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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Thursday, October 3, 1991

20-Across : Least occurrent

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { B F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Lou Sabin has 108 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 29 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
Louis Sabin is an alias for Lou Sabin.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,304
Across
1
Varlet : CAD
4
Marryin' Sam's creator : CAPP
8
Neckwear : ASCOT
13
"Scarface" star : MUNI
14
Recumbent : IDLE
15
Storehouse : ETAPE
16
Distance event : CROSSCOUNTRYRUN
19
Race officials : STARTERS
20
Least occurrent : RAREST
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River to the Rhine : AARE
22
Roman patriot : CATO
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Rita of "Carnal Knowledge" : MORENO
26
Motion supporter : SECONDER
30
Doctoral exams : ORALS
31
Doubly dreadful : DIRER
32
Actress ___ Dawn Chong : RAE
33
Sequential notes : LATI
34
Paul ___, baseball's Big Poison : WANER
35
Acclivity : RISE
36
From ___ to Z : ATO
37
Descants : SINGS
38
First king of Egypt : MENES
39
Disclaim : RENOUNCE
41
Down a Jet : TACKLE
42
Sky-high box : KITE
43
Like feet after 16 or 51 Across : SORE
44
Conceive : IDEATE
47
Lewis or Owens : SPRINTER
51
Annual race ending in Central Park : NEWYORKMARATHON
53
Kabul noble : AMEER
54
Elfin creature : PERI
55
Laptev Sea feeder : LENA
56
Social flops : NERDS
57
Incipient plant : SEED
58
"Right on!" : YES
Down
1
Short and snippy : CURT
2
Dwarf buffalo : ANOA
3
English statesman-novelist : DISRAELI
4
Tully of Rome : CICERO
5
Love to pieces : ADORE
6
Moreover : PLUS
7
Sword beater : PEN
8
Seltzer maker : AERATOR
9
"Sophie's Choice" author : STYRON
10
Mind : CARE
11
Work of art : OPUS
12
Tupik, e.g. : TENT
13
Night-spot hosts : MCS
17
Lucerne suburb : STANS
18
Private detective : TRACER
22
Ops' daughter : CERES
23
Bicuspid's neighbor : MOLAR
24
Speechify : ORATE
25
Madrileña frightener : RATON
26
Char : SINGE
27
Potation : DRINK
28
Atelier prop : EASEL
29
Roommate of Babe Ruth in 1930-31 : REESE
31
Terpsichore's specialty : DANCE
34
Hiemal period : WINTER
35
Just the other day : RECENTLY
37
Group turned down by Penelope : SUITORS
38
Ballerina Tallchief : MARIA
40
Approved : OKAYED
41
Blazing : TORRID
43
Mark for Mark Roth : SPARE
44
___ instant (immediately) : INAN
45
Attican township : DEME
46
Jug : EWER
47
Hook's mate : SMEE
48
Friend's pronoun : THEE
49
L-o-n-g times : EONS
50
Kind of virus : RNA
52
Mil. scullions : KPS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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