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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Tuesday, May 2, 1989

21-Down : Congressional creations

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 4.67, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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C
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C
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B
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B
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,420
Across
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Restaurants : CAFES
6
Embarrassed : RED
9
Cigarette problem : TAR
12
Hot under the collar : IRATE
13
Nabe store for cold cuts : DELI
14
Clare Boothe ___ : LUCE
15
Capsize : TURNTURTLE
17
La Douce : IRMA
18
Poet Lazarus : EMMA
19
Oahu garlands : LEIS
20
Kind of bed or shed : WATER
21
Connery or Penn : SEAN
22
Bile: Comb. form : CHOL
23
Tit for ___ : TAT
25
Portuguese overseas province : MACAO
27
Greek letter : ETA
30
Of a bird's spurious wing : ALULAR
33
Cynical : SARDONIC
35
Rebuked : BERATED
37
Cautious : PRUDENT
38
Butts in : INTRUDES
40
Makes into law : ENACTS
41
French dance : BAL
42
Hoffmann specialties : TALES
44
Sort; kind : ILK
45
Balanced : EVEN
47
Huge : VAST
49
Gowns for professors : ROBES
51
Honduran port : TELA
52
Andy's sidekick : AMOS
56
Persia, updated : IRAN
57
Sweetheart : TURTLEDOVE
59
NATO, e.g. : PACT
60
Follow orders : OBEY
61
Kind of closet : LINEN
62
Lodge member : ELK
63
Layer on a football player : PAD
64
Commence : START
Down
1
Quote : CITE
2
Calla lilly : ARUM
3
Silo locale : FARM
4
Volcano in Sicily : ETNA
5
Matched collection : SET
6
Eye parts : RETINAS
7
Annexes of a sort : ELLS
8
Something to cast : DIE
9
Kind of sweater : TURTLENECK
10
Peak : ACME
11
Kind of admiral : REAR
13
Fond hope : DREAM
14
Mongolian river : LIAO
16
Rubber tree : ULE
20
Christie product : WHODUNIT
21
Congressional creations : STATUTES
22
Author John le ___ : CARRE
23
Oval stud on furniture : TURTLEBACK
24
Winged : ALAR
26
Item often tipped : CAP
28
Add color : TINT
29
Biblical book : ACTS
30
Ancient Hebrew month : ABIB
31
Horne of plenteous talent : LENA
32
Fortification : REDAN
34
Asiatic woody vine : ODAL
36
Dover is its cap. : DEL
39
Cut : SEVERED
43
Like caviar : SALTY
46
Opening : VENT
48
___ hepatica : SAL
49
Ready for picking : RIPE
50
Spoken : ORAL
51
Plenty of horn : TUBA
52
Mine entrance : ADIT
53
"___ Lisa," Cole hit : MONA
54
Finished : OVER
55
Dispatched : SENT
57
Tot's spinner : TOP
58
High-rise trains : ELS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 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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