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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, July 11, 1983

28-Down : Like a dunce cap

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,298
Across
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Kin of a twinge : ACHE
5
Fountain items : SODAS
10
Electrical unit : MHO
13
Whitman, for one : POET
14
Braid : PLAIT
15
Suds producer : SOAP
16
November arithmetic, at times : ELECTIONRETURNS
19
Crane's "The ___ Badge of Courage" : RED
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Cherub, in Cherbourg : ANGE
21
Word before "aim" or "set" : READY
22
Fish, to an erne : PREY
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Lethal : DEADLY
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Acropolis site : ATHENS
28
Have a yen : CRAVE
29
Scorch : CHAR
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Aplomb : POISE
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Baden-Baden is one : SPA
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Certain enclosures : RETURNENVELOPES
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Ogle : EYE
39
Awfully strange : EERIE
40
Assistance : HELP
41
Of weight, in physics : BARIC
42
Lab items : SLIDES
44
Photographer's compound : AMIDOL
46
Margarine : OLEO
47
Wear away : ERODE
48
Zoological ending : ACEA
49
Frequently, to Keats : OFT
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Reciprocates : RETURNSTHEFAVOR
56
Surmounting : ATOP
57
Dried tubers : SALEP
58
Sergeant York was one : HERO
59
Sun. talk : SER
60
Eastern V.I.P.'s : AMIRS
61
Coxey's ___ : ARMY
Down
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Parrot : APER
2
Nat King ___ : COLE
3
Pay attention : HEED
4
And so on: Abbr. : ETC
5
Porcupine's protection : SPINES
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Branch of knowledge : OLOGY
7
Hamlet, e.g. : DANE
8
Kind of brake : AIR
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Jeanne or Bernadette: Abbr. : STE
10
Righteous : MORAL
11
Dexterous : HANDY
12
Kind of vision: Comb. form : OPSY
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"Blue ___ Shoes," Presley hit : SUEDE
17
Where a mountain man swims : TARN
18
Go abroad : TRAVEL
22
Land of llamas and Lima : PERU
23
Riverside, for one : DRIVE
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Facilitate : EASE
25
Land unit : ACRE
26
"___ stumble that run fast": Shak. : THEY
27
Abhor : HATE
28
Like a dunce cap : CONIC
30
What steeplejacks face daily : PERIL
31
Hied : SPED
32
Soccer V.I.P., once : PELE
33
Cleo's "bosom companions" : ASPS
35
McGuffey product : READER
36
Laughton role: 1932 : NERO
37
Where to see Columbus : OHIO
41
What shills do at auctions : BIDUP
42
Snoozes : SLEEPS
43
Page : LEAF
44
Ridge in Tyrol : ARETE
45
Type of car or cycle : MOTOR
46
Pigment for Peale : OCHER
47
Historic periods : ERAS
48
Hun king : ATLI
49
Done : OVER
50
Shape : FORM
51
Hector's home : TROY
53
Org. for Peggy Fleming et al. : NSA
54
Cousin of John Bull : SAM
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Eureka! : AHA

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

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