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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Saturday, May 21, 1977

38-Down : Mel's family

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,143
Across
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Hot fiddler : NERO
5
Blanches : PALES
10
Away off : AFAR
14
Hot place : OVEN
15
Muse of lyrics : ERATO
16
Wayne nickname : DUKE
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Year of Thomas Wolfe's birth : NINETEENHUNDRED
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Past maturity : OLD
21
Had debts : OWED
22
Greased : OILED
23
Nurtured : BRED
24
"___ Free" : BORN
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Ancient ascetic : ESSENE
29
Eucalyptus : BLUEGUM
32
Smith of tennis : STAN
33
Got up : AROSE
34
Numbskull : SAP
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Feedbag item : OAT
41
Indians : OTOES
42
Icy pellets : HAIL
43
Certain sheds : LEANTOS
45
Kerry town : TRALEE
47
Aide: Abbr. : ASST
48
Develop : GROW
49
When spring arrives : MARCH
52
Look happy : BEAM
53
Racket : BAT
56
Century : ONEHUNDREDYEARS
60
Teen problem : ACNE
61
Desist's partner : CEASE
62
Lost : ASEA
63
Outdoor light : NEON
64
Proprietor : OWNER
65
Type of admiral : REAR
Down
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Mother's admonition : NONO
2
Devilish : EVIL
3
Sunder : REND
4
Single : ONE
5
Reese : PEEWEE
6
Slender as ___ : AREED
7
Word with lord or lady : LAND
8
Suffix with Biblical verbs : ETH
9
French coin of proverbial fame : SOU
10
Arithmetic task : ADDING
11
Roll up, as a sail : FURL
12
Widely planted African tree : AKEE
13
Foxx : REDD
18
Ripped : TORN
19
Irish lass : NOREEN
23
Not straight : BENT
24
Political groups : BLOCS
25
York's river : OUSE
26
"___ Perpetua," Idaho motto : ESTO
27
Pilfer : STEAL
28
"A votre ___!" : SANTE
29
Scotch slopes : BRAES
30
Commonplace : USUAL
31
Berlin tune : MARIE
33
On the move : AFOOT
35
Nabors role : PYLE
37
Japanese island : HONSHU
38
Mel's family : OTTS
39
Melt : THAW
44
German textile center : AACHEN
45
Merchant : TRADER
46
Actress Schneider : ROMY
48
Canadian transients : GEESE
49
Show pain : MOAN
50
Noun suffix : ANCE
51
Place to split : RENO
52
Breakfast dish : BRAN
53
Low in character : BASE
54
Section : AREA
55
Russian V.I.P. of yore : TSAR
57
Sgt. or cpl. : NCO
58
Droplet on a petal : DEW
59
Sound receiver : EAR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later.

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