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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Monday, July 29, 1985

14-Across : Case for trivia

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 21.7 Grid has duplicate clues.
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,047
Across
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Follows at heels : DOGS
5
Palindromic title : MADAM
10
Thomas ___ Edsion : ALVA
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Case for trivia : ETUI
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Alpha's antithesis : OMEGA
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Bankruptcy : RUIN
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Lovely lasses of yore : BELLIBONES
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Nigerian group : IBOS
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Eagle's weapon : TALON
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Fickle : UNSTABLE
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Shake : SHUDDER
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Corn unit : EAR
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Marry : WED
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Ringworm : TINEA
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Airport abbr. : ARR
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Like ___ out of hell : ABAT
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Dispense (with) : RID
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Generates : SPAWNS
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Nth and third : DEGREES
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Garland : FESTOON
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Wrap around : ENGIRD
43
Got the blue ribbon : WON
44
Firenze's river : ARNO
45
Kind of cabin : LOG
46
Alan Ladd classic : SHANE
48
Haul : TOW
49
King topper : ACE
51
Most favorable : OPTIMAL
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Certain muscles : ROTATORS
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Delicious, for one : APPLE
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Algerian port : ORAN
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Lovely lasses of yore : POPLOLLIES
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Motel employee : MAID
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"The ___ St. Agnes": Keats : EVEOF
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Wise ___ owl : ASAN
67
Friend in a fray : ALLY
68
Stroke, in printing : SERIF
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Seize : TAKE
Down
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Financial headache : DEBT
2
Great Barrier Island : OTEA
3
Dupe : GULL
4
Fodder pit : SILO
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Kind of scene : MOB
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I love: Lat. : AMO
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Stripped : DENUDED
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Plan of action : AGENDA
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Billiard shot : MASSE
10
Song for Sutherland : ARIA
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Junk food of yore : LUBBERWORT
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Stringed instrument : VIOLA
13
Goose genus : ANSER
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Sec. : INST
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Snares : TRAPS
24
Took on hands : HIRED
25
Les Etats-___ : UNIS
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Boggs of baseball : WADE
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Bacheller's "___ Holden" : EBEN
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Slattern of yore : DAGGLETAIL
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Pro ___ (proportionally) : RATA
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Peter, Paul and Mary, e.g. : TRIO
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Medicinal legume : SENNA
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Words to Nanette : NONO
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Future slush : SNOW
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Rye fungus : ERGOT
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Froth : FOAM
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Speak in hushed tones : WHISPER
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Tried very hard : STROVE
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Israeli airline : ELAL
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Scent : AROMA
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Kind of reef or snake : CORAL
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Peter, Paul et al. : POPES
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Capp or Gump : ANDY
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City map : PLAT
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Galileo's birthplace : PISA
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Skipper's headache : LEAK
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Feudal serf : ESNE
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Law, in Lyon : LOI
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Having a holiday : OFF

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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