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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, January 9, 1989

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 24.0
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,307
Across
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Author Bombeck : ERMA
5
Mill machine : LATHE
10
Met in session : SAT
13
Genuine : REAL
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Notions : IDEAS
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The Venerable ___ : BEDE
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Time for foolery : APRILFIRST
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Religious figurine : ICON
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Power source : ATOM
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Paddock sound : SNORT
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Quahog : CLAM
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Dear follower : SIR
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Choreographer De Mille : AGNES
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Places for matches : ARENAS
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Made neat, with "up" : TIDIED
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Jungle king : LION
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Home state of Linus Pauling : OREGON
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Captain's boat : GIG
37
Cleanse : DETERGE
39
Encroach : INTRUDE
41
Residue in a fireplace : ASH
42
Entebbe is here : UGANDA
44
Tiller : HELM
45
Copy : ECTYPE
47
Pee Wee and Della : REESES
49
"___ Be," Beatles hit : LETIT
51
Collection : SET
53
___ Island, in Antarctica : ROSS
54
Earthy : OCHRY
55
Use a grapnel : DRAG
57
Of the ear : OTIC
58
Big day in U.S.A. : JULYFOURTH
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Mother of F.D.R. : SARA
65
"___ of robins ... " : ANEST
66
Unadulterated : PURE
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Cousin of a Ph.D. : EDD
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Main points : GISTS
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So be it! : AMEN
Down
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Historic period : ERA
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Agt. : REP
3
Damage : MAR
4
Famed boxer : ALI
5
Elevator, to a Londoner : LIFT
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Ta-ta, to Tomás : ADIOS
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Boring insect : TERMITE
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Owns : HAS
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E.D.T. winterized : EST
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What armchair quarterbacks do : SECONDGUESS
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Worship : ADORE
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Nomads' homes : TENTS
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Toot : BINGE
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Tibetan priest : LAMA
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Valentine, e.g. : SAINT
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Bergman's "___ and Whispers" : CRIES
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A pope in Charlemagne's day : LEOTHETHIRD
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A queen or princess : ANNE
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Stiff : RIGID
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"M*A*S*H" actor : ALDA
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Soaked : SOGGY
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Germanic god of thunder : DONAR
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Harvests : REAPS
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Runs in neutral : IDLES
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Jewels : GEMS
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Like some country roads : RUTTY
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Current: Comb. form : RHEO
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Pins and ___ : NEEDLES
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About : CIRCA
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Therefore : ERGO
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At liberty : LOOSE
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Outward : ECTAD
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Lovers' secret meeting : TRYST
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P.M. periods : AFTS
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Barb or tooth : JAG
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Prefix with cycle or form : UNI
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___ tree (cornered) : UPA
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Jamaican export : RUM
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Uno, due, ___ : TRE
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A Rhode Island Red : HEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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