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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Tuesday, June 20, 1989

5-Down : Pulver of literature

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { F J K Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,469
Across
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Poetry : VERSE
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Cad : HEEL
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D.C. milieu : USA
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Arctic or Indian : OCEAN
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"Come ___ the garden, Maud": Tennyson : INTO
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Opponent : ANTI
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Streisand-O'Neal film : WHATSUPDOC
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There's one to Mandalay : ROAD
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Liquid part of fat : OLEIN
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We're all in this together : UNIVERSE
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Equipment : GEAR
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Solemn pledge : OATH
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Co-founder of Duxbury, Mass. : ALDEN
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Cheerful; optimistic : BEAMISH
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State bird of Minn. : LOON
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A bivalve : MUSSEL
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Get billed : OWE
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Process of cell growth : AUXESIS
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Light and graceful : SLENDER
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Pledge words : IDO
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Looked curiously : PEERED
44
"___ to Dance," 1936 film musical : BORN
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Hero worshiper : LEANDER
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Instruments for Stan Getz : SAXES
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Fill the truck : LOAD
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Gun or actress : STEN
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Prepare hides for tanning : DEGREASE
54
Dead duck : GONER
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Item split by Abe : RAIL
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Adulterated : DOCTOREDUP
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Utilizes : USES
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Quartet member : ALTO
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Clear the blackboard : ERASE
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Enero or febrero : MES
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Almost all : MOST
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Material for nightwear : DOMET
Down
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Promise : VOW
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Repeat : ECHO
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Genuine : REAL
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Cloy : SATE
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Pulver of literature : ENSIGN
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Haunch : HIP
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Lasts : ENDURES
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Collar or college : ETON
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Places : LOCI
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Not customary or conventional : UNORTHODOX
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Hide away : STASH
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Assistant : AIDE
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Regions : AREAS
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French article : UNE
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Fabric for curtains : VOILE
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Maltreated : ABUSED
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Stentorian : LOUD
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Hymns praising God : DOXOLOGIES
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Chemical suffix : ENE
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State : ASSERT
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Pinochle holding : MELD
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Appearance : MIEN
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"The Way We ___," Streisand hit : WERE
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Pelagic predators : ERNS
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Garden tool : SPADE
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Org. for a Knick : NBA
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Does some surgery : RESECTS
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Peers : EARLS
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Was a problem sleeper : SNORED
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Let : LEASE
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Self : EGO
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Instrument for Ringo : DRUM
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Sixth-day creation : ADAM
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Alone : SOLO
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Roman tyrant : NERO
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Dutch cheese : EDAM
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Stratagem : RUSE
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Toddler : TOT
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Sandy, to Annie : PET

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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