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Sidney L. Robbins
New York Times, Tuesday, April 27, 1976
Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 8.5
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 P | 2 A | 3 T | 4 H | 5 D | 6 E | 7 B | 8 S | 9 H | 10 E | 11 L | 12 O | 13 T |
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14 O | L | E | A | 15 E | D | E | L | 16 A | R | O | M | A |
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17 S | T | A | R | 18 L | U | C | Y | 19 R | O | V | E | S |
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20 H | A | R | D | 21 L | U | C | K | 22 A | D | D | E | R | S |
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23 L | A | D | E | 24 E | S | T | E | |||||||
25 C | 26 O | 27 S | I | N | E | 28 A | P | P | O | S | 29 I | 30 T | 31 E |
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32 I | C | O | N | S | 33 S | L | E | E | P | 34 N | I | S |
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35 N | A | B | E | 36 A | L | I | E | N | 37 B | E | G | S |
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38 C | L | E | 39 S | P | I | N | S | 40 A | L | P | H | A |
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41 H | A | R | 42 D | T | I | M | E | 43 S | P | O | T | T | Y |
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44 E | R | A | S | 45 S | T | E | W | |||||||
46 F | 47 A | 48 N | T | A | N | 49 H | A | R | D | H | 50 A | 51 T | 52 S |
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53 A | R | I | A | N | 54 M | A | T | A | 55 A | B | U | T |
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56 R | A | P | I | D | 57 P | R | E | P | 58 R | I | R | E |
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59 E | L | A | N | S | 60 S | I | D | S | 61 D | E | N | T |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,754
Across
1
Winding lane : PATH
5
Society girls : DEBS
9
Serf : HELOT
14
Olive genus : OLEA
15
German noble : EDEL
16
Scent : AROMA
17
Dog or lucky : STAR
18
"I Love ___" : LUCY
19
Wanders : ROVES
20
Tough going : HARDLUCK
22
Vipers : ADDERS
23
Take on cargo : LADE
24
This, in Spain : ESTE
25
Math ratio : COSINE
28
Suitable : APPOSITE
32
Church art pieces : ICONS
33
Lose alertness : SLEEP
34
Brownie : NIS
35
Local movie, for short : NABE
36
"___ Corn" : ALIEN
37
Petitions : BEGS
38
Diminutive suffix : CLE
39
Twirls : SPINS
40
Greek letter : ALPHA
41
"Don't give me a ___" : HARDTIME
43
Irregular : SPOTTY
44
Ages : ERAS
45
Beef ___ : STEW
46
Card game : FANTAN
49
Construction men : HARDHATS
53
Adjective suffix : ARIAN
54
W.W. I spy, with 49 Down : MATA
55
Adjoin : ABUT
56
Swift : RAPID
57
Type of school : PREP
58
Laugh, in Paris : RIRE
59
Feelings of ardor : ELANS
60
Caesar and others : SIDS
61
Depression : DENT
Down
1
Swanky : POSH
2
Can. province : ALTA
3
Rip : TEAR
4
Adamant view : HARDLINE
5
Fool : DELUDE
6
Develop : EDUCE
7
Call's partner : BECK
8
Foxy : SLY
9
Auto type : HARDTOP
10
Wears down : ERODES
11
Tennis score : LOVE
12
Hebrew measure : OMER
13
Russian agency : TASS
21
Swedish districts : LANS
22
Poplar : ASPEN
24
Swords : EPEES
25
Lead-pipe item : CINCH
26
Florida city : OCALA
27
Subdued : SOBER
28
Put in a row : ALINE
29
All thumbs : INEPT
30
Cheap : TIGHT
31
Theme : ESSAY
33
Takes off weight : SLIMS
36
Of bees : APIAN
37
Braggart : BLOWHARD
39
Maroons : STRANDS
40
Mimicked : APED
42
Keep under restraint : DETAIN
43
Applies the belt : STRAPS
45
Full : SATED
46
Get on : FARE
47
Soviet sea : ARAL
48
Pacific palm : NIPA
49
See 54 Across : HARI
50
Anne Nichols role : ABIE
51
"One good ___ ... " : TURN
52
Let it stand : STET
54
Brit. legislators : MPS
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.