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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, April 26, 1982

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 29.1
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,857
Across
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Soft drink : COLA
5
Latin dance : SAMBA
10
Hemingway : PAPA
14
"Woe is me!" : ALAS
15
Concerning : ABOUT
16
Hebrew prophet : AMOS
17
Proverbial happy fellow : HEWHOLAUGHSLAST
20
___ compos mentis : NON
21
Ceremony : RITE
22
Type of bug : LITTER
23
On one's rocker : SANE
24
French father : PERE
25
Black-belt art : KARATE
28
Able to read : LITERATE
32
"Stayin' ___," Bee Gees hit : ALIVE
33
Like many a bathroom : TILED
34
___ Vegas : LAS
35
Amerce : FINE
36
La Douce et al. : IRMAS
37
Part of A.P.O. : POST
38
Powder ___ : KEG
39
Belittle, in a way : SNEER
40
He toured Hades with Aeneas : DANTE
41
Hallowed : ANOINTED
43
Texas state trooper : RANGER
44
A Yalie : COED
45
Assign by design : METE
46
Up-to-date : MODERN
49
Foundation : BASE
50
Papal seat : SEE
53
Shakespearean play : ACOMEDYOFERRORS
56
Oxford : SHOE
57
Rose-colored dye : EOSIN
58
___ were (so to speak) : ASIT
59
Eland's weapon : HORN
60
Old coin of Venice : DUCAT
61
Used up : GONE
Down
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Lyricist Sammy : CAHN
2
Margarine : OLEO
3
A sight in suburbia : LAWN
4
Kind of tray : ASH
5
Containing sodium chloride : SALINE
6
Lessen : ABATE
7
Wry face : MOUE
8
Eavesdropper's device : BUG
9
Gymnasts : ATHLETES
10
Act insincerely : PALTER
11
Amo, amas, ___ : AMAT
12
Sit for Peale : POSE
13
Kepler's subj. : ASTR
18
Declaim : ORATE
19
Fathered : SIRED
23
Scrimp : SAVE
24
Hairy : PILAR
25
He wrote "The Trial" : KAFKA
26
Foreigner : ALIEN
27
Starr of the Beatles : RINGO
28
Cemented : LIMED
29
"Take Me ___," 1959 song : ALONG
30
Savor : TASTE
31
Perfume ingredient : ESTER
33
Cornered : TREED
36
Meant : INTENDED
37
Window part : PANE
39
Sleep sound : SNORE
40
Office item : DATER
42
Vanished vendors : ICEMEN
43
Be indignant : RESENT
45
Puzo subject : MAFIA
46
Alda smash : MASH
47
___ Rios, Jamaica : OCHO
48
Type of mat : DOOR
49
Variety of pear : BOSC
50
Passable : SOSO
51
Innisfail : ERIN
52
Town near Padua : ESTE
54
"___ and I," 1941 song : YOU
55
Very poor magazine : RAG

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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