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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, June 10, 1991

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 24.1
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,189
Across
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Stagg of coaching fame : AMOS
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Wall Street term : ATPAR
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Sit : POSE
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First fratricide : CAIN
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Ridiculous sham : FARCE
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Reign : RULE
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Daniel Day-Lewis movie: 1989 : MYLEFTFOOT
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And others: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
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Painter's purchase : EASEL
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State policeman: Abbr. : TPR
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Heirs, often : SONS
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Fabled bird : ROC
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Continuous : ONGOING
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Golfer Peete : CAL
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Mosel feeder : SAAR
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Russian saint : OLGA
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Pub drink : ALE
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Tizzy : SNIT
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Battle of Hastings site : SENLAC
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Clothes : TOGS
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A k a : ALIAS
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Father : SIRE
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Tramples : STOMPS
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R.I.P. notice : OBIT
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Chess pieces : MEN
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Gist : MEAT
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John John to E.M.K. : NEPH
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Ruthian weapon : BAT
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Seedless grape : SULTANA
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Still and all : YET
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Famed suffragist : MOTT
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"___ a girl!" : ITS
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Speedy : RAPID
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Der ___ (Adenauer) : ALTE
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Conform : TOETHELINE
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Tie up at a dock : MOOR
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More fit : ABLER
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Third of thrice : ONCE
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Sothern and Rutherford : ANNS
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Philippine island : LEYTE
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In the vicinity : NEAR
Down
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Peak : ACME
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Yucatan Indian : MAYA
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De Kooning medium : OILS
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Show contempt : SNEER
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To the stern : AFT
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A loser in 1912 : TAFT
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In proper ratio : PROPORTIONATELY
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Oak start : ACORN
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Soak flax : RET
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Autographs blank forms : PRESIGNS
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At great risk : OUTONALIMB
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Street talk : SLANG
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Slippery ones : EELS
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Waste fibers of silk : FLOSS
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Card game : CANASTA
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Like a yenta : GOSSIPY
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Bullring cry : OLE
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"Memory" musical : CATS
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"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
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Like some sleeves : LEGOMUTTON
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Have the flu : AIL
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Region : AREA
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Part of a dime : CENT
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Refiners : SMELTERS
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Honest ___ : ABE
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Kind of hand : PAT
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"Over ___" : THERE
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Athenian statesman : SOLON
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Daughter of Tantalus : NIOBE
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Claw : TALON
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Doll's cry : MAMA
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Let it stand : STET
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Yearn : PINE
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Ancient Peruvian : INCA
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Bambi, e.g. : DEER
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Former chess champ : TAL
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Dom. of Otto II: 973-83 : HRE

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

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