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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, June 20, 1988

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { F G J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 14.3
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,104
Across
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Strong scents : MUSKS
6
Actress Gardner : AVA
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Complainer : CRAB
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Fall flower : ASTER
14
Unless, in law : NISI
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Tramp : HOBO
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Simple piano tune : CHOPSTICKS
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Margarine : OLEO
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Kind of sphere : HEMI
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Yale name : ELI
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Jacket parts : LAPELS
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Harsh sounds : RASPS
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Kindergarten awards : STARS
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Put away for safekeeping : STASH
30
Wash ___, comics hero : TUBBS
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Put two and two together : ADD
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High nest : AERIE
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City in Pa. : ERIE
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Kind of estate : REAL
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Kind of rocket : RETRO
43
Harvard rival : YALE
44
Theater org. : ANTA
45
Stupefies : NUMBS
47
Composer Rorem : NED
48
Post-office item : STAMP
50
___ of one's own medicine : ADOSE
51
Deep voices : BASSI
53
Merman or Waters : ETHEL
57
"A well boiled ___": Spooner : ICICLE
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Greek letters : NUS
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Joie de vivre : ELAN
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G.O.P. candidate : BUSH
65
Tennis swing : CHOPSTROKE
68
Former Congolese prime minister : ILEO
69
Race-track figure : TOUT
70
What rookies must learn : ROPES
71
Rung : STEP
72
Equal: Prefix : ISO
73
Immobile : INERT
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Sound-speed number : MACH
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Theater employee : USHER
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Leaf aperture : STOMA
4
Military caps : KEPIS
5
Last year's jrs. : SRS
6
Blue dye : ANIL
7
Changing : VICISSITUDINOUS
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Inquire : ASK
9
Mott Street favorite : CHOPSUEY
10
Part : ROLE
11
Biblical brother : ABEL
12
Hisses' kin : BOOS
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Mallorca, for one : ISLA
18
Examiner : TESTER
23
Buchwald or Linkletter : ART
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O.T. book : PSA
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Heat: Comb form : THERMO
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Sports centers : ARENAS
31
Breakfast dish : BRAN
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Choler : BILE
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Spore : SEED
34
River to the Kura : ARAS
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Depression : DENT
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Computer fodder : DATA
40
Butcher's item : LAMBCHOP
42
Beset : OBSESS
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Collection : SET
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Buddy : PAL
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Religious group : SECT
54
Wading bird : HERON
55
Wed on the run : ELOPE
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Magic Johnson is one : LAKER
57
A cousin of 54 Down : IBIS
58
Satanists, e.g. : CULT
59
What "video" means : ISEE
61
___ snuff (satisfactory) : UPTO
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Scene of a jay's robbery : NEST
66
___ polloi : HOI
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Kind of angle : TRI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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