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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, March 27, 1989

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 4.67, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,384
Across
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Tibet's capital : LHASA
6
Stowe girl : EVA
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Was in hock : OWED
13
Of royal courts : AULIC
14
Skidded : SLID
15
Prod : URGE
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N.Y.C. TV weatherman : STORMFIELD
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Buster Brown's dog : TIGE
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Cheapest sea fare : STEERAGE
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Antonym for before : AFTER
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"___ my brother's keeper?" : AMI
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Soused : FRIED
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Stun with noise : DEAFEN
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Act the ham : EMOTE
30
Showery month : APRIL
31
On the briny : ASEA
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Tibetan monk : LAMA
36
Examines anew : RETESTS
38
Smeared : SMUDGED
40
Boat-bottom timber : KEEL
41
Hayworth or Moreno : RITA
43
Twilled fabric : SERGE
44
N.Y.C. mayor: 1784-89 : DUANE
46
Bog : MORASS
47
Furious : ANGRY
49
Twice XXVIII : LVI
51
Act lovey-dovey : SPOON
52
Strolling, Gallic style : FLANERIE
57
Volcano juice? : LAVA
58
Tuneful birds : FIELDLARKS
60
Spoken : ORAL
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Monster : OGRE
62
Wordless comedians : MIMES
63
Paris seasons : ETES
64
Ar follower : ESS
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"Tribute" playwright : SLADE
Down
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___ Vegas : LAS
2
Humble abodes : HUTS
3
"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
4
Father : SIRE
5
Peak : ACME
6
Doleful songs or poems : ELEGIES
7
Distasteful : VILE
8
Put two and two together : ADD
9
Joe DiMaggio was one : OUTFIELDER
10
Take pen in hand : WRITE
11
Incited, with "on" : EGGED
12
Range player : DEER
14
Anna's king's milieu : SIAM
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Converser with Kukla and Ollie : FRAN
20
Linkletter or Carney : ART
22
Beer topper : FOAM
23
Without light : DARK
24
Rapier having a guard : EPEE
25
Johnson of "Laugh-In" : ARTE
26
Gridiron three-pointers : FIELDGOALS
27
Followers of kays : ELS
29
Tableland : MESA
31
A ___ Able : ASIN
33
Pearl Mosque site : AGRA
34
Alcott heroine et al. : MEGS
35
Soft drinks : ADES
37
Waiter's burden : TRAY
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Service org. : USO
42
Bank workers : TELLERS
45
Container for a plant : URN
46
Matter conqueror : MIND
47
Separated : APART
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Ephemerally brilliant stars : NOVAE
50
___ of tears : VALE
51
___ gin fizz : SLOE
52
Trees of the mulberry family : FIGS
53
End of an O'Neill title : ELMS
54
Rant : RAIL
55
La Douce : IRMA
56
Made do : EKED
58
Goliath, to David : FOE
59
Reno-to-Carson City dir. : SSE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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