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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Friday, May 21, 1976

28-Down : Heart action

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K W X }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,778
Across
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Nimble : SPRY
5
Type of tire : SPARE
10
Genesis name : ADAM
14
Ballet movement : PLIE
15
Places for chapeaux : TETES
16
Wolf : LOBO
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Abbr. in a boarding-house ad : RMS
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Astringents : ALUMS
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Defective: Prefix : ATELO
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Sitka's state: Abbr. : ALAS
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Favoring : PRO
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Name, in old Rome : NOMEN
34
Sound of disapproval : HISS
35
Relative of an agt. : REP
36
Greek god of love : EROS
37
Face and greeting : CARDS
39
Part of Einstein's formula : MASS
40
Capek title : RUR
41
___ Alto : PALO
42
Bout : SETTO
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Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
48
Gehrig et al. : LOUS
49
Gather up, as cloth : SHIRR
52
Bristles : SETAE
54
Article : THE
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Heraldic band : ORLE
61
"___ Ben Jonson" : ORARE
62
Past the prime : AGED
63
Haws' partners : GEES
64
Heaped : PILED
65
Obstacles : BARS
Down
1
Forum initials : SPQR
2
" ... and pulled out a ___" : PLUM
3
Inlets : RIAS
4
Suffix for law or saw : YER
5
Of a pillar : STELAR
6
Examine : PERUSE
7
Type of bomb : ATOM
8
Grid officials : REFS
9
That, in Valencia : ESA
10
"That's ___ malarkey!" : ALOTOF
11
Be inattentive : DOZE
12
Actor Walter : ABEL
13
Kind of gram or maniac : MONO
18
Claw : TALON
19
Relatives of drats : DARNS
23
Iowa city : AMES
24
Bridge call : PASS
25
Burdens, to Caesar : ONERA
26
No-hit, ___ game : NORUN
27
Atlanta campus : EMORY
28
Heart action : THROB
29
Kept under cover : HID
30
Furious : IRATE
31
Hearth goddess : VESTA
32
Type of salts : EPSOM
37
"The die is ___" : CAST
38
Beverage : ALE
39
N.Y. players : METS
41
Writer Angelo : PATRI
42
Swerved : SLUED
44
Critic Clive : BARNES
45
Town in north Italy : ALTARE
46
Made a bank deal : LOANED
49
Pollution factor : SMOG
50
Take on : HIRE
51
Groundless : IDLE
52
Hindu goddess : SHRI
53
Relative of etc. : ETAL
54
Roman garment : TOGA
55
Garden worker : HOER
56
Divinity shapings : ENDS
58
Pol. party : GOP
59
Seize : NAB

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