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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, May 20, 1991

17-Down : Wild prank

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, 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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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,168
Across
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Toil : LABOR
6
Poker prize : POT
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Ditto : SAME
13
Memorable mission : ALAMO
14
Fullness of flavor : BODY
15
Romulus, e.g. : TWIN
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Former member of the Weavers : PETESEEGER
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Bridge seat : EAST
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Fix up old masters : RESTORE
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Comic Johnson : ARTE
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Buddy : PAL
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Milieu for a P.T.A. : SCH
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Church dignitary : ELDER
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Search for : SEEK
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Of the stars : ASTRAL
32
Ex-jrs. : SRS
33
Dept. of ___, started under L.B.J. : TRANSP
35
Rajah's better half : RANEE
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Hit song by 16 Across and Lee Hays : IFIHADAHAMMER
41
TV morning show : TODAY
42
Depicted : LIMNED
44
Likely : APT
47
Sweater : JERSEY
49
Top-notch : AONE
50
Book's first section : PARTI
52
Sydney is its cap. : NSW
54
Stitch : SEW
55
Forepart of a ship : PROW
56
Degraders : ABASERS
60
Easy gait : LOPE
61
Performer like 16 Across : FOLKSINGER
65
Siegmeister or Wiesel : ELIE
66
Coxey led one : ARMY
67
Like a flivver : TINNY
68
Mennonites, e.g. : SECT
69
Life-force letters : RNA
70
Chopin specialty : ETUDE
Down
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Circuit : LAP
2
Pub drink : ALE
3
Belfry denizen : BAT
4
Hebrew measure : OMER
5
Kentucky Derby decoration : ROSES
6
Kind of stick : POGO
7
European river : ODER
8
Londoner's radial : TYRE
9
Filch : STEAL
10
Oscar and Tony : AWARDS
11
"___ Roberts," 1955 film : MISTER
12
Comes onstage : ENTERS
14
Second Hebrew letters : BETHS
17
Wild prank : ESCAPADE
21
Sound asking for silence : PST
22
Air: Comb. form : AERI
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Petal : LEAF
25
Fragrant resin : ELEMI
27
Make cardigans : KNIT
29
Food carriers : TRAYS
30
Very short cheer : RAH
31
Detailed examinations of complexities : ANALYSES
34
Japanese paper screen : SHOJI
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Poet Lazarus : EMMA
38
Nabokov novel : DAR
39
TV role for Sonny Shroyer : ENOS
40
Lacoste of tennis fame : RENE
43
Early moisture : DEW
44
Pippins : APPLES
45
Conditional release : PAROLE
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___ of Capricorn : TROPIC
48
Exalt : ENSKY
51
Aviary sound : TWEET
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Pen : WRITE
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In the distance : AFAR
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Adamson's "___ Free" : BORN
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___ mater : ALMA
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Pet : SNIT
62
Wildebeest : GNU
63
Pass catcher : END
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City or bread : RYE

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

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