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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Thursday, July 3, 1975

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 29.1
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,455
Across
1
Take for a ___ : RIDE
5
___ one (singly) : ONEBY
10
Invitation initials : RSVP
14
Smell : ODOR
15
Water wheel : NORIA
16
Love god : EROS
17
Hand-___ : SEWN
18
Set up with funds : ENDOW
19
Droop : WILT
20
___ Antonio : SAN
21
Is indebted : OWES
22
Hulled grain : GROATS
24
Waco's state : TEXAS
26
Nasal sound : SNORT
27
Wilkes of "G.W.T.W." : ASHLEY
29
___ London (famed insurers) : LLOYDSOF
32
Gertrude of rose fame : STEIN
33
Secures a ship : MOORS
34
New Deal org. : NRA
35
Old French coins : SOUS
36
"Congress shall make ___ respecting ... " : NOLAW
37
Joined Mark Spitz : SWAM
38
Mountain : ALP
39
Diabolic one : SATAN
40
Overdo a role : EMOTE
41
Answering-service offerings : MESSAGES
43
Passed over : ELIDED
44
Cloth strainer : TAMIS
45
Political list : SLATE
46
Horn or Vic : TRADER
48
___ of the earth : SCUM
49
Type of chocolate : HOT
52
Wallace of silents : REID
53
Did a garden job : RAKED
55
Type of gazer : STAR
56
Columnist Wilson : EARL
57
Reckon : OPINE
58
Church area : APSE
59
"Nelse, who ___?" : ELSE
60
Coins : CENTS
61
Jeff's friend : MUTT
Down
1
V.I.P. of flags : ROSS
2
Concept : IDEA
3
School-traffic violation : DOWNTHEUPSTAIRS
4
Sea bird : ERN
5
Kind of street : ONEWAY
6
Ides' counterpart : NONES
7
Flocks, to a cockney : ERDS
8
Life story, for short : BIO
9
Epithet for 36 Down, appropriately : YAWGNORW
10
Change a sentence : REWORD
11
Return route for 3 Down : SRIATSNWODEHTPU
12
Electrical unit : VOLT
13
Attention getters : PSTS
21
Draft animals : OXEN
23
Campanella and Rogers : ROYS
25
Yalies : ELIS
26
U. S. painter John : SLOAN
27
Indian state : ASSAM
28
Fur piece : STOLE
29
Montez and others : LOLAS
30
Declaim : ORATE
31
Of wide renown : FAMED
33
Particles : MOTES
36
Mis-headed flier of 1938 : NAGIRROC
37
Struck, old style : SMIT
39
Ditto : SAME
40
Old Asian land : ELAM
42
Horse's burden : SADDLE
43
Dodges : ELUDES
45
Aroma : SCENT
46
Up a ___ : TREE
47
Type of McCoy : REAL
48
Certain flick : SKIN
50
Kiln : OAST
51
Waste allowance : TRET
54
Imitate : APE
55
Snead or Spade : SAM

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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