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Sidney L. Robbins
New York Times, Monday, June 1, 1987
47-Down : Japanese city bombed in W.W. II
Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { K Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 E | 2 C | 3 H | 4 O | 5 P | 6 R | 7 O | 8 F | 9 F | 10 R | 11 A |
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12 R | O | A | N | 13 A | L | I | V | E | 14 S | E | A | L |
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15 A | N | D | S | 16 O | T | O | B | E | D | 17 H | A | T | E |
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18 E | J | E | C | T | 19 R | O | 20 T | A | T | E | S |
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21 T | R | E | 22 E | 23 T | R | A | S | H | ||||||
24 A | 25 B | S | E | N | C | 26 E | 27 A | S | T | E | 28 R | 29 S |
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30 C | L | E | 31 A | D | O | R | 32 E | 33 S | A | R | A | H |
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34 A | D | D | 35 S | L | A | N | 36 T | 37 B | I | O |
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38 T | O | W | 39 E | 40 D | 41 E | S | T | E | 42 S | 43 E | N | D |
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44 S | L | A | V | E | 45 S | 46 E | R | R | A | 47 N | D | S | ||
48 R | E | M | I | 49 T | 50 E | R | M | A | ||||||
51 H | 52 E | M | L | I | N | E | 53 I | A | G | 54 O | 55 S | |||
56 O | B | E | Y | 57 B | E | 58 D | 59 O | F | R | O | S | E | 60 S |
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61 M | O | R | N | 62 A | N | O | M | Y | 63 Y | A | P | S |
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64 E | N | S | 65 D | Y | E | S | 66 A | R | T | E |
© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,719
Across
1
Repeat : ECHO
5
Campus V.I.P. : PROF
9
___ Angelico : FRA
12
Horse or sheepskin : ROAN
13
Existent : ALIVE
14
Press wax : SEAL
15
Pepys's sign-off : ANDSOTOBED
17
Loathe : HATE
18
Thrust out : EJECT
19
Revolves : ROTATES
21
Oak or elm : TREE
23
Waste : TRASH
24
Cause of more fondness? : ABSENCE
27
Fall flowers : ASTERS
30
___ Elum Lake, Wash. : CLE
31
Worship : ADORE
33
Wife of Abraham : SARAH
34
Supplement : ADD
35
Viewpoint : SLANT
37
Life story, for short : BIO
38
Hauled : TOWED
41
Kefauver : ESTES
43
Terminate : END
44
Spartacus and Turner : SLAVES
46
Tasks for Junior : ERRANDS
48
Send as payment : REMIT
50
Writer Bombeck : ERMA
51
Fleeting fashion item : HEMLINE
53
Roles for Ferrer and Plummer : IAGOS
56
Mind : OBEY
57
Ease : BEDOFROSES
61
Cockcrow : MORN
62
Miracle : ANOMY
63
Kennel noise : YAPS
64
Printers' measures : ENS
65
Recolors : DYES
66
Comic Johnson : ARTE
Down
1
Historic period : ERA
2
Ice-cream holder : CONE
3
Pilgrimage to Mecca : HADJ
4
Beginnings : ONSETS
5
Arafat's gp. : PLO
6
Josh : RIB
7
Open : OVERT
8
Hat for Mike Hammer : FEDORA
9
Type of mattress : FEATHERBED
10
Evaluate : RATE
11
Pub drinks : ALES
13
Is present at : ATTENDS
14
Calif. mount : SHASTA
16
Sheath of a leafstalk : OCREA
20
Soviet news agency : TASS
22
French school : ECOLE
24
Perfume base : ALDOL
25
Pans with hot coals to keep sleepers cozy : BEDWARMERS
26
Rub out : ERASE
28
Showers : RAINS
29
Aped blacksmiths : SHOD
30
Broadway smash since 1982 : CATS
32
___ nous : ENTRE
36
Scare : TERRIFY
39
Diarist John: 1620-1706 : EVELYN
40
Half: Prefix : DEMI
42
Philippine isle : SAMAR
45
Heyerdahl's pet duck : SINBAD
47
Japanese city bombed in W.W. II : NAGOYA
49
Wee : TEENY
51
Where you live : HOME
52
Black, to Byron : EBON
54
Glacial ridges : OSAR
55
'Twixt Aug. and Oct. : SEPT
58
Female kangaroo : DOE
59
Hindu incantations : OMS
60
Opposite of NNW : SSE
Answer summary:
1 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.