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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, July 11, 1983

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 W X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 21.5
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,298
Across
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Kin of a twinge : ACHE
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Fountain items : SODAS
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Electrical unit : MHO
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Whitman, for one : POET
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Braid : PLAIT
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Suds producer : SOAP
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November arithmetic, at times : ELECTIONRETURNS
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Crane's "The ___ Badge of Courage" : RED
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Cherub, in Cherbourg : ANGE
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Word before "aim" or "set" : READY
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Fish, to an erne : PREY
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Lethal : DEADLY
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Acropolis site : ATHENS
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Have a yen : CRAVE
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Scorch : CHAR
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Aplomb : POISE
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Baden-Baden is one : SPA
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Certain enclosures : RETURNENVELOPES
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Ogle : EYE
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Awfully strange : EERIE
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Assistance : HELP
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Of weight, in physics : BARIC
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Lab items : SLIDES
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Photographer's compound : AMIDOL
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Margarine : OLEO
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Wear away : ERODE
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Zoological ending : ACEA
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Frequently, to Keats : OFT
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Reciprocates : RETURNSTHEFAVOR
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Surmounting : ATOP
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Dried tubers : SALEP
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Sergeant York was one : HERO
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Sun. talk : SER
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Eastern V.I.P.'s : AMIRS
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Coxey's ___ : ARMY
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Parrot : APER
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Nat King ___ : COLE
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Pay attention : HEED
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And so on: Abbr. : ETC
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Porcupine's protection : SPINES
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Branch of knowledge : OLOGY
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Hamlet, e.g. : DANE
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Kind of brake : AIR
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Jeanne or Bernadette: Abbr. : STE
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Righteous : MORAL
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Dexterous : HANDY
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Kind of vision: Comb. form : OPSY
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"Blue ___ Shoes," Presley hit : SUEDE
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Where a mountain man swims : TARN
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Go abroad : TRAVEL
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Land of llamas and Lima : PERU
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Riverside, for one : DRIVE
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Facilitate : EASE
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Land unit : ACRE
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"___ stumble that run fast": Shak. : THEY
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Abhor : HATE
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Like a dunce cap : CONIC
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What steeplejacks face daily : PERIL
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Hied : SPED
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Soccer V.I.P., once : PELE
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Cleo's "bosom companions" : ASPS
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McGuffey product : READER
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Laughton role: 1932 : NERO
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Where to see Columbus : OHIO
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What shills do at auctions : BIDUP
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Snoozes : SLEEPS
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Page : LEAF
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Ridge in Tyrol : ARETE
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Type of car or cycle : MOTOR
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Pigment for Peale : OCHER
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Historic periods : ERAS
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Hun king : ATLI
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Done : OVER
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Shape : FORM
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Hector's home : TROY
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Org. for Peggy Fleming et al. : NSA
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Cousin of John Bull : SAM
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Eureka! : AHA

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

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