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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, October 18, 1993

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { G J Q X }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 20.0
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,050
Across
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Tastes : SIPS
5
Watering places : SPAS
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Josip ___ (Tito) : BROZ
13
Breathing woe : APNEA
14
Bridge seat : EAST
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Take on cargo : LADE
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Neighborhood celebration : BLOCKPARTY
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Skinner of the stage : OTIS
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Baccarat contender : BANKER
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___ ammoniac : SAL
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$.01 : CENT
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Spud buds : EYES
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G.I. address : APO
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European moose : ELK
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Lake ___, Blue Nile source : TANA
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Leading : AHEAD
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Mop wielder : SWABBER
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Tricky play in football : REVERSE
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Steering devices : TILLERS
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High crime : TREASON
42
Support : ENDORSE
43
Ranch hands : HERDERS
44
Shalom! : PEACE
45
Short study? : EDUC
47
Chess pcs. : KTS
49
Leftover bit : ORT
50
Stereo's ancestor : HIFI
54
Sp. ladies : SRAS
57
Beard of grain : AWN
59
Titania's spouse : OBERON
61
Grinder : HERO
62
1040 specialists : HANDRBLOCK
64
Most westerly Aleutian island : ATTU
65
One with a chilling job : ICER
66
"Peanuts" character : LINUS
67
Competition : MEET
68
___ politic : BODY
69
Native Oriental beans : SOYS
Down
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Spread apart : SPLAY
2
"___ ear and..." : INONE
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Mimics chicks : PECKS
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"For Pete's ___!" : SAKE
5
Marmara, e.g. : SEA
6
Manse occupier : PARSON
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Acting dog : ASTA
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Elegance of manner : STYLE
9
Dummy : BLOCKHEAD
10
Deserve : RATE
11
Valhalla V.I.P. : ODIN
12
Relish : ZEST
13
French secular clergyman : ABBE
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Babblers : PRATERS
24
Zoroastrian of India : PARSEE
26
Tennis great of the 1960's : LAVER
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Dudley Moore title role: 1981 : ARTHUR
30
Gaelic : ERSE
31
Hebrew lyre : ASOR
32
Haunts : DENS
33
Footfall : STEP
34
Sommelier's responsibility : WINE
35
M*A*S*H man : ALDA
36
Sketches roughly : BLOCKSOUT
37
French topper : BERET
39
Builder : ERECTOR
46
Put on : DONNED
48
Sir, in old India : SAHIB
50
Sunny prefix : HELIO
51
Satirist's tool : IRONY
52
Point of concentration : FOCUS
53
Signs, in slang : INKS
54
Fake : SHAM
55
Network of nerves : RETE
56
Comic Johnson : ARTE
58
City on the Brazos : WACO
60
Large liq. containers : BBLS
63
Brut : DRY

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

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