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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Tuesday, July 24, 1990

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 247 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 24.8
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,868
Across
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Kind of plank : GANG
5
Cheer for June Anderson : BRAVA
10
Dull-witted one : DODO
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"It's a Sin to Tell ___" : ALIE
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Scandinavian race of gods : AESIR
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State to be true : AVER
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Take up a collection : PASSTHEHAT
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Food eschewed by a vegetarian : MEAT
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Prescribed procedure : RITUAL
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Tangles : SNARLS
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Speech oddities : LISPS
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Vipers : ASPS
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Solemn pledges : OATHS
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A neighbor of Siberia : ALASKA
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Shriek : SCREAM
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Fountain drink : SODA
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Weep aloud : SOB
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Noah's eldest : SHEM
40
Facilitated : EASED
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Jacob's twin : ESAU
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Loser to H.C.H.: 1928 : AES
44
Piedmontese city : ASTI
45
Emphasis : STRESS
47
Important tuber : POTATO
49
Bridge seats : EASTS
50
Absorbed : RAPT
51
Loosen : UNTIE
54
Mastics : RESINS
56
Main course : ENTREE
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___ Major : URSA
61
Become an attorney : PASSTHEBAR
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Twosome : DUET
66
Theater path : AISLE
67
Copperfield's child wife : DORA
68
Start of the Bay State motto : ENSE
69
Daub : SMEAR
70
Exclusively : ONLY
Down
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Hiatus : GAP
2
Winged : ALAR
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Not final, as a decree : NISI
4
Exploit : GEST
5
An Iranian religion : BAHAI
6
Movie units : REELS
7
Cigar residue : ASH
8
By way of : VIA
9
___ and crafts : ARTS
10
Fabric used for table linen : DAMASK
11
Highway features : OVERPASSES
12
Distributes cards : DEALS
13
Scraps for Spot : ORTS
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Okla. oil center : TULSA
22
Space org. : NASA
24
Strong love : PASSION
25
Blackthorn fruit : SLOE
27
Pelion's supporter : OSSA
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Yearn : ACHE
29
Moral offenses : TRESPASSES
30
Haw partner : HEM
32
Appends : ADDS
34
Tableland : MESA
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Kiln : OAST
38
Kiss : BUSS
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Aleutian island : ATTU
42
Notable period : ERA
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Abbr. on an envelope : ATTN
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Bicuspids : TEETH
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Narcotic : OPIATE
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Summer TV offering : RERUN
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Nikola, the electrical wizard : TESLA
53
Prefix with mural : INTER
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Obnoxious : RUDE
55
Ems and Baden-Baden : SPAS
57
Change the décor : REDO
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Black, in poesy : EBON
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Anthony Eden's title : EARL
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Goal : AIM
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Opp. of NNW : SSE
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Beam : RAY

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