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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Monday, November 12, 1984

54-Across : Designer Oscar de la ___

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3
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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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,788
Across
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Actress Raines : ELLA
5
Some L.A.P.D. members : SGTS
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Stuff with pork : LARD
13
King or poet : LEAR
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Listen in : HEAR
15
Ovett or Coe : MILER
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February event : STVALENTINESDAY
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Studios : ATELIERS
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Eightsome : OCTAD
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Lansing-to-Flint dir. : NNE
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Rainbows : ARCS
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Puts on : STAGES
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Lazarus or Bovary : EMMA
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"Our ___ Sunday," radio soap : GAL
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French soldier : POILU
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___ Longa, ancient city : ALBA
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Pop : SODA
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July event : INDEPENDENCEDAY
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Clever : KEEN
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Unique person : ONER
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Agreed : ATONE
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Baseball's Roush : EDD
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North Sea feeder : YSER
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Incarnation : AVATAR
43
Grand ___, in auto racing : PRIX
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Arikara : REE
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Stranger : ALIEN
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Causes for alarms : AIRRAIDS
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November event : THANKSGIVINGDAY
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Designer Oscar de la ___ : RENTA
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Section : AREA
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Restrain : REIN
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Actor Leon : AMES
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Blackbird : MERL
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S African fox : ASSE
Down
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Lanchester or Maxwell : ELSA
2
Balto-Slav : LETT
3
Bathe : LAVE
4
Soviet sea : ARAL
5
Glows brightly : SHEENS
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Art class : GENRE
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Makes lace : TATS
8
Hindu title : SRI
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Arthurian arena : LISTS
10
"M*A*S*H" star : ALDA
11
Scan : READ
12
Kind of humor : DRY
15
El Dorado, for example : MECCA
17
Form a queue : LINEUP
18
French forebear : NORMAN
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Light color : AMBER
23
TD aftermath : SPIKE
24
___ down (softened) : TONED
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Played the gofer : AIDED
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Valley : GLEN
27
Big brother : ELDER
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"Waiting for ___" : GODOT
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City on the Seyhan : ADANA
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Cake feature : LAYER
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Wing : ANNEX
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Bristlelike organ : SETA
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Lab stains : EOSINS
36
Underground hollow : CAVERN
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Calif. town : YREKA
42
Roof rod : AERIAL
43
Tap measures : PINTS
44
Snake, e.g. : RIVER
45
Ear-grabber : AHEM
46
Byway : LANE
47
Yorkshire waterway : AIRE
48
Jahan's building site : AGRA
49
Nones follower : IDES
50
Speaker's spot : DAIS
51
Part of a New Year's phrase : SYNE
52
Singer's syllable : TRA
53
Whalers' gathering : GAM

Answer summary:
1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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