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Sidney L. Robbins
New York Times, Monday, May 6, 1985
Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 21.9
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 B | 2 E | 3 B | 4 E | 5 S | 6 A | 7 L | 8 A | 9 D | 10 S | 11 C | 12 A | 13 B |
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14 O | P | E | C | 15 C | L | A | R | A | 16 T | A | R | E |
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17 W | I | T | H | 18 F | A | I | N | T | P | 19 R | A | I | S | E |
20 S | C | H | O | O | L | E | D | 21 E | R | R | O | R |
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22 W | E | N | 23 P | 24 A | T | R | O | N | S |
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25 U | 26 P | 27 H | 28 E | L | D | 29 R | I | L | E | Y | ||||
30 R | E | A | L | 31 S | H | A | L | L | 32 N | 33 R | 34 A |
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35 U | N | H | A | 36 N | 37 D | M | E | V | I | L | 38 L | A | I | N |
39 S | T | A | 40 E | L | I | T | E | 41 U | P | O | N |
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42 G | U | I | L | T | 43 L | 44 E | G | A | T | E |
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45 R | 46 E | 47 S | E | R | V | E | 48 T | A | R | |||||
49 A | L | A | M | O | 50 D | E | T | A | 51 I | 52 N | 53 E | 54 D |
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55 N | O | M | A | N | 56 I | 57 S | A | N | I | S | L | A | N | D |
58 A | P | A | R | 59 D | A | M | O | N | 60 L | I | N | A |
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61 S | E | R | A | 62 O | M | E | N | S | 63 S | L | A | Y |
© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,963
Across
1
Actress Daniels : BEBE
5
Menu item : SALAD
10
Strikebreaker : SCAB
14
Internat. cartel : OPEC
15
Nurse Barton : CLARA
16
Shipping word : TARE
17
"Damn ___ ... ": Pope : WITHFAINTPRAISE
20
Educated : SCHOOLED
21
It's off the mark : ERROR
22
Dermal bump : WEN
23
Certain supporters : PATRONS
25
Raised : UPHELD
29
What a life he led! : RILEY
30
Genuine : REAL
31
"We ___ Overcome" : SHALL
32
New Deal org. : NRA
35
Melodrama heroine's command : UNHANDMEVILLAIN
39
Abbreviated depot : STA
40
Upper crust : ELITE
41
On top of : UPON
42
Kind of complex : GUILT
43
Envoy : LEGATE
45
Part of F.R.S. : RESERVE
48
Feather's partner : TAR
49
Texas shrine : ALAMO
50
Held back : DETAINED
55
Donne statement : NOMANISANISLAND
58
An armadillo : APAR
59
Friend of Pythias : DAMON
60
Director Wertmuller : LINA
61
Evening, in Roma : SERA
62
Foretokens : OMENS
63
Do in : SLAY
Down
1
Nods deeply : BOWS
2
"Odyssey," for one : EPIC
3
"Little Women" character : BETH
4
Repeat : ECHO
5
Like certain fish : SCALED
6
Not native : ALIEN
7
Debark : LAND
8
Buchwald or Carney : ART
9
Dip bait lightly : DAP
10
Like some nights : STARRY
11
African capital : CAIRO
12
Hot crime : ARSON
13
Pub drinks : BEERS
18
Gallinacean : FOWL
19
Narrate anew : RETELL
23
River to the Adriatic : PIAVE
24
"___ Want for Christmas ... " : ALLI
25
Wild ox of yore : URUS
26
Confined : PENT
27
Sunken fence : HAHA
28
Guidonian note : ELA
29
Butler of fiction : RHETT
31
Umbrella substitute? : SMILE
32
Calif. valley : NAPA
33
Kind of squad : RIOT
34
Actress Meara : ANNE
36
Nerve cell : NEURON
37
Half of MCVIII : DLIV
38
Tote : LUG
42
Commentary on the Mishna : GEMARA
43
Most South Americans, e.g. : LATINS
44
Historic periods : ERAS
45
Princes of India : RANAS
46
Flee to a J.P. : ELOPE
47
A Visayan island : SAMAR
48
Part of a dovetail : TENON
50
Lady of quality : DAME
51
Woes : ILLS
52
Finger ending : NAIL
53
Sicilian resort : ENNA
54
June 6, 1944 : DDAY
56
"Well, ___ declare!" : IDO
57
Uncle for Americans : SAM
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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