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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, April 13, 1992

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 32.1
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,497
Across
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David and Edwards : CAMPS
6
Annoyance to a horse : BIT
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The ugly duckling : SWAN
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Spanish blonde bombshell : CHARO
14
Afresh : ANEW
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Cloak : CAPE
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Ade fruit : LEMON
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To be, in Nice : ETRE
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Ripened : AGED
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With 38 Across, quotation from Matthew : MANYARECALLED
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Trumpet locale : EAR
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Skit locale : REVUE
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Actress Ullmann : LIV
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Turkey flock on the roof? : RAFTER
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" ... my beamish ___!": Carroll : BOY
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Words of approximation : ONOR
35
Pindar specialty : ODE
36
Kind of hanger? : CREPE
38
See 20 Across : BUTFEWARECHOSEN
42
Betel palm : ARECA
43
Explorer Johnson : OSA
44
Parks or Wheeler : BERT
45
Embarrassed : RED
46
Overwhelms : SWAMPS
49
Former chess champ : TAL
50
Uncle Miltie : BERLE
51
Kind of pole : TAD
54
Lure of London's Klondike? : CALLOFTHEWILD
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Olympics event : RACE
60
O'Hara plantation : TARA
61
Mab or Titania : FAIRY
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Taj Mahal's site : AGRA
64
The old sod : ERIN
65
Loosen : UNTIE
66
Earth's inheritors : MEEK
67
Mil. school : OCS
68
Jumps : LEAPS
Down
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D halved : CCL
2
Attention getter : AHEM
3
Doll's sound : MAMA
4
Apt : PRONE
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Sophia, to a Russian : SONYA
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Boxer Max : BAER
7
Measuring wavelengths of light : INTERFEROMETRIC
8
Triplet, in music : TERCET
9
Piano exercise : SCALE
10
Engage in : WAGE
11
Copied : APED
12
Sparks or Beatty : NED
15
Interlace : WEAVE
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Hood's weapon : ARROW
22
Stagger or careen : LURCH
25
Of part of the lungs : LOBAR
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Toughen : INURE
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Cast ballots : VOTED
29
Okla. city : ADA
30
Harass : BESET
31
"Carmen" is one : OPERA
32
Streisand vehicle : YENTL
34
New Deal org. : RFC
37
Reiner or Roy : ROB
39
Painter's purchase : EASEL
40
Sixth sense : ESP
41
Untouchables, e.g. : CASTE
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Took pen in hand : WROTE
48
Former Ecuadorian President : ALFARO
50
"___ House": Dickens : BLEAK
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Horrible : AWFUL
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Sawyer or Keaton : DIANE
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Bird's place of confinement : CAGE
55
Israeli port : ACRE
56
Skater Brinker : HANS
57
Rock singer Ford : LITA
58
Nerd's cousin : DRIP
59
Barge into : RAM
62
What "she didn't say" : YES

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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