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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Friday, May 21, 1976

24-Down : Bridge call

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K W X }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 24.4
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,778
Across
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Nimble : SPRY
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Type of tire : SPARE
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Genesis name : ADAM
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Ballet movement : PLIE
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Places for chapeaux : TETES
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Wolf : LOBO
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Abbr. in a boarding-house ad : RMS
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Astringents : ALUMS
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Defective: Prefix : ATELO
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Sitka's state: Abbr. : ALAS
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Favoring : PRO
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Name, in old Rome : NOMEN
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Sound of disapproval : HISS
35
Relative of an agt. : REP
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Greek god of love : EROS
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Face and greeting : CARDS
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Part of Einstein's formula : MASS
40
Capek title : RUR
41
___ Alto : PALO
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Bout : SETTO
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Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
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Gehrig et al. : LOUS
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Gather up, as cloth : SHIRR
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Bristles : SETAE
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Article : THE
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Heraldic band : ORLE
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"___ Ben Jonson" : ORARE
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Past the prime : AGED
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Haws' partners : GEES
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Heaped : PILED
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Obstacles : BARS
Down
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Forum initials : SPQR
2
" ... and pulled out a ___" : PLUM
3
Inlets : RIAS
4
Suffix for law or saw : YER
5
Of a pillar : STELAR
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Examine : PERUSE
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Type of bomb : ATOM
8
Grid officials : REFS
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That, in Valencia : ESA
10
"That's ___ malarkey!" : ALOTOF
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Be inattentive : DOZE
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Actor Walter : ABEL
13
Kind of gram or maniac : MONO
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Claw : TALON
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Relatives of drats : DARNS
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Iowa city : AMES
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Bridge call : PASS
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Burdens, to Caesar : ONERA
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No-hit, ___ game : NORUN
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Atlanta campus : EMORY
28
Heart action : THROB
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Kept under cover : HID
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Furious : IRATE
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Hearth goddess : VESTA
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Type of salts : EPSOM
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"The die is ___" : CAST
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Beverage : ALE
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N.Y. players : METS
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Writer Angelo : PATRI
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Swerved : SLUED
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Critic Clive : BARNES
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Town in north Italy : ALTARE
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Made a bank deal : LOANED
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Pollution factor : SMOG
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Take on : HIRE
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Groundless : IDLE
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Hindu goddess : SHRI
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Relative of etc. : ETAL
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Roman garment : TOGA
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Garden worker : HOER
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Divinity shapings : ENDS
58
Pol. party : GOP
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Seize : NAB

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

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