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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, July 11, 1988

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.59, Missing: { F J Q U X Y }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 13.4
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. 14,125
Across
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Word of regret : ALAS
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Peacock in the sky : PAVO
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Distort : WARP
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Big cat : LION
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Domesticated : TAMED
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Finished : OVER
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Poet Pound : EZRA
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Coeur d'___, Idaho : ALENE
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"Splitsville" : RENO
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Slogans : CATCHWORDS
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Twerp's cousin : DRIP
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Munro pen name : SAKI
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Japanese emigrant to the U.S. : ISSEI
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Typical De Mille film : EPIC
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Precincts : AREAS
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Turf : SOD
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Transfer design : DECAL
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Fall flower : ASTER
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Upon : ATOP
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Kind of colony : PENAL
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Volume : TOME
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Havana product : CIGAR
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Feasts : DINES
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First word of "Home, Sweet Home" : MID
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Composer Franck : CESAR
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Ardor : ZEAL
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The Queen of ___ : SHEBA
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One-third of thrice : ONCE
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Flourished : GREW
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Rallying cries : WATCHWORDS
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Prefix with plane : AERO
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Cover-up name : ALIAS
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Change the décor : REDO
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Two of a kind : PAIR
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Leghorns' lodgings : ROOST
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Post : MAIL
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Raced : SPED
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Anagram for node : DONE
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A Peter Pan foe : SMEE
Down
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Pianist Templeton : ALEC
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Doolittle and Minnelli : LIZAS
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Corporeal channel : AORTA
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Light meal : SNACK
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___ Alto : PALO
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Melting-pot goal : AMERICANIZATION
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Sells : VENDS
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Ukrainian city : ODESSA
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Most talkative : WORDIEST
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Claim confidently : AVER
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Italian painter: 1575-1642 : RENI
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Support : PROP
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Marble : TAW
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Hastened : HIED
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Historic period : ERA
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Vim : PEP
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Chilled : ICED
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Mighty mite : ATOM
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Half: Prefix : SEMI
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Black Hawk was one : SAC
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Auricular : OTIC
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Venetian ruler : DOGE
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Path : LANE
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Embarrassed : RED
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Countersign : PASSWORD
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Meadow : LEA
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Short cheer : RAH
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Street sign : SLOW
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Bounty : REWARD
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Bear in Kipling tales : BALOO
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Standards : NORMS
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Peaches and ___ : CREAM
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Cantor or Murphy : EDDIE
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Openings : GAPS
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Harvest : REAP
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Clinton's canal : ERIE
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Something tried in a court : CASE
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F.D.R.'s successor : HST
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Underfoot item : SOLE

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3 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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