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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Tuesday, November 25, 1975

19-Down : Reject rudely

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J M Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 24.4
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Entry for 58-Down, BLE, should perhaps have been ABLE or IBLE (suffixes).

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F
2
O
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R
4
E
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B
6
E
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E
8
T
9
S
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S
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A
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G
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A
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A
R
I
A
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E
X
T
R
O
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C
R
O
P
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C
A
S
T
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O
F
T
H
O
U
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S
A
N
D
S
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E
L
K
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D
O
E
S
T
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C
L
O
S
E
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H
O
R
N
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F
O
P
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H
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U
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N
D
R
E
D
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Y
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E
A
R
S
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W
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A
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R
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A
R
A
B
S
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A
K
I
N
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A
S
H
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D
I
C
K
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R
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O
G
E
R
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C
L
I
O
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A
A
R
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S
A
L
E
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S
U
D
A
N
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T
H
E
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N
T
H
E
R
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E
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W
A
S
O
N
E
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E
O
S
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N
E
B
S
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S
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T
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E
R
N
52
L
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O
C
A
L
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N
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N
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E
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T
H
R
E
E
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B
E
F
O
R
E
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F
O
U
R
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A
E
R
I
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L
O
I
R
E
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A
N
T
A
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B
E
S
S
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E
N
T
E
R
65
T
E
S
S
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,600
Across
1
Fairway call : FORE
5
Vegetables : BEETS
10
Chronicle : SAGA
14
Melody : ARIA
15
Prefix for vert : EXTRO
16
Close haircut : CROP
17
C. B. DeMille's need : CASTOFTHOUSANDS
20
Popular river name : ELK
21
Performs, to poets : DOEST
22
Kind of call : CLOSE
23
___ of plenty : HORN
24
Dude : FOP
25
English-French marathon : HUNDREDYEARSWAR
33
Mideasterners : ARABS
34
Related : AKIN
35
Kind of tray : ASH
36
Hotel cop : DICK
37
"Right on!" : ROGER
39
Muse of history : CLIO
40
Rhine tributary : AAR
41
January's is white : SALE
42
Area south of Egypt : SUDAN
43
"Ten Little Indians" line : THENTHEREWASONE
47
Dawn goddess : EOS
48
Bird beaks : NEBS
49
Ship area : STERN
52
Commuter's transit : LOCAL
54
Direction: Abbr. : NNE
57
60
Gas: Prefix : AERI
61
French river : LOIRE
62
Theater org. : ANTA
63
Mrs. Truman : BESS
64
Door sign : ENTER
65
Hardy heroine : TESS
Down
1
One of Eve's three : FACE
2
Exam : ORAL
3
Venture : RISK
4
Diner sign : EAT
5
Ahead of : BEFORE
6
___ an invitation : EXTEND
7
Old letters : ETHS
8
Cheating aid : TROT
9
Trifle : SOU
10
Sells tickets in a way : SCALPS
11
Peter : ARNO
12
Little fishes' partners : GODS
13
Church recess : APSE
18
Aromas : ODORS
19
Reject rudely : SCORN
23
Small manual: Abbr. : HDBK
24
So-so : FAIR
25
Opposed with vigor : HADAT
26
Heep : URIAH
27
Mother-of-pearl : NACRE
28
Sharpshooter: Var. : YAGER
29
___ out a living : EKE
30
Part of Emerson's name : WALDO
31
Type of flu : ASIAN
32
River of Europe : RHONE
37
Cheers : RAHS
38
Corrida shout : OLE
39
Fellow : CUSS
41
Hard-heart material : STONE
42
Fur : SABLE
44
Sea nymph : NEREIS
45
Opera call : ENCORE
46
Clothes user : WEARER
49
Sudden pain : STAB
50
"Get ___ behind me ... " : THEE
51
Slips : ERRS
52
Trotsky : LEON
53
The long and short ___ : OFIT
54
Finale of 43 Across : NONE
55
Cry of defiance : NUTS
56
Time periods : ERAS
58
Word ending : BLE
59
Type of chance : FAT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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