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Sidney L. Robbins
New York Times, Monday, December 15, 1986
Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.71, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 53, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 34.7
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 A | 2 C | 3 T | 4 F | 5 R | 6 E | 7 T | 8 S | 9 C | 10 B |
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11 D | U | O | 12 S | 13 R | A | T | E | 14 T | 15 A | H | O | E |
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16 S | T | O | P | 17 S | I | G | N | S | 18 O | B | O | E | S |
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19 S | L | A | P | 20 E | A | S | 21 T | W | A | R | D | S |
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22 H | U | 23 B | S | 24 I | N | S | T | |||||||
25 O | 26 N | 27 S | I | D | E | 28 R | E | C | E | S | 29 S | |||
30 V | E | T | S | 31 A | 32 L | 33 A | I | 34 A | S | T | A | 35 R |
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36 A | M | O | 37 S | T | O | P | P | 38 E | R | 39 O | D | E |
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40 L | A | P | 41 S | E | 42 S | E | E | D | 43 S | P | I | N |
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44 T | O | T | A | 45 L | S | 46 E | 47 R | A | S | E | D |
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48 R | O | B | E | 49 S | N | I | P | |||||||
50 A | 51 D | D | R | E | S | 52 S | 53 E | E | 54 O | P | 55 E | 56 C | ||
57 C | R | E | M | E | 58 S | T | O | 59 P | S | H | O | R | 60 T |
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61 M | A | R | Y | S | 62 T | R | U | E | 63 O | N | O | R |
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64 E | M | S | 65 S | E | L | L | 66 S | P | Y |
© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,551
Across
1
Perform : ACT
4
Complain : FRET
8
Sci. degree : SCB
11
Pairs : DUOS
13
Classify : RATE
14
Resort : TAHOE
16
Urban halters : STOPSIGNS
18
Hautboys : OBOES
19
Smack : SLAP
20
To the Orient : EASTWARDS
22
Centers : HUBS
24
C.C.N.Y.or L.I.U. : INST
25
A football kick : ONSIDE
28
School break : RECESS
30
Ex-G.I.'s : VETS
31
Soviet range : ALAI
34
"___ Is Born" : ASTAR
36
I love: Lat. : AMO
37
Bathtub gadget : STOPPER
39
Short poem : ODE
40
Backslide : LAPSE
42
Pit : SEED
43
Revolve : SPIN
44
Sums : TOTALS
46
Rubbed out : ERASED
48
Peignoir : ROBE
49
Sassy lass : SNIP
50
Name on an envelope : ADDRESSEE
54
Oil cartel : OPEC
57
___ de menthe : CREME
58
Brake fast : STOPSHORT
61
Astor, Garden and Eddy : MARYS
62
Faithful : TRUE
63
___ about (approximately) : ONOR
64
Rheine's river : EMS
65
Betray : SELL
66
Mata Hari, e.g. : SPY
Down
1
TV commercials : ADS
2
Slices : CUTS
3
Cat's-paw : TOOL
4
Pt. of T.G.I.F. : FRI
5
Spreads unchecked : RAGES
6
Menace near Taormina : ETNA
7
Hardy girl : TESS
8
Reese, Marion et al. : SHORTSTOPS
9
A Princetonian : COED
10
Harry's First Lady : BESS
12
Turkish cavalrymen : SPAHIS
14
Luxury vehicle : TOWNCAR
15
Lowers : ABASES
17
Potato : SPUD
21
Standoff : TIE
23
Cudgel : BEAT
25
Sports site : OVAL
26
Thread: Comb. form : NEMAT
27
Wall Street ploys : STOPORDERS
28
Mature : RIPE
29
Thompson or Hawkins : SADIE
32
Result of a QB sack : LOSS
33
Mimic : APE
35
Cleave : REND
37
"Can Do" is their motto : SEABEES
38
Novelist Dorothy ___ : EDEN
41
Arlen's "___ Weather" : STORMY
43
Lesbos poet: 6th century B.C. : SAPPHO
45
"___ Misérables" : LES
47
Spanish rivers : RIOS
49
Capital of South Korea : SEOUL
50
Peak : ACME
51
Mite : DRAM
52
Fast planes : SSTS
53
To be, in Brest : ETRE
55
Long periods : EONS
56
Farmer's pride : CROP
59
Clay or mud: Comb. form : PEL
60
Attempt : TRY
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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