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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, December 29, 1975

49-Across : More reliable

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F H J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 25.5
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In original, clue for 45-Across appeared between two lines in the clue for 46-Across — "Salary," and "dividends, etc."

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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,634
Across
1
Gem : OPAL
5
Switches to low beam : DIMS
9
Formed a curve : ARCED
14
Scenic rail-car feature : DOME
15
Eastern V.I.P. : EMIR
16
Climbing plant : LIANE
17
Donkey group : DEMOCRATICPARTY
20
Prehistoric time : STONEAGE
21
Washes lightly : RINSES
22
Mine, in Italy : MIO
23
Affected speech : CANT
24
Force : COMPEL
28
Plant stem : BINE
29
Shot sizes : BBS
32
City in N.Y. : OLEAN
33
Wise one : SAGE
34
City in Kansas : IOLA
35
Normal Washington activity : POLITICSASUSUAL
38
Relative of drat : EGAD
39
Tarot expert : SEER
40
Rocky, to friends : NELSE
41
Similar word: Abbr. : SYN
42
Kind of stand : BAND
43
Candies : SWEETS
44
Kimono : ROBE
45
Month: Abbr. : APR
46
Salary, dividends, etc. : INCOME
49
More reliable : STEADIER
54
Elephant center : REPUBLICANPARTY
56
Rub off : ERASE
57
___ eagle : BALD
58
Franchot : TONE
59
Gave medicine : DOSED
60
Minerals : ORES
61
Collections : ANAS
Down
1
At ___ (disagreeing) : ODDS
2
Certain writer : POET
3
Armory material : AMMO
4
Trotsky : LEON
5
Put off the track : DERAIL
6
Insect stage : IMAGO
7
Widow's offering : MITE
8
Eastern title : SRI
9
Mountainous : ALPINE
10
Laughing : RIANT
11
Club and mail : CARS
12
Heraldic term : ENTE
13
Tunisian rulers : DEYS
18
Tooth-filling material : CEMENT
19
Stephen and whooping : CRANES
23
Marshall's five-center : CIGAR
24
Clerical mantles : COPES
25
Branch of knowledge : OLOGY
26
Black: Prefix : MELAN
27
Word on a receipt : PAID
28
Established : BASED
29
Casino game : BOULE
30
Wind gust : BLAST
31
Kind of tax or resistance : SALES
33
Mise en ___ : SCENE
34
Answer to "Get it?" : ISEE
36
Columbus's angel, to Spanish : ISABEL
37
Open a package : UNWRAP
42
Flopped, as in New Haven : BOMBED
43
Uses up : SPENDS
44
Awaken : ROUSE
45
"___ of Two Cities" : ATALE
46
Gave a job, in Soho : IRED
47
Successor to Claudius : NERO
48
Audit people: Abbr. : CPAS
49
Cliff : SCAR
50
Details : DATA
51
Daily-diet need : IRON
52
Volcano : ETNA
53
Whisky and bread : RYES
55
African native : IBO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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