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Sidney L. Robbins
New York Times, Monday, June 27, 1988
Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 H | 2 O | 3 R | 4 A | 5 D | 6 I | 7 S | 8 C | 9 A | 10 P | 11 S | 12 E |
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13 E | M | E | N | 14 D | 15 U | N | I | R | 16 D | R | O | P |
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17 R | A | N | G | E | 18 R | E | T | T | E | 19 M | I | M | I |
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20 R | E | L | E | A | S | E | 21 A | 22 L | I | C | E | |||
23 E | R | N | 24 R | 25 O | T | A | T | E | ||||||
26 S | 27 E | 28 R | 29 G | 30 U | S | S | E | T | 31 R | 32 U | 33 S |
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34 T | R | I | 35 E | 36 D | 37 P | C | T | 38 T | 39 O | A | S | T |
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40 I | N | F | E | R | 41 S | H | E | 42 E | N | N | U | I |
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43 F | I | L | L | E | 44 P | O | A | 45 R | E | G | A | L |
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46 F | E | E | 47 D | 48 R | I | L | L | 49 S | 50 E | L | L |
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51 R | 52 E | G | I | N | A | 53 E | 54 M | 55 S | ||||||
56 S | A | L | E | P | 57 S | 58 T | R | A | N | 59 G | 60 E | |||
61 R | I | N | D | 62 O | 63 U | T | O | F | R | A | N | G | 64 E |
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65 U | R | G | E | 66 F | L | I | P | 67 C | R | A | G | S |
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68 B | E | E | R | 69 F | A | C | E | 70 E | R | S | E |
© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,111
Across
1
Rumanian dance : HORA
5
Platter : DISC
9
Basilica feature : APSE
13
Redact : EMEND
15
To join, to Jeanne : UNIR
16
Driblet : DROP
17
Pride of Kilgore, Tex. : RANGERETTE
19
Puccini heroine : MIMI
20
Manumit : RELEASE
21
Marble of tennis fame : ALICE
23
Suffix for south : ERN
24
Alternate : ROTATE
26
Indian weight : SER
29
Shirt insert : GUSSET
31
Gorki loc. : RUS
34
Partner of true : TRIED
37
A proportion: Abbr. : PCT
38
Brown bread : TOAST
40
Deduce : INFER
41
"___ Didn't Say Yes" : SHE
42
Lassitude : ENNUI
43
Dijon daughter : FILLE
44
Top ad spot: Abbr. : POA
45
Adjective for purple : REGAL
46
Charge : FEE
47
Trains : DRILLS
50
Cockney's Gehenna : ELL
51
Saskatchewan capital : REGINA
53
West German river : EMS
56
Orchid meal : SALEP
57
Eldritch : STRANGE
61
Skin : RIND
62
Unreachable : OUTOFRANGE
65
Prod : URGE
66
Somersault : FLIP
67
Tors : CRAGS
68
Ginger or root follower : BEER
69
Kind of card : FACE
70
Irish Gaelic : ERSE
Down
1
Part of H.M.C.S. : HER
2
Persian name : OMAR
3
Director Clair : RENE
4
Northumbrian settler : ANGLE
5
Clubman's costs : DUES
6
Among schools : INTERSCHOLASTIC
7
Pose : SIT
8
Design : CREATE
9
Ticket word : ADMIT
10
Salesman's concern : PRICERANGE
11
Suffix for tooth : SOME
12
Upon: Prefix : EPI
14
Cervine creature : DEER
18
Resounded : RANG
22
Closer to the end : LATTER
25
Bony : OSTEAL
26
Brittle : STIFF
27
Banks of baseball : ERNIE
28
Where shots are heard : RIFLERANGE
30
Opposite of downdraft : UPSPIN
32
Customary : USUAL
33
Moonshiner's need : STILL
35
Grig, e.g. : EEL
36
Coat with flour : DREDGE
39
Follower of 9 Down : ONE
48
Gyp : RIPOFF
49
Villein : SERF
52
Church V.I.P. : ELDER
54
Actor Singer : MARC
55
Springe : SNARE
56
Father : SIRE
58
Small shark : TOPE
59
Growl : GNAR
60
Fabergé jeweled them : EGGS
61
Annoy : RUB
63
Gums : ULA
64
Taiwan follower : ESE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.