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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, June 28, 1976

5-Down : Kind of fiddle

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, 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. 9,816
Across
1
Shell's partner : SHOT
5
Stunted tree : SCRUB
10
Org. for animals : SPCA
14
World mover : LOVE
15
Rub out : ERASE
16
Pacific trees : TOAS
17
Ask for trouble : OPENACANOFWORMS
20
Big ___ : BEN
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French bridge : PONT
22
Chose : OPTED
23
British sand hill : DENE
24
Tourist city of India : AGRA
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Have the means to : AFFORD
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Garter ingredient : ELASTIC
32
___ Rabbit : BRER
33
It's put on Mame : BLAME
34
Kind of sauce : SOY
36
Symbol of fun : BARRELOFMONKEYS
40
Goal : AIM
41
Unusual souvenir : CURIO
42
British composer : ARNE
43
Mitigate : LIGHTEN
45
Thin layer : VENEER
47
Shad dishes : ROES
48
Make a dice bet : FADE
49
Formal mall : ALLEE
52
Haiti's ___ Doc : PAPA
53
It's often for two : TEA
56
Gave all the directions : BOXEDTHECOMPASS
60
Author Linklater : ERIC
61
___ space : OUTER
62
Painting, etc. : ARTS
63
Bird : DOVE
64
Hair strand : TRESS
65
Worrisome age : TEEN
Down
1
Boorish one : SLOB
2
Between faith and charity : HOPE
3
Hot place : OVEN
4
After 9:59 : TEN
5
Kind of fiddle : SECOND
6
Weight-lifter : CRANE
7
Declaim : RANT
8
G.I. rest spot : USO
9
A.E.F.'s English counterpart : BEF
10
___ nothing (be reckless) : STOPAT
11
Dessert wine : PORT
12
"___ the dawn" : CAME
13
Evaluated: Abbr. : ASSD
18
Mimic : APER
19
Start to go to pot : WORSEN
23
R.I. rebellion leader : DORR
24
"Remember the ___" : ALAMO
25
United: Prefix : GAMO
26
Eban : ABBA
27
Weak : FRAIL
28
Atom physicist : FERMI
29
Puckish : ELFIN
30
French river : ISERE
31
Irish payment : COYNE
33
Uses a gimlet : BORES
35
Belgian river : YSER
37
Repeated : ECHOED
38
Musical instrument : LUTE
39
Orson Welles role : KANE
44
"To the glory that was ___" : GREECE
45
Gasified liquids : VAPORS
46
Dutch cheese : EDAM
48
Confronts : FACES
49
Retired : ABED
50
Parrot fish : LORO
51
Roman 64 : LXIV
52
Man's nickname : PETE
53
Biblical weed : TARE
54
This, in Madrid : ESTE
55
Org. : ASSN
57
Little one : TOT
58
Chariot man : HUR
59
Way to stand : PAT

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

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