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Sidney L. Robbins
New York Times, Monday, September 5, 1983
Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 21.2
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 N | 2 O | 3 R | 4 A | 5 A | 6 R | 7 E | 8 N | 9 A | 10 L | 11 A | 12 S | 13 T |
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14 E | M | I | R | 15 P | I | N | O | N | 16 I | N | C | A |
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17 T | I | P | T | 18 O | P | C | O | N | D | 19 I | T | I | O | N |
20 S | T | E | E | P | L | E | S | 21 D | E | L | L | S |
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22 T | E | D | 23 S | 24 E | E | R | E | D | ||||||
25 R | 26 E | 27 M | 28 I | S | S | 29 S | O | R | A | S | ||||
30 A | L | O | T | 31 S | P | L | I | T | 32 B | 33 F | 34 A |
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35 T | I | P | O | 36 F | 37 T | H | E | I | C | E | 38 B | E | R | G |
39 E | S | E | 40 A | I | R | E | D | 41 O | G | E | E |
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42 B | R | E | E | D | 43 R | 44 O | O | S | T | S |
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45 M | 46 I | L | O | R | D | 47 L | E | D | ||||||
48 S | O | N | O | F | 49 R | E | C | O | 50 U | 51 R | 52 S | 53 E |
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54 T | O | P | O | F | 55 T | 56 H | E | M | O | R | N | I | N | G |
57 A | R | U | M | 58 D | O | N | O | R | 59 I | D | I | O |
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60 B | E | T | S | 61 S | P | E | N | D | 62 T | E | T | S |
© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,354
Across
1
Ibsen heroine : NORA
5
Match site : ARENA
10
Tail end : LAST
14
Eastern V.I.P. : EMIR
15
Rocky Mt. pine tree : PINON
16
Indian of yore : INCA
17
A-one state : TIPTOPCONDITION
20
Spires : STEEPLES
21
Vales : DELLS
22
Kennedy or Williams : TED
23
Become enraged : SEERED
25
Negligent : REMISS
29
Wading birds : SORAS
30
"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
31
Kind of pea : SPLIT
32
Deg. for a would-be Chagall : BFA
35
Visible part, belying ominous immensity : TIPOFTHEICEBERG
39
Suffix for journal : ESE
40
Broadcast : AIRED
41
Curved molding : OGEE
42
Raise cattle : BREED
43
Apes a hen : ROOSTS
45
Term of address to a nobleman : MILORD
47
Conducted : LED
48
Garland's "A ___ the Middle Border" : SONOF
49
A turning for aid : RECOURSE
54
Greeting at dawn : TOPOFTHEMORNING
57
Calla lily : ARUM
58
Patron of a sort : DONOR
59
Peculiar: Prefix : IDIO
60
Wagers : BETS
61
Shell out : SPEND
62
Asian holidays : TETS
Down
1
N.J. court team : NETS
2
Leave out : OMIT
3
Mature : RIPE
4
Comic Johnson : ARTE
5
Some are Delicious : APPLES
6
Prepared potatoes, in a way : RICED
7
A grandson of Adam : ENOS
8
Negative prefix : NON
9
Plus : AND
10
Metric measures : LITERS
11
Like some beldams : ANILE
12
Berate : SCOLD
13
Thrashes : TANS
18
Chooses : OPTS
19
Conceive : IDEATE
23
Reliable : SOLID
24
Leif's father : ERIC
25
Miles per hour : RATE
26
New Haven team : ELIS
27
Dawdle : MOPE
28
Michio ___, famous dancer : ITO
29
Tear along : SPEED
31
Sliver : SHRED
32
Panhandles : BEGS
33
Get vexed : FRET
34
Eras : AGES
36
Distant : FAROFF
37
Row : TIER
38
Disgruntled fan's sound : BOO
42
Thrives, as a flower : BLOOMS
43
Disk : RECORD
44
Smell : ODOR
45
Dudley from London : MOORE
46
Facts fed to a computer : INPUT
47
Flop : LEMON
48
Pierce : STAB
49
Coty or Magritte : RENE
50
Army group : UNIT
51
Take a taxi : RIDE
52
Tizzy : SNIT
53
Selves : EGOS
55
Grid score : TDS
56
Flight on a shuttle : HOP
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.