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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, February 22, 1982

44-Across : Stack the deck

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 250 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,794
Across
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Con artist's ploy : SCAM
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___ donna : PRIMA
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Sailor Masefield's steering aid : STAR
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A Maxwell : ELSA
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Support for Georgia O'Keeffe : EASEL
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Call for Mr. Morris : PAGE
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Competition : MEET
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Emulate Raines of the Expos : STEAL
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Work animals : OXEN
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Bright words from Conrad Aiken : IFACETHESUNRISE
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Target on a green : HOLE
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Loss, at bridge : SET
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Deposit : PUT
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An uncle of Saul : NER
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Frozen water in Berlin : EIS
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Next after bi : TRI
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Particular : ITEM
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Stamped out : SCOTCHED
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Heliophile's favorite phrase from "The Deserted Village" : ETERNALSUNSHINE
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Rebukes : CENSURES
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Theater org. : ANTA
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Bitter vetch : ERS
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Stack the deck : RIG
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___ Albert : FAT
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Abbr. at a service station : GAL
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Burro : ASS
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Omnium-gatherum : OLIO
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Thoroughfare for fading stars? : SUNSETBOULEVARD
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Former TV sitcom : ENOS
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Passageway : AISLE
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Wiesel or Siegmeister : ELIE
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Feminine ending : ETTE
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Wire: Abbr. : TELEG
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Dilemma in a drama : NODE
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Keats or Yeats : POET
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Wear down : ERODE
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Pit : SEED
Down
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Prefix with tone : SEMI
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Musical sign : CLEF
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On the Coral : ASEA
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Borg-McEnroe thriller : MATCH
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Mortar pounder : PESTLE
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Cronkite's successor : RATHER
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Words of comprehension : ISEE
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Yd. or in. : MEAS
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Passing reference : ALLUSION
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Big spender : SPORT
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Run along a runway : TAXI
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Ripens : AGES
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Coty : RENE
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Long period : EON
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Homes for hoopoes : NESTS
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Section : PIECE
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Extreme : UTTER
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Some salad days : TEENS
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Shield or old coin : ECU
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"Let's Call the Whole ___ Off" : THING
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Designer de la ___ : RENTA
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Perfection : IDEAL
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Gamp or Grundy : MRS
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Draft org. : SSS
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Half the name of a dance : CHA
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Tend the ill : NURSE
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Awned : ARISTATE
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Part of a trek : LEG
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Hit very low, in boxing : FOULED
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Assert sans evidence : ALLEGE
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A must for a man in many a cafe : TIE
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Liability's antithesis : ASSET
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Kilns : OVENS
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Ooze : SEEP
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Preposition : UNTO
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Observe : NOTE
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Rathskeller quaff : BIER
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Site of the Nobel Institute : OSLO
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Succulent plant of dry areas : ALOE
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Use a bridle path : RIDE
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Title document : DEED

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

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