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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, July 10, 1978

29-Down : Ancient; quaint

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original was missing clue for 41-Down; added one, but it's not whatever the constructor originally wrote.

1
B
2
A
3
L
4
I
5
S
6
C
7
A
8
B
9
S
10
H
11
A
12
R
13
D
14
A
M
O
N
15
H
O
B
O
16
P
U
S
H
Y
17
S
O
D
A
18
O
N
E
S
19
A
R
S
O
N
20
K
I
N
21
G
O
F
T
H
22
E
R
O
A
D
23
E
R
I
E
24
X
E
N
I
A
25
S
26
M
27
A
28
E
N
R
29
O
30
O
T
S
31
P
A
R
32
T
E
33
L
U
R
34
J
35
O
36
I
37
E
38
Q
U
E
E
N
39
O
40
F
D
I
A
41
M
O
N
D
S
42
R
I
S
E
43
P
O
E
44
A
S
T
I
N
45
S
T
E
N
46
G
47
E
L
48
O
D
E
49
S
50
I
51
N
A
I
52
I
N
T
53
O
54
P
R
I
N
C
55
E
56
O
F
W
A
L
57
E
58
S
59
T
R
E
E
D
60
A
L
T
I
61
I
D
O
62
L
63
D
A
N
C
E
64
S
E
E
N
65
V
I
L
E
66
S
T
E
E
D
67
T
O
D
D
68
E
T
O
N
© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,558
Across
1
Island near Java : BALI
5
Strikebreaker : SCAB
9
Pottery fragment : SHARD
14
Theban god : AMON
15
Vagrant : HOBO
16
Aggressive : PUSHY
17
Word with cracker or bottle : SODA
18
Change for a five : ONES
19
Pyromaniac's crime : ARSON
20
Champ tramp : KINGOFTHEROAD
23
One of five : ERIE
24
City northeast of Cincinnati : XENIA
25
Little, in Scotland : SMA
28
Implants deeply : ENROOTS
31
Ex ___ (from one side only) : PARTE
33
Iranian native : LUR
34
___ de vivre : JOIE
38
She's a card! : QUEENOFDIAMONDS
42
Levitate : RISE
43
"Israfel" poet : POE
44
Actress Patty Duke ___ : ASTIN
45
Name enshrined at Cooperstown : STENGEL
48
Wordsworth's "___ to Duty" : ODE
49
Biblical mountain : SINAI
52
"Come ___ the garden, Maud" : INTO
54
Edward VIII, once : PRINCEOFWALES
59
Cornered : TREED
60
Choir voices : ALTI
61
One put on a pedestal : IDOL
63
Charleston, for one : DANCE
64
Observed : SEEN
65
Vicious : VILE
66
Rhyme for 59 Across : STEED
67
Nobel chemist: 1957 : TODD
68
Collar or jacket : ETON
Down
1
Type of relief : BAS
2
Run ___ (go crazy) : AMOK
3
City in N.J. or Italy : LODI
4
Silly : INANE
5
Easy winner : SHOOIN
6
Have a parley : CONFER
7
Aid in a crime : ABET
8
Poppycock : BOSH
9
Bowling scores : SPARES
10
One of five : HURON
11
Very, in music : ASSAI
12
TV show : RHODA
13
Generator: Abbr. : DYN
21
Immature : GREEN
22
Special edition : EXTRA
25
Senatus Populusque Romanus: Abbr. : SPQR
26
Hawaiian island : MAUI
27
War god : ARES
29
Ancient; quaint : OLDEN
30
Yes, in Paris : OUI
32
Starting place for Tom Watson : TEE
34
Stafford and Mielziner : JOS
35
"___ the fray" : ONTO
36
"What ___ for Love," pop song : IDID
37
Serf of yore : ESNE
39
Type of nerve : OPTIC
40
Pompey, to Caesar : FOE
41
Mediterranean island country : MALTA
45
Used an abrasive : SANDED
46
Like any great artist : GIFTED
47
Twist or coil about : ENWIND
49
Herring : SPRAT
50
A Castle who popularized bobbed hair : IRENE
51
Nephew's sister : NIECE
53
Martini insert : OLIVE
55
Bridge spot : EAST
56
Spread for a trencherman : OLEO
57
Redact : EDIT
58
Fly alone : SOLO
59
Six-pointers: Abbr. : TDS
62
Little Leonard : LEN

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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