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Sidney L. Robbins
New York Times, Monday, December 11, 1989
Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 37.1
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 A | 2 B | 3 C | 4 S | 5 A | 6 R | 7 A | 8 H | 9 F | 10 I | 11 S | 12 T |
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13 P | O | O | 14 R | 15 A | M | I | L | E | 16 E | C | H | O |
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17 E | D | N | A | 18 F | I | G | U | R | 19 E | D | O | U | T |
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20 D | E | S | I | 21 R | E | D | 22 M | O | M | E | N | T | S |
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23 I | D | E | S | 24 S | I | D | E | R | ||||||
25 A | 26 D | D | E | D | 27 B | A | N | 28 R | A | 29 D | 30 I | 31 O |
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32 L | I | E | D | 33 A | R | M | 34 O | G | L | E | R | S |
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35 T | A | R | 36 G | R | A | P | 37 P | L | E | 38 T | A | C |
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39 A | N | E | 40 M | I | C | 41 L | E | D | 42 B | E | T | A |
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43 R | A | D | O | N | 44 D | E | W | 45 S | U | R | E | R |
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46 A | N | 47 T | I | S | 48 F | I | R | M | ||||||
49 G | 50 A | 51 I | N | E | R | S | 52 M | A | R | R | I | 53 E | 54 D |
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55 A | S | K | E | D | A | B | 56 O | U | T | 57 O | N | C | E |
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58 S | E | E | R | 59 C | A | U | S | E | 60 W | E | R | E |
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61 P | A | S | S | 62 E | R | R | E | D | 63 D | U | D |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,643
Across
1
It's a start : ABC
4
Biblical matriarch : SARAH
9
This is sometimes clenched : FIST
13
Poverty-stricken : POOR
15
"A miss is as good as ___" : AMILE
16
Little Sir of songdom : ECHO
17
Novelist Ferber : EDNA
18
Put two and two together : FIGUREDOUT
20
Wanted : DESIRED
22
Seconds : MOMENTS
23
Fatal date for Caesar : IDES
24
East or West follower : SIDER
25
Did sums : ADDED
27
Forbid : BAN
28
Marconi's interest : RADIO
32
Committed perjury : LIED
33
Estuary : ARM
34
Amorous starers : OGLERS
35
Feathers' partner : TAR
36
Wrestle : GRAPPLE
38
Tic-___-toe : TAC
39
Lacking vitality : ANEMIC
41
Conducted : LED
42
Alpha follower : BETA
43
Gaseous element : RADON
44
Morning moisture : DEW
45
More positive : SURER
46
Opponents : ANTIS
48
Rigid : FIRM
49
Certain dives : GAINERS
52
Wed : MARRIED
55
Inquired concerning : ASKEDABOUT
57
Twice halved : ONCE
58
Prophet : SEER
59
Rallying point : CAUSE
60
"The Way We ___" : WERE
61
Bridge call : PASS
62
Miscalculated : ERRED
63
Lemon : DUD
Down
1
Copied : APED
2
Augur : BODE
3
Took under advisement : CONSIDERED
4
Places for valuables : SAFES
5
In the center : AMID
6
Semi : RIG
7
Metallic comb. form : ALUMIN
8
A king of Judea : HEROD
9
Kind of offense : FEDERAL
10
Religious object : ICON
11
Closed : SHUT
12
Little ones : TOTS
14
Made a foray : RAIDED
19
Come out : EMERGE
21
Embarrassed : RED
24
Tastes : SAMPLES
25
Hitching post? : ALTAR
26
Mythical huntress : DIANA
27
Bosom companion : BRA
29
Intent on : DETERMINED
30
Hot under the collar : IRATE
31
Lyricist Hammerstein : OSCAR
33
Circle section : ARC
34
Venerable : OLD
36
Won at a rummy game : GINNED
37
Church seat : PEW
40
Whiners' cousins : MOANERS
42
Rabbit hole : BURROW
44
Oust a lawyer : DISBAR
45
Knightly title : SIR
47
Speck : TRACE
48
Doomed : FATED
49
Express astonishment : GASP
50
On the briny : ASEA
51
D.D.E. namesakes : IKES
52
Euterpe or Terpsichore : MUSE
53
Beige : ECRU
54
Boy Scout's "good" one : DEED
56
"___ Love," 1939 song : OUR
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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