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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, December 4, 1989

50-Across : Acted as chairman

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 18.1
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,636
Across
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Root or Yale : ELIHU
6
Platter : DISC
10
Shoe cover : SPAT
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Gannet : SOLAN
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"Do ___ others ... " : UNTO
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Actress Petrova : OLGA
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Caution! : EASYDOESIT
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Trepidation : FEAR
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Renegade : DESERTER
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Commence : START
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Take ten : REST
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The gift of ___ : GAB
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Papas' partners : MAMAS
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Dialects : ARGOTS
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Scandinavian sea-god : AEGIR
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Suffix with Burns : IANA
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Sr. citizens' nest eggs : IRAS
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State of being not allowable : INADMISSIBILITY
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Give temporarily : LEND
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Barker at a circus : SEAL
40
Tibetan neighbor : NEPAL
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Exotic biblical dancer : SALOME
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Expand : WIDEN
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Koch and McMahon : EDS
45
Give forth : EMIT
47
Frighten : SCARE
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Acted as chairman : PRESIDED
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Birthplace of seven U.S. Presidents : OHIO
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Like a laborer's money : HARDEARNED
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Mother of Helen of Troy : LEDA
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Plant used in lotions : ALOE
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French critic-historian: 1828-93 : TAINE
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Was in debt : OWED
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Antitoxins : SERA
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German seaport : EMDEN
Down
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Suffix with journal : ESE
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Burden : LOAD
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Pianist von Alpenheim : ILSE
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Attorney Arthur Garfield ___ : HAYS
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Like a softball pitch : UNDERARM
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Twosomes : DUETS
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Gore in a garment : INSET
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Agitate : STIR
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Barracks bed : COT
10
Like some eggs : SOFTBOILED
11
Legal item : PLEA
12
Seaweed product : AGAR
13
Baker's product : TART
18
Gold holders : ORES
21
Droop : SAG
23
Snatch : GRAB
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First king of Egypt : MENES
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Guam's capital : AGANA
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Standing between extremes : MIDDLEROAD
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Deep blue : ANIL
28
Worthless item : TRIPE
29
Beelzebub : SATAN
30
Suffer : AIL
31
Words of comprehension : ISEE
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___ matter of fact : ASA
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Scansion unit: Abbr. : SYL
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Tenets : ISMS
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Begin : INITIATE
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Sappho creation : ODE
43
Sagacious : WISE
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Miscue : ERROR
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Jason's wife : MEDEA
47
Unaccompanied : SOLO
48
Masticate : CHEW
49
Assistant : AIDE
50
Wan : PALE
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Small amount : DRAM
52
Arthurian lady : ENID
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Sand hill : DENE
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Owns : HAS
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Retreat : DEN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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