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Roby
Roby

New York Times, Tuesday, December 21, 1976

Author:
Roby
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 27.6
Roby has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,992
Across
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Varsity sport : CREW
5
Latin dance : SAMBA
10
Black Sea arm : AZOV
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Mata ___ : HARI
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Love affair : AMOUR
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Copier : MIME
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Smell ___ : ARAT
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How to get upstream : WITHACANOE
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New Hampshire city : NASHUA
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Island near Corsica : ELBA
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Filch : COP
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Thin Man's dog : ASTA
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___-Japanese War : SINO
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Interests : CONCERNS
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Sinclair Lewis's Sauk ___ : CENTRE
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Assert : AVER
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Wild ox : ANOA
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Temporary money : SCRIP
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Military cap : KEPI
41
Casals : PABLO
43
Highway division : LANE
44
Poetic Muse : ERATO
46
N.Y. library sentinel : LION
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River near Paris : OISE
48
Briny : SALINE
50
Small particles : GRANULES
52
Honeycomb part : CELL
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Sea spray : SCUD
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Commercials : ADS
58
School subj. : GEOL
60
Obliterates : ANNULS
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How to enjoy a honeymoon : WITHAGROOM
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Singer Burl : IVES
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Reveling cry : EVOE
69
Make a hole-___ : INONE
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Like a stiff drink : NEAT
71
Square or New : DEAL
72
Ceylon native : TAMIL
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Listens to, in Soho : EARS
Down
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Sleuth Charlie : CHAN
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___ avis : RARA
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Historic periods : ERAS
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How to go to an opening : WITHACRITIC
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Became aware of a pitfall : SAWATRAP
6
Parisian friend : AMI
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Speck of dust : MOTE
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Inlaid decorations : BUHLS
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Kind of numeral : ARABIC
10
Doctors' org. : AMA
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Metallic element : ZINC
12
Melville novel : OMOO
13
Name for Barkley : VEEP
19
Bamboo stems : CANES
21
Apply : USE
25
Record of a year : ANNAL
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Where to be happy : ONCLOUDNINE
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"___ and Ale" : CAKES
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___ barrel (in trouble) : OVERA
30
Asian country : NEPAL
31
Ferber novel : SOBIG
33
___blazer : TRAIL
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Cleanse : RINSE
35
Swords : EPEES
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Then, in France : ALORS
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How to cross the Sahara : ONACAMEL
45
Russian lake : ONEGA
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Legal debt writ : ELEGIT
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Type of buoy : NUN
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Miss Doone : LORNA
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Overwhelmed : AWED
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Nose or swan : DIVE
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Greek promenade : STOA
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Impend : LOOM
61
Eye part : UVEA
62
Limerick man : LEAR
63
Concordes : SSTS
65
Norse goddess : HEL
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Navy branch: Abbr. : ONI

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

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