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Sidney L. Robbins
New York Times, Monday, April 4, 1988
53-Down : Eastern V.I.P.
Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.59, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Grid flow: 13.2
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 A | 2 S | 3 P | 4 I | 5 C | 6 P | 7 E | 8 A | 9 S | 10 B | 11 A | 12 S | 13 S |
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14 N | E | U | R | O | 15 I | N | S | T | 16 O | L | E | O |
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17 D | A | M | O | N | 18 A | N | D | P | Y | 19 T | H | I | A | S |
20 R | A | N | C | H | E | S | 21 O | R | E | M | ||||
22 E | A | R | 23 S | 24 L | Y | |||||||||
25 S | 26 T | 27 A | R | 28 S | P | A | 29 A | 30 C | 31 T | 32 S |
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33 S | T | I | N | T | 34 S | T | E | N | 35 G | O | A | T |
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36 T | O | M | D | I | 37 C | K | A | N | D | 38 H | A | R | R | Y |
39 E | L | I | E | 40 L | E | N | T | 41 A | N | N | E | X |
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42 W | E | D | S | 43 A | I | D | 44 R | A | Y | S | ||||
45 I | N | N | 46 B | 47 O | A | |||||||||
48 S | 49 P | 50 E | D | 51 C | L | U | S | 52 T | 53 E | 54 R | ||||
55 T | H | E | F | O | 56 U | 57 R | H | O | R | S | E | M | E | 58 N |
59 E | A | S | T | 60 F | I | A | T | 61 E | L | I | D | E |
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62 A | N | T | S | 63 O | P | T | S | 64 S | E | R | O | W |
© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,027
Across
1
Savory jelly : ASPIC
6
Vegetables : PEAS
10
Fish or singer : BASS
14
Kind of surgeon : NEURO
15
N.Y.U. is one : INST
16
Margarine : OLEO
17
Famed twosome : DAMONANDPYTHIAS
20
Cattle locales : RANCHES
21
Utah city : OREM
22
Corn unit : EAR
23
Stallone's nickname : SLY
25
Streisand or Streep : STAR
28
Baden-Baden, e.g. : SPA
29
Bible book : ACTS
33
Restrict : STINT
34
British gun : STEN
35
Fall guy : GOAT
36
Anonymous trio : TOMDICKANDHARRY
39
Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
40
Penitential season : LENT
41
Addition : ANNEX
42
Marries : WEDS
43
Assistance : AID
44
Beams : RAYS
45
Small hotel : INN
46
Constrictor : BOA
48
Raced : SPED
51
Bunch of grapes : CLUSTER
55
Apocalyptic quartet : THEFOURHORSEMEN
59
Bridge seat : EAST
60
Decree : FIAT
61
Slur : ELIDE
62
Picnic intruders : ANTS
63
Chooses : OPTS
64
Goat antelope : SEROW
Down
1
Also : AND
2
Char : SEAR
3
Cougar : PUMA
4
Work on laundry : IRON
5
Symphonic compositions : CONCERTI
6
One who mopes : PINER
7
Football-pass catchers : ENDS
8
Cleo's snake : ASP
9
Pig pen : STY
10
Nobelist Niels ___ : BOHR
11
"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
12
Part of a baseball : SEAM
13
Mayday's cousin : SOS
18
Cry of discovery : AHA
19
Plaything : TOY
23
Used up : SPENT
24
Reach port : LAND
25
Fur scarf : STOLE
26
Like Milquetoast : TIMID
27
Mountains in Peru : ANDES
28
Lose a lap : STAND
29
Guam seaport : AGANA
30
Full of clichés : CORNY
31
Weight allowances : TARES
32
Lower-world river : STYX
33
Mulligan or slumgullion : STEW
34
Coil of yarn : SKEIN
37
Closely knit group : CLAN
38
Torments : HARASSES
45
Words at an altar : IDO
46
Smirches : BLOTS
47
Your and my : OUR
48
Thai tongue : SHAN
49
Nuisance : PEST
50
Newts : EFTS
51
Informal conversation : CHAT
52
Far: Comb. form : TELE
53
Eastern V.I.P. : EMIR
54
Fix over : REDO
55
Social : TEA
56
Sky sight, to some : UFO
57
Tear : RIP
58
Unused : NEW
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