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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Tuesday, December 11, 1979

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 4, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,990
Across
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Eban of Israel : ABBA
5
Muffler : SCARF
10
Auto club insignia : AAA
13
Fibs : LIES
14
Victoria's prince : ALBERT
16
WAVES' org. : USN
17
With 31 Across, saying re subjugation : TOTHEVICTOR
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Papal title: Abbr. : SSD
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Neckline type : VEE
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Priest's post : ALTAR
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White mark on a horse's face : BLAZE
27
To the ___ degree : NTH
30
Donny's sister : MARIE
31
See 17 Across : BELONGTHESPOILS
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Barn dance emcee : CALLER
35
Ingest : EAT
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Silly one : ASS
37
Botticelli's "___ of the Magi" : ADORATION
41
Cleo's bosom companion : ASP
44
Wrestler's pad : MAT
45
Makes waves : CRIMPS
49
With 60 Across, Shakespeare on tribulation : SWEETARETHEUSES
53
Mollycoddled lad : SISSY
54
Miss the pop-up : ERR
55
Endows : VESTS
56
___ den Linden : UNTER
57
Infuriation : IRE
59
Ripen : AGE
60
See 49 Across : OFADVERSITY
68
Eur. country : GER
69
Hallowed : SACRED
70
Unit equaling 43,560 sq. ft. : ACRE
71
Bitter vetch : ERS
72
Exams : TESTS
73
Suffix with four, six, etc. : TEEN
Down
1
Word on a stop sign in Rome : ALT
2
Life story, for short : BIO
3
Groucho's "You ___ Your Life" : BET
4
Residue : ASH
5
Salvage : SAVE
6
Lawyer's customer : CLIENT
7
Network letters : ABC
8
Soak : RET
9
To's partner : FRO
10
Homeland of Hedy Lamarr : AUSTRIA
11
Maligns or besets : ASSAILS
12
Actress Ursula : ANDRESS
15
Type of steamer : TRAMP
18
Made level : EVENED
22
Language of northern Thailand : LAO
23
Purveyor of Londoners' "telly" programs : BBC
24
Grazing land : LEA
25
What a hog wants : ALL
26
Author who was Cézanne's close friend : ZOLA
28
Circle in the Square, e.g. : THEATER
29
Type of lightning : HEAT
32
Roman survey tool : GROMA
33
Verse : STICH
38
Very unusual : RARE
39
"Not now ___!" : OREVER
40
Isle near the Tongas : NIUE
41
Mitigate : ASSUAGE
42
Jet set member : SWINGER
43
Acts like a brat : PESTERS
46
Pile for Max Perkins: Abbr. : MSS
47
Like a faddist's rock : PET
48
Former draft org. : SSS
50
Direction or suffix : ESE
51
Beginners : TYROS
52
Hot-dish stand : TRIVET
58
Brezhnev's followers : REDS
61
Item in the fire : FAT
62
Air Force hero : ACE
63
Medics : DRS
64
Convened : SAT
65
Payola : ICE
66
Uno, due, ___ : TRE
67
Urge : YEN

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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