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Sidney L. Robbins
New York Times, Monday, January 16, 1984
32-Down : Puzzler's pet toiler
Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 A | 2 M | 3 O | 4 S | 5 S | 6 C | 7 R | 8 O | 9 D | 10 R | 11 E | 12 D | 13 O |
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14 S | I | D | E | 15 P | A | I | N | E | 16 E | B | A | N |
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17 P | R | I | N | 18 C | E | S | S | E | S | 19 D | O | M | E |
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20 S | E | N | T | E | N | C | E | 21 K | 22 E | E | N | E | R |
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23 I | N | D | O | 24 A | L | L | E | Y | S | |||||
25 A | 26 G | 27 E | N | T | S | 28 S | P | A | S | M | ||||
29 L | O | B | E | 30 S | W | A | M | I | 31 D | 32 E | 33 W |
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34 P | U | B | L | 35 I | 36 S | H | O | R | P | E | 37 R | I | S | H |
38 S | T | S | 39 S | T | A | R | T | 40 E | R | N | E |
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41 H | E | A | V | E | 42 R | 43 A | C | K | E | T |
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44 B | 45 O | U | R | N | E | 46 S | A | G | E | |||||
47 S | E | N | S | E | D | 48 C | A | R | E | S | 49 S | 50 E | 51 S |
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52 W | A | I | T | 53 P | 54 R | O | F | E | S | S | O | R | S |
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55 I | T | O | L | 56 A | I | D | E | S | 57 E | M | I | T |
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58 M | A | N | E | 59 T | O | A | S | T | 60 D | E | N | S |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,487
Across
1
Andy's pal : AMOS
5
Young haddock : SCROD
10
Fix over : REDO
14
Edge : SIDE
15
Patriot Tom : PAINE
16
Abba of Israel : EBAN
17
Di and Margaret : PRINCESSES
19
Fuller creation : DOME
20
Life, for one : SENTENCE
21
Not so dull : KEENER
23
Word form with European or Chinese : INDO
24
Bowlers' surfaces : ALLEYS
25
Means : AGENTS
28
Burst of energy : SPASM
29
Ear part : LOBE
30
Seer of a sort : SWAMI
31
" ... the foggy, foggy ___" : DEW
34
Dictum feared by 53 Across : PUBLISHORPERISH
38
Nov. 1 is their day : STS
39
Set out : START
40
Puzzler's pet eagle : ERNE
41
Ho's predecessor : HEAVE
42
Uproar : RACKET
44
A bridge to Cape Cod : BOURNE
46
Plant for seasoning : SAGE
47
Felt : SENSED
48
Tender touches : CARESSES
52
Sweat out a delay : WAIT
53
Campus group : PROFESSORS
55
Chemical suffix : ITOL
56
Assistants : AIDES
57
Give forth : EMIT
58
Lion's pride : MANE
59
Breakfast item : TOAST
60
Lairs : DENS
Down
1
Slithery ones : ASPS
2
Muck's next of kin : MIRE
3
Norse god : ODIN
4
Guard : SENTINEL
5
Shells out skekels : SPENDS
6
Maine bay : CASCO
7
Sit on a tack and then ___ : RISE
8
Quarter of four : ONE
9
Writer's light : DESKLAMP
10
Cash in : REDEEM
11
Hard wood : EBONY
12
Hess and Christie : DAMES
13
Superhero : ONER
18
Dime segment : CENT
22
Dinsmore of fiction : ELSIE
24
Away : APART
25
Swiss sight : ALPS
26
Style, in Sedan : GOUT
27
Wanes : EBBS
28
Said "!*!*" : SWORE
30
Graze : SHAVE
31
Dagger : DIRK
32
Puzzler's pet toiler : ESNE
33
Hone : WHET
35
French department : ISERE
36
What holders of a straight do : STANDPAT
37
Apselike : RECESSED
41
Shake a leg : HUSTLE
42
Most unusual : RAREST
43
Ice and Stone : AGES
44
"A staff is quickly found to ___ dog": Shak. : BEATA
45
Tear producer : ONION
46
Vaults : SAFES
47
Ape fish : SWIM
48
Finale for Friml : CODA
49
"___ pumpkins!" : SOME
50
Ireland : ERIN
51
Fast planes : SSTS
54
The Tagus is one : RIO
Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 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.