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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Friday, December 15, 1978

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q Y }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, 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.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,629
Across
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43,560 sq. ft. : ACRE
5
Papal seal : BULLA
10
Portend : BODE
14
Type of camp : BOOT
15
Type of skin : ONION
16
Summit : APEX
17
Pipeline, at times : UNDERGROUNDTUBE
20
Golf mound : TEE
21
Author's employee : AGENT
22
"The defense ___" : RESTS
23
J.F.K. was one : PRES
24
Tippet's cousin : BOA
25
Quarries in tales of pirates : BURIEDTREASURES
33
Mountain climber's challenge : ARETE
34
Towel word : HERS
35
Napoleon, for short : EMP
36
Dog followers : TAGS
37
Gleamed : SHONE
39
Spotted rodent : PACA
40
George Gershwin's brother : IRA
41
Skidded : SLID
42
Broadcast : STREW
43
Howard Carter's discovery: 1922 : KINGTUTANKHAMEN
47
Yellow journal : RAG
48
Responsibility : ONUS
49
Olivier or Gielgud : ACTOR
52
Burdened : LADEN
54
Unworthy coin : SOU
57
Predicaments in ghost stories : GRAVESITUATIONS
60
Roué : RAKE
61
" ... no fool like ___ fool" : ANOLD
62
Wedding pellets : RICE
63
Cain-slain shepherd : ABEL
64
Labyrinths : MAZES
65
Logger's travois : SLED
Down
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Adjoin : ABUT
2
Ice-cream holder : CONE
3
Took the bus : RODE
4
Paris season : ETE
5
___ down (in a rut) : BOGGED
6
Disquiet : UNREST
7
Cowardly creature in Oz : LION
8
Bumpkin or lumpkin : LOUT
9
___ Arbor : ANN
10
Canadian's flat-bottomed boat : BATEAU
11
Major work : OPUS
12
I.o.u. : DEBT
13
Wyes' predecessors : EXES
18
Peep show : RAREE
19
Metal waste : DROSS
23
Sumps : PITS
24
In one's "birthday suit" : BARE
25
Hand-dyed fabric : BATIK
26
Arrow poison : URARI
27
Lear's second daughter : REGAN
28
TV show : RHODA
29
Irish diminutive suffix : EEN
30
Resume war preparations : REARM
31
Johnny Carson role : EMCEE
32
Deposit eggs, as salmon : SPAWN
37
Garden pest : SLUG
38
Line-drive double, e.g. : HIT
39
School orgs. : PTAS
41
Ogle, with "at" : STARE
42
Sidetrack : SHUNT
44
Display servility : GROVEL
45
Plant bud : NODULE
46
Massages, in a way : KNEADS
49
Site of the Pearl Mosque : AGRA
50
Type of apple or grass : CRAB
51
Capture : TAKE
52
Director Wertmüller : LINA
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From ___ (completely) : ATOZ
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Loam or loess : SOIL
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Twice halved : ONCE
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Secondhand : USED
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Hill or Browne : SAM
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Division of Dept. of the Treasury : IRS

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

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