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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, May 28, 1990

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 21.5
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,811
Across
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Pats down : TAMPS
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Wanes : EBBS
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Seaweed : KELP
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Man of Allu : ALEUT
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Small pie : TART
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Port of entry in Pa. : ERIE
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Locomotive pilot : COWCATCHER
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Roller's home : NEST
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Russian cart : TELEGA
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Tot's vehicle : TRICYCLE
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A "John Hancock": Abbr. : SIG
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Jabbers : PRATES
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Brew ingredient : MALT
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Satisfy : PLEASE
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Glacial ridges : OSAR
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" ... lend me your ___": Shak. : EARS
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Hoffmann's specialty : TALES
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Giving a snow job : THROWINGTHEBULL
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Hopper of Hollywood : HEDDA
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Copperfield's first wife : DORA
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Usage : CUSTOM
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Proof of ownership : DEED
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Holds back : CHECKS
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Use a straw : SIP
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Certain runners : RELAYERS
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Seed coverings : TESTAE
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Algerian seaport : ORAN
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Prodigal's reward?: Luke 15:23 : FATTEDCALF
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Homophone for nun : NONE
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Locale of Sevier Lake : UTAH
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Rout a sleeper : ROUST
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Pass receivers : ENDS
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Carson's guest host : LENO
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Preminger and Harbach : OTTOS
Down
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Diplomacy : TACT
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Tub plant : ALOE
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Cry : MEWL
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Brownish purple : PUCE
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Parties for men only : STAGS
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And so forth: Abbr. : ETC
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Thai coin : BAHT
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___ Rabbit : BRER
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Airport runways : STRIPS
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Nairobi is its capital : KENYA
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Upright : ERECT
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Kind of thread : LISLE
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"For ___ sake!" : PETES
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Taiwan's capital : TAIPEI
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Island also called Candia : CRETE
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Endocrinologist's specialty : GLANDS
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Clothes-closet culprit : MOTH
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"Off the Court" author : ASHE
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Fat from hogs : LARD
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Trampled on : TROD
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Cereal woe : ERGOT
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Ballplayers at Houston : ASTROS
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In one's bunk : ABED
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Entice : LURE
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Otherwise : ELSE
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Snow vehicle : SLED
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Off one's rocker : WACKY
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Descendant of a son of Noah : HAMITE
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Serviceable : USEFUL
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Hag : CRONE
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Egret : HERON
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Large antelope : ELAND
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Thrashes : CANES
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A king of Aragon : PEDRO
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Assess : RATE
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Bandleader Kenton : STAN
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Edinburgh native : SCOT
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Tightly drawn : TAUT
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Too : ALSO
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Newts : EFTS
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My ___, town in Vietnam : THO

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1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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