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Sidney L. Robbins
New York Times, Monday, March 26, 1984
Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 12.7
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 A | 2 W | 3 E | 4 D | 5 A | 6 C | 7 T | 8 S | 9 C | 10 A | 11 B | 12 B | 13 Y |
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14 B | O | H | R | 15 C | R | E | E | 16 O | L | L | I | E |
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17 S | W | E | E | 18 T | C | O | R | N | 19 R | O | O | T | S |
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20 S | U | G | A | R | A | N | D | 21 S | P | I | C | E | ||
22 S | L | U | T | S | 23 W | O | N | |||||||
24 H | 25 A | 26 S | 27 L | E | S | 28 O | A | R | 29 N | 30 N | 31 E |
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32 E | L | I | 33 A | 34 T | O | M | A | 35 T | O | E | S |
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36 A | L | L | G | 37 O | 38 D | 39 S | C | H | I | L | D | R | E | N |
40 P | O | L | E | C | A | T | S | 41 S | I | D | E |
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42 S | T | Y | 43 T | I | A | 44 L | 45 A | 46 B | 47 A | S | S |
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48 S | O | S | 49 C | A | T | E | 50 R | |||||||
51 P | 52 U | P | P | Y | 53 D | O | G | T | A | I | 54 L | 55 S | ||
56 B | U | R | R | O | 57 A | B | O | U | T | F | A | C | 58 E |
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59 B | R | A | I | D | 60 I | R | O | N | 61 L | I | A | R |
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62 C | E | L | T | S | 63 S | A | N | E | 64 E | D | D | A |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,557
Across
1
Inspired with fear : AWED
5
Book of the Bible : ACTS
9
Taxi driver : CABBY
14
Nobelist in Physics: 1922 : BOHR
15
Hudson Bay Indian : CREE
16
Kukla's pal : OLLIE
17
Tender ears : SWEETCORN
19
Haley book : ROOTS
20
Girls' ingredients : SUGARANDSPICE
22
Slatterns : SLUTS
23
Emerged victorious : WON
24
Owns : HAS
27
"___ Misérables" : LES
28
Scull implement : OAR
29
Opp. of SSW : NNE
32
Kazan : ELIA
34
Love apples : TOMATOES
36
Alston Anderson novel: 1965 : ALLGODSCHILDREN
40
Skunks : POLECATS
41
Word with slip or swipe : SIDE
42
Pig pad : STY
43
Aunt, in Avila : TIA
44
Chem. site : LAB
47
Onager : ASS
48
Mayday relative : SOS
49
Prepare fare for an affair : CATER
51
Boys' ingredients : PUPPYDOGTAILS
56
Panza's Dapple : BURRO
57
Drill sergeant's command : ABOUTFACE
59
Queue : BRAID
60
The ___ Lady (Margaret Thatcher) : IRON
61
Fibber : LIAR
62
Welsh, e.g. : CELTS
63
Lucid : SANE
64
Icelandic literary work : EDDA
Down
1
Coll. degrees : ABS
2
Rolls 'em in the aisles : WOWS
3
Caesar's "Alas!" : EHEU
4
Remains : DREGS
5
Accumulate : ACCRUE
6
Some Yugoslavs : CROATS
7
Sea birds : TERNS
8
Remit : SEND
9
Sergeant's right-hand man : CORPORAL
10
Medicine prepared from the aloe : ALOIN
11
Political group : BLOC
12
Seize the bait : BITE
13
O.K. : YES
18
Kind of story : TALL
21
Hindu pundit : SWAMI
24
Mounds : HEAPS
25
Apportion : ALLOT
26
Inane : SILLY
28
"___, That Kiss," 1931 song : OOH
29
Water lifter : NORIA
30
Requires : NEEDS
31
Serfs in Ethelred's day : ESNES
33
Mature : AGE
34
Cousins of normal schs. : TCS
35
N.F.L. scores : TDS
37
Eight-limbed animals : OCTOPODS
38
The Bumsteads' dog : DAISY
39
Dep. : STA
44
Middle of an atoll : LAGOON
45
Make harmonious : ATTUNE
46
Rhythm : BEAT
48
Pole on a ship : SPRIT
49
Mongoose's enemy : COBRA
50
Place for a bayonet : RIFLE
51
Unadulterated : PURE
52
Soviet river : URAL
53
Podium : DAIS
54
___ an egg (bombed) : LAID
55
Spiny-finned fish : SCAD
56
English TV letters : BBC
58
Time division : ERA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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