks or Beatty : NED
15
Interlace : WEAVE
21
Hood's weapon : ARROW
22
Stagger or careen : LURCH
25
Of part of the lungs : LOBAR
26
Toughen : INURE
27
Cast ballots : VOTED
29
Okla. city : ADA
30
Harass : BESET
31
"Carmen" is one : OPERA
32
Streisand vehicle : YENTL
34
New Deal org. : RFC
37
Reiner or Roy : ROB
39
Painter's purchase : EASEL
40
Sixth sense : ESP
41
Untouchables, e.g. : CASTE
47
Took pen in hand : WROTE
48
Former Ecuadorian President : ALFARO
50
"___ House": Dickens : BLEAK
52
Horrible : AWFUL
53
Sawyer or Keaton : DIANE
54
Bird's place of confinement : CAGE
55
Israeli port : ACRE
56
Skater Brinker : HANS
57
Rock singer Ford : LITA
58
Nerd's cousin : DRIP
59
Barge into : RAM
62
What "she didn't say" : YES

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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