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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Tuesday, March 22, 1988

71-Across : Chanteuse Horne

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 21.9
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,014
Across
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Greek letters : ETAS
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"For Pete's ___!" : SAKE
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Type of beam : LASER
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Mascara recipient : LASH
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Front of a caravel : PROW
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Pippin : APPLE
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Youth org. : YMCA
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Land measure : ACRE
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Kingdom : REALM
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Withhold corporal punishment : SPARETHEROD
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Defendants, in law : REI
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Peak : APEX
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Slithery one : ASP
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Lincoln's coin : CENT
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Golf norm : PAR
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Urge onward : SPUR
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Imprisonment : RESTRAINT
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Heath : ERICA
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Absolute, as legal rights : IMPRESCRIPTIBLE
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Beseeches : PRAYS
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Camel's problem : HALITOSIS
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___ ha-Shanah : ROSH
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Garland at a luau : LEI
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Town in W. Germany : APEN
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Choose : OPT
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Swing around : SLUE
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Asian holiday : TET
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Pocket money : SPARECHANGE
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Frankie or Cleo of songdom : LAINE
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Soft drink : SODA
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Poster : SIGN
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Robin Hood's missile : ARROW
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Litigates : SUES
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Like ___ of bricks : ATON
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Snow vehicles : SLEDS
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Volcano in Sicily : ETNA
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Chanteuse Horne : LENA
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Cities in Minn. and Nev. : ELYS
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Fla. city : TAMPA
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Tin Pan Alley org. : ASCAP
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Portion : SHARE
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Tiff : SPAT
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___ of Titus : ARCH
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Asian peninsula : KOREA
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Pitchers : EWERS
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Fat from hogs : LARD
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Gibbon, e.g. : APE
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Dinner item : SPARERIBS
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Actress Terry : ELLEN
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Mail a check : REMIT
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Fast train : EXPRESS
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Jupiter's mother : OPS
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Oddity : CURIO
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___ in Able : AAS
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Wealthy : RICH
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Fretful : PETTISH
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Tear : RIP
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Monogram of "All Quiet ... " author : EMR
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Trunk item : SPARETIRE
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Author of "The Other" : TRYON
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New Deal org. : NRA
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Do farming : TILL
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Ovid's 151 : CLI
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Loser to D.D.E. : AES
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___ à la mode : PIE
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School dance : HOP
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Book of maps : ATLAS
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Singer Bailey : PEARL
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Outmoded : PASSE
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Game fish : TROUT
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Mountain group in Utah : LASAL
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Fuse : UNITE
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Incite : EGGON
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Stitches : SEWS
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Paradise : EDEN
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Spanish house : CASA
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Sicilian resort : ENNA
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Become drowsy : NOD

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

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