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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Tuesday, December 18, 1979

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 20.7
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. 10,997
Across
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Type of grass : CRAB
5
Devotee of cow's milk : CALF
9
Bombacaceous tree : BALSA
14
Apollo's mother : LETO
15
Hebrew measure : OMER
16
Hamburger helper : ONION
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Preposition : ONTO
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"With malice toward ___" : NONE
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Single entries : ITEMS
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Marx vehicle : YOUBETYOURLIFE
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Ship: Abbr. : STR
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Fictitious John : DOE
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Cloche or toque : HAT
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Latch : HASP
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Dry goods dealer : DRAPER
36
Deck : ARRAY
38
Salty spot in Utah : LAKE
40
Michigan town : CARO
41
Two-edged wager : DOUBLEORNOTHING
44
Response to an explanation : ISEE
45
Network : RETE
46
High nest : AERIE
47
Actress Wright : TERESA
49
Do a deck job : SWAB
51
Tennis unit : SET
52
"Faerie Queene" hag : ATE
54
Saluki, e.g. : DOG
56
Possibly a shoo-in : ODDSONFAVORITE
64
Auto tires' outer casings : SHOES
65
Pub call at closing : TIME
66
Region : AREA
67
Evangelist's first name : AIMEE
68
Square : EVEN
69
"___ Fence Me In" : DONT
70
Go-getters : DOERS
71
Tear : RENT
72
It's hard to make them meet : ENDS
Down
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Sate : CLOY
2
Divorce city : RENO
3
Aleutian isle : ATTU
4
Fools : BOOBS
5
Against: Prefix : CONTRA
6
Chinese seaport : AMOY
7
Fabric weave : LENO
8
Famed name in psychoanalysis : FREUD
9
Basement installation : BOILER
10
Not pro : ANTI
11
Willingly, to an Elizabethan : LIEF
12
A few : SOME
13
Reply: Abbr. : ANS
21
___ chloride (local anesthetic) : ETHYL
22
Cowpoke's arena : RODEO
25
___ coming (deserved) : HADIT
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Originated : AROSE
27
More veracious : TRUER
29
___ gin : SLOE
30
Splits : PARTS
32
Pain's relative : ACHE
33
Poker holdings : PAIRS
34
Tennessee ___ Ford : ERNIE
35
Thesaurus name : ROGET
37
Busy as ___ : ABEE
39
Had information : KNEW
42
Muse for Sappho : ERATO
43
Ban : TABOO
48
Talks in a snippety way : SASSES
50
Period before Christmas : ADVENT
53
Come in : ENTER
55
Class : GRADE
56
State or river : OHIO
57
Hemispherical vault : DOME
58
Antler bearer : DEER
59
Basketball team : FIVE
60
So be it : AMEN
61
"The Man in the ___ Mask" : IRON
62
Care for : TEND
63
Diner sign : EATS
64
Unhappy : SAD

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

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