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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, December 15, 1986

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.71, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 53, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, 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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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,551
Across
1
Perform : ACT
4
Complain : FRET
8
Sci. degree : SCB
11
Pairs : DUOS
13
Classify : RATE
14
Resort : TAHOE
16
Urban halters : STOPSIGNS
18
Hautboys : OBOES
19
Smack : SLAP
20
To the Orient : EASTWARDS
22
Centers : HUBS
24
C.C.N.Y.or L.I.U. : INST
25
A football kick : ONSIDE
28
School break : RECESS
30
Ex-G.I.'s : VETS
31
Soviet range : ALAI
34
"___ Is Born" : ASTAR
36
I love: Lat. : AMO
37
Bathtub gadget : STOPPER
39
Short poem : ODE
40
Backslide : LAPSE
42
Pit : SEED
43
Revolve : SPIN
44
Sums : TOTALS
46
Rubbed out : ERASED
48
Peignoir : ROBE
49
Sassy lass : SNIP
50
Name on an envelope : ADDRESSEE
54
Oil cartel : OPEC
57
___ de menthe : CREME
58
Brake fast : STOPSHORT
61
Astor, Garden and Eddy : MARYS
62
Faithful : TRUE
63
___ about (approximately) : ONOR
64
Rheine's river : EMS
65
Betray : SELL
66
Mata Hari, e.g. : SPY
Down
1
TV commercials : ADS
2
Slices : CUTS
3
Cat's-paw : TOOL
4
Pt. of T.G.I.F. : FRI
5
Spreads unchecked : RAGES
6
Menace near Taormina : ETNA
7
Hardy girl : TESS
8
Reese, Marion et al. : SHORTSTOPS
9
A Princetonian : COED
10
Harry's First Lady : BESS
12
Turkish cavalrymen : SPAHIS
14
Luxury vehicle : TOWNCAR
15
Lowers : ABASES
17
Potato : SPUD
21
Standoff : TIE
23
Cudgel : BEAT
25
Sports site : OVAL
26
Thread: Comb. form : NEMAT
27
Wall Street ploys : STOPORDERS
28
Mature : RIPE
29
Thompson or Hawkins : SADIE
32
Result of a QB sack : LOSS
33
Mimic : APE
35
Cleave : REND
37
"Can Do" is their motto : SEABEES
38
Novelist Dorothy ___ : EDEN
41
Arlen's "___ Weather" : STORMY
43
Lesbos poet: 6th century B.C. : SAPPHO
45
"___ Misérables" : LES
47
Spanish rivers : RIOS
49
Capital of South Korea : SEOUL
50
Peak : ACME
51
Mite : DRAM
52
Fast planes : SSTS
53
To be, in Brest : ETRE
55
Long periods : EONS
56
Farmer's pride : CROP
59
Clay or mud: Comb. form : PEL
60
Attempt : TRY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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