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Sidney L. Robbins
New York Times, Tuesday, December 17, 1985
Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 23.5
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 M | 2 E | 3 S | 4 A | 5 L | 6 I | 7 L | 8 A | 9 C | 10 D | 11 A | 12 D |
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13 A | C | E | S | 14 A | R | E | N | A | 15 D | A | N | A |
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16 P | R | E | S | 17 I | D | E | N | T | P | 18 R | O | T | E | M |
19 S | U | D | A | N | 20 D | E | T | O | N | A | T | E |
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21 I | T | 22 C | 23 H | 24 S | O | D | A | |||||||
25 A | 26 M | 27 I | 28 E | R | U | 29 A | 30 R | E | T | 31 I | 32 R | 33 E |
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34 B | A | N | 35 R | A | M | P | 36 S | 37 E | R | A | S |
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38 A | C | T | 39 I | N | G | P | R | E | 40 S | 41 I | D | E | N | T |
42 F | A | R | M | 43 H | I | T | O | N | 44 N | E | E |
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45 T | W | O | B | 46 I | 47 T | 48 L | A | I | C | 49 E | E | R |
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50 A | D | E | 51 S | 52 E | L | U | 53 L | |||||||
54 A | 55 N | 56 T | L | E | R | E | 57 D | 58 B | A | 59 N | 60 K | 61 S |
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62 F | O | R | M | E | R | P | R | 63 E | 64 S | I | D | E | N | T |
65 R | U | E | S | 66 O | T | A | T | E | 67 E | V | I | L |
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68 O | N | E | 69 R | A | B | A | T | 70 N | A | T | O |
© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,188
Across
1
Tableland : MESA
5
N.H.'s state flower : LILAC
10
Pop : DAD
13
King toppers : ACES
14
Sports area : ARENA
15
Artist Charles ___ Gibson : DANA
16
Temporary prexy : PRESIDENTPROTEM
19
Khartoum is its capital : SUDAN
20
Explode : DETONATE
21
Scratch producer : ITCH
24
Soft drink : SODA
25
"Bonjour, mon ___" : AMI
28
Babylonian deity : ERUA
30
Quit working : RETIRE
34
Forbid : BAN
35
Inclines : RAMPS
37
Periods of time : ERAS
38
Veep's possible role : ACTINGPRESIDENT
42
Cultivate : FARM
43
Discover : HITON
44
Born : NEE
45
Cheap: Slang : TWOBIT
48
Secular : LAIC
49
Eternally, to Poe : EER
50
Juice drinks : ADES
52
Hebrew month : ELUL
54
Horned : ANTLERED
58
Ernie of baseball fame : BANKS
62
Ford or Carter : FORMERPRESIDENT
65
Regrets : RUES
66
Giant grass : OTATE
67
Kind of spirit : EVIL
68
Quarter of four : ONE
69
Clergyman's dickey : RABAT
70
Alliance acronym : NATO
Down
1
Charts : MAPS
2
Tannish : ECRU
3
Pip : SEED
4
Very: Mus. : ASSAI
5
Boy : LAD
6
Anger : IRE
7
Lease preceder : LEND
8
Poker payments : ANTES
9
Paris, to Helen : CAPTOR
10
Information : DATA
11
Dill of the Bible : ANET
12
Title Christie held : DAME
15
Made a charitable gift : DONATED
17
Clinic figure : INTERN
18
Took a cab : RODE
22
Bluff : CRAG
23
Sound of doubt or disdain : HUMPH
25
In the rear, at sea : ABAFT
26
Parrot : MACAW
27
Opening monologue, for short : INTRO
29
Showery month : APRIL
31
Good-night girl : IRENE
32
Rajah's mate : RANEE
33
Chemical compound : ESTER
36
Bristles : SETAE
39
Preserves in memory: Var. : IMBALMS
40
Earth : SOIL
41
Nightmares : INCUBI
46
___ fixe : IDEE
47
Holy ___ (brat) : TERROR
51
Partitions : SEPTA
53
Burdened : LADEN
54
Hairdo for a soul brother : AFRO
55
Part of speech : NOUN
56
What Daphne became : TREE
57
Colorless; monotonous : DRAB
59
Soviet river : NEVA
60
Emulate Mme. Defarge : KNIT
61
Town in Normandy : STLO
63
Letter from Athens : ETA
64
Gel : SET
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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