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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Wednesday, July 8, 1992

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 54.0
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,583
Across
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Shade trees : ELMS
5
Sat. preceder : FRI
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Disguise : COVER
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Twelve inches : FOOT
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Elbow's need : ROOM
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Gluck work : OPERA
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Inflection : TONE
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Do what Abie's Irish Rose did : INTERMARRY
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Buddhist shrines : STUPAS
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First of all : ADAM
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Silly one : ASS
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Smug smile : SMIRK
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Compass pt. : ENE
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Hollywood's output : ENTERTAINMENT
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"___ overboard!" : MAN
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"Eureka!" cause : IDEA
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Frolicsome Berlin river? : SPREE
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Kefauver : ESTES
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N.Y. time in Aug. : DST
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Customary : USUAL
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Commandment verb : SHALT
43
Zoom like an eagle : SOAR
45
Noncom: Abbr. : CPL
46
Pompously conceited : SELFIMPORTANT
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Secretive org. : CIA
51
Peppard's TV group : ATEAM
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He does give a hoot : OWL
56
Israeli port : ACRE
58
Beat : BESTED
60
Blanketflower : GAILLARDIA
63
Einstein's fourth dimension : TIME
64
Competitor : RIVAL
65
Squawk : YELL
66
Crazy as a ___ : LOON
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" ... the ___, and he is us!" : ENEMY
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Us, to Cato : NOS
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Bay State motto start : ENSE
Down
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Newts : EFTS
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Steals after a riot : LOOTS
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Like Beethoven's Ninth : MONUMENTAL
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Like some garments : STEPIN
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Searched bodily : FRISKED
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Actor Leibman : RON
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Speck : IOTA
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Of equal extent : COMMENSURATE
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W.W. II org. : OPA
10
Actress Ralston : VERA
11
Is off the mark : ERRS
12
Beams : RAYS
15
Euripides tragedy : MEDEA
19
Rajah's wife : RANI
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In an esthetic way : ARTISTICALLY
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Visibly embarrassed : RED
28
Italian poet: 1544-95 : TASSO
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Lords et al., in Brit. : MPS
30
Volcanic activity : ERUCTATION
31
Lowest high tide : NEAP
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Swiss archer : TELL
33
Army chow : MESS
34
Tennis V.I.P. : ASHE
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Sprite : ELF
40
Rocky peak : TOR
44
Moorish drums : ATABALS
47
Isinglass : MICA
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Ward off : PARRY
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Snuggle : NESTLE
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Reminders of sorts : MEMOS
53
Grimm monster : OGRE
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Wright lead-in : WAIN
55
In person : LIVE
57
First place : EDEN
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Sandy tract : DENE
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Take it on the ___ : LAM
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U.N. labor org. : ILO

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4 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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