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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Friday, October 31, 1975

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 13, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 22.5
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,575
Across
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Little Sir ___ : ECHO
5
Rut of a sort : HABIT
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___ up (increase) : STEP
14
"I'd just as ___" : SOON
15
Greek weights : OBOLI
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Andes wind : PUNO
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Burden for a waiter : TIMEONONESHANDS
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Drink : ALE
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Noah's scout : DOVE
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Remove : ERASE
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Links call : FORE
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N. Z. parrots : KEAS
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Snouted animals : TAPIRS
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Veal orders : CUTLETS
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Japanese apricots : UMES
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Do C.P.A. work : AUDIT
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Dry or tommy : ROT
36
Thumb-twiddling status : NOTHINGMUCHTODO
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Big ___ of Calif. : SUR
41
Godunov : BORIS
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"Once ___ a ... " : UPON
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Brownish pink : ROSETAN
45
Sultans' collections : HAREMS
47
Very, in Paris : TRES
48
Cape Hatteras sight : HULK
49
Very, in music : ASSAI
52
Miss Bayes : NORA
53
Stir : ADO
56
Advice to the edgy : SITBACKANDRELAX
60
Running track : OVAL
61
Manikin : MODEL
62
___ mecum : VADE
63
Word for Ben Jonson : RARE
64
Sleuth Sam : SPADE
65
Later : ANON
Down
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This, in Spain : ESTA
2
Rope arrangement : COIL
3
Type of run : HOME
4
"___ more time" : ONE
5
Aces, kings, etc. : HONORS
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"This ___ all ... " : ABOVE
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Mother Hubbard's quest : BONE
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___ de France : ILE
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Poetic word : TIS
10
Like receding hair : SPARSE
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Sandwich filler : TUNA
12
Difficult things to make meet : ENDS
13
Attitude : POSE
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Scent : ODOR
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"To your ___!" : HEALTH
23
Gefilte ___ : FISH
24
African antelopes : KUDUS
25
Noun suffix : ETIC
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Receptacles : TUNS
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___-propre : AMOUR
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Rock: Prefix : PETRO
29
Cookery seed : CUMIN
30
Figure of speech : TROPE
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Wicked city : SODOM
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Carpets from India : AGRAS
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Heavy weights : TONS
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Peninsula of Europe : IBERIA
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Observe : NOTE
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Horse breed : TURK
44
Home for 39 Down : STABLE
45
Barrier : HURDLE
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Winglike : ALAR
48
Sharpened : HONED
49
Old zither : ASOR
50
Hindu divinity : SIVA
51
Gold or Lone : STAR
52
Nothing, in Madrid : NADA
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Comedian King : ALAN
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Pedestal part : DADO
55
Beasts of burden : OXEN
57
Metric units: Abbr. : CMS
58
African hill : KOP
59
Little ___ : EVA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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