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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, August 29, 1988

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 17.5
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,174
Across
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Demolished : KAPUT
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"Git ___ fustest with the mostest" : THAR
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Mud puddle : SLOP
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"Abie's ___ Rose" : IRISH
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Davenport milieu : IOWA
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Cordage fiber : PITA
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Gulf of ___, off New Guinea : PAPUA
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Historic times : ERAS
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Army outfit : UNIT
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Warm-weather attire : BERMUDASHORTS
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Kind of pal : PEN
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Haw's partner : HEM
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Cluck of disapproval : TCH
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Exchange informally : SWAP
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Stormed : RAGED
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Math problem : AREA
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Give forth : EMIT
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Hot spot : HADES
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Dangerous section on the Atlantic : BERMUDATRIANGLE
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React to a June moon : SPOON
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Sixty minutes : HOUR
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Equipment : GEAR
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Theme : ESSAY
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Peter Jennings's field : NEWS
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Color : DYE
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Anonymous Richard : ROE
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Under the weather : ILL
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Island export : BERMUDAONIONS
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Presage : BODE
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Join the chorus : SING
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Loses heat : COOLS
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Forearm bone : ULNA
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Ending for Jean or Nan : ETTE
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Poly attachment : ESTER
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Betelgeuse or Streisand : STAR
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Essential being : ESSE
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Accomplishments : DEEDS
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Gymnastic feat : KIP
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Yemeni or Omani : ARAB
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Tobacco holder : PIPE
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Seize illegally : USURP
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London's river : THAMES
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United : TIED
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Rumanian dance : HORA
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Wave-tossed : AWASH
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Serving of bacon : RASHER
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Urge : SPUR
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Dryer clogger : LINT
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Elevator name : OTIS
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Dab : PAT
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Single : UNWED
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Gate City of the West : OMAHA
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Keep ___ on (observe) : TABS
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Crinkly fabric : CREPE
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Edible submarines : HEROS
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Chinese nursemaid : AMAH
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Mountaineer's spike : PITON
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Kind of plank or way : GANG
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Rimmed : EDGED
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Stall : DELAY
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Biblical prophet : AMOS
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Faithful or factual : TRUE
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Dried up : SERE
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Deprive of weapons : UNARM
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Hale of golf fame : IRWIN
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"Oh, say can ___ ... " : YOUSEE
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Cut thin : SLICED
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Redacts : EDITS
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At liberty : LOOSE
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Secure : BOLT
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Ferber or Millay : EDNA
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Kind of admiral : REAR
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Picnic pests : ANTS
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Curved molding : OGEE
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Do, e.g. : NOTE
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Snow vehicle : SLED
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Inge's "___ Stop" : BUS
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Former jrs. : SRS

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

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