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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, June 10, 1991

41-Across : A k a

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,189
Across
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Stagg of coaching fame : AMOS
5
Wall Street term : ATPAR
10
Sit : POSE
14
First fratricide : CAIN
15
Ridiculous sham : FARCE
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Reign : RULE
17
Daniel Day-Lewis movie: 1989 : MYLEFTFOOT
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And others: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
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Painter's purchase : EASEL
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State policeman: Abbr. : TPR
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Heirs, often : SONS
23
Fabled bird : ROC
25
Continuous : ONGOING
28
Golfer Peete : CAL
31
Mosel feeder : SAAR
33
Russian saint : OLGA
34
Pub drink : ALE
35
Tizzy : SNIT
36
Battle of Hastings site : SENLAC
39
Clothes : TOGS
41
A k a : ALIAS
43
Father : SIRE
44
Tramples : STOMPS
46
R.I.P. notice : OBIT
48
Chess pieces : MEN
49
Gist : MEAT
50
John John to E.M.K. : NEPH
51
Ruthian weapon : BAT
52
Seedless grape : SULTANA
54
Still and all : YET
56
Famed suffragist : MOTT
57
"___ a girl!" : ITS
59
Speedy : RAPID
63
Der ___ (Adenauer) : ALTE
64
Conform : TOETHELINE
66
Tie up at a dock : MOOR
67
More fit : ABLER
68
Third of thrice : ONCE
69
Sothern and Rutherford : ANNS
70
Philippine island : LEYTE
71
In the vicinity : NEAR
Down
1
Peak : ACME
2
Yucatan Indian : MAYA
3
De Kooning medium : OILS
4
Show contempt : SNEER
5
To the stern : AFT
6
A loser in 1912 : TAFT
7
In proper ratio : PROPORTIONATELY
8
Oak start : ACORN
9
Soak flax : RET
10
Autographs blank forms : PRESIGNS
11
At great risk : OUTONALIMB
12
Street talk : SLANG
13
Slippery ones : EELS
18
Waste fibers of silk : FLOSS
24
Card game : CANASTA
26
Like a yenta : GOSSIPY
27
Bullring cry : OLE
28
"Memory" musical : CATS
29
"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
30
Like some sleeves : LEGOMUTTON
32
Have the flu : AIL
37
Region : AREA
38
Part of a dime : CENT
40
Refiners : SMELTERS
42
Honest ___ : ABE
45
Kind of hand : PAT
47
"Over ___" : THERE
52
Athenian statesman : SOLON
53
Daughter of Tantalus : NIOBE
55
Claw : TALON
56
Doll's cry : MAMA
58
Let it stand : STET
60
Yearn : PINE
61
Ancient Peruvian : INCA
62
Bambi, e.g. : DEER
64
Former chess champ : TAL
65
Dom. of Otto II: 973-83 : HRE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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.

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