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Sidney L. Robbins
New York Times, Monday, January 20, 1992
29-Down : Rushes
Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 10.7
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 G | 2 A | 3 S | 4 P | 5 S | 6 D | 7 E | 8 L | 9 E | 10 F | 11 A | 12 S | 13 T |
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14 A | L | E | U | T | 15 E | X | A | M | 16 L | I | A | R |
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17 S | A | C | R | E | 18 D | C | O | W | S | 19 E | S | T | E |
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20 S | T | E | W | A | R | D | S | 21 K | E | N | Y | A |
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22 S | U | E | 23 I | N | S | E | R | T |
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24 E | 25 G | 26 O | 27 S | 28 B | E | 29 R | 30 A | T | E | |||||
31 A | N | N | A | 32 M | 33 A | S | S | E | 34 S | 35 S | 36 O | 37 R |
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38 S | A | C | R | I | 39 F | 40 I | C | I | A | L | L | A | M | B |
41 T | R | E | A | S | U | R | E | 42 S | E | R | A | I |
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43 E | R | A | S | 44 E | 45 D | 46 D | I | N | S |
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47 V | 48 I | 49 N | 50 E | R | Y | 51 L | O | 52 S | ||||||
53 E | V | I | L | S | 54 D | 55 O | O | R | P | 56 O | 57 S | 58 T | ||
59 R | O | S | A | 60 H | E | N | P | A | R | T | I | E | 61 S |
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62 B | R | A | T | 63 E | L | I | E | 64 I | T | A | L | Y |
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65 S | Y | N | E | 66 W | I | T | S | 67 G | O | M | E | R |
© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,413
Across
1
Pants : GASPS
6
Cross out : DELE
10
Speedy : FAST
14
Attu native : ALEUT
15
Quiz : EXAM
16
Truth stretcher : LIAR
17
Untouchables? : SACREDCOWS
19
Town near Padua : ESTE
20
Flight attendants : STEWARDS
21
Nairobi's land : KENYA
22
Litigate : SUE
23
Place inside : INSERT
24
Selves : EGOS
28
Scold : BERATE
31
Section of Vietnam : ANNAM
33
One with a taxing job : ASSESSOR
38
Fall guy of a sort : SACRIFICIALLAMB
41
Hoard : TREASURE
42
Caravansary : SERAI
43
Wiped out : ERASED
46
Rackets : DINS
47
Place for clinging things : VINERY
51
___ Angeles : LOS
53
Misfortunes : EVILS
54
Jamb : DOORPOST
59
Soprano Ponselle : ROSA
60
Women's gatherings, to sexists : HENPARTIES
62
Spoiled child : BRAT
63
Wiesel or Siegmeister : ELIE
64
Leghorn's land : ITALY
65
Auld lang ___ : SYNE
66
Intelligence : WITS
67
Pyle of TV : GOMER
Down
1
Kind of bag or house : GAS
2
Ruer's word : ALAS
3
Cult; school : SECT
4
Clear : PURE
5
Frets : STEWS
6
Fiat : DECREE
7
Biblical bk. : EXOD
8
Statutes : LAWS
9
Spa in Germany : EMS
10
Skedaddles : FLEES
11
Oise feeder : AISNE
12
Lecher : SATYR
13
Handle : TREAT
18
Smear : DAUB
21
Genuflects : KNEELS
23
"___ boy!" : ITSA
24
Bridge seat : EAST
25
Growl : GNAR
26
Twice halved : ONCE
27
Actress Gilbert : SARA
29
Rushes : RACES
30
"___ was saying ... " : ASI
32
Skinflints : MISERS
34
Snow vehicle : SLED
35
Hindu garb : SARI
36
Arabian gulf : OMAN
37
Baseball stats : RBIS
39
Anger : FURY
40
Gershwin the lyricist : IRA
44
Sneaks off to wed : ELOPES
45
Copperfield's childish bride : DORA
47
Parts of speech : VERBS
48
Kind of tower : IVORY
49
Jewish month : NISAN
50
Gladden : ELATE
52
Shoot : SPRIG
54
Wurst place in town : DELI
55
Step ___ (hurry) : ONIT
56
Preminger : OTTO
57
Anna's job site : SIAM
58
Far: Comb. form : TELE
60
Chop : HEW
61
Isr. neighbor : SYR
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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