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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Wednesday, November 29, 1989

20-Across : Horologist Thomas et al.

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, 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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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,631
Across
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Stiff collar : ETON
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Swift, graceful horses : ARABS
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Loony : DAFT
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Sitarist Shankar : RAVI
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Fork over : REMIT
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"Casta Diva," from "Norma" : ARIA
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A Cassini : OLEG
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Replication : CLONE
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Kennel sound : YELP
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Horologist Thomas et al. : SETHS
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Terminus : END
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Moth's bête noire : FLAME
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Military beat : RATATAT
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Actress MacGraw : ALI
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Inundated : AWASH
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Lodestone : MAGNET
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Ruth's sultanate : SWAT
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Packard contemporary : REO
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Minerva's Greek counterpart : ATHENA
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Planter's medium : EARTH
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Airman's medal: Abbr. : DFC
41
"Harold Teen," e.g. : STRIP
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Pollen holder : ANTHER
44
Utter : SAY
46
Picnic drink : SODA
47
Hard : STEELY
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Muslim scholars : ULEMA
50
Paul Bunyan's cook : OLE
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An Assyrian capital : NINEVEH
54
A Marx : ZEPPO
57
Pindar product : ODE
58
Put the kibosh on : NIXED
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Shield bearing : ORLE
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Linda of "Dynasty" : EVANS
63
White or Blue river : NILE
64
Fabulist : LIAR
65
Pacific battle site: 1944 : LEYTE
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Joy : GLEE
67
"___ Christie" : ANNA
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Atlas addition : INSET
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Use the Morse code : SEND
Down
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God who had gold-tipped arrows : EROS
2
Old German coin : TALER
3
___ Culp Hobby, first Secretary of H.E.W. : OVETA
4
Comic film classic, with "A" : NIGHTATTHEOPERA
5
Bow : ARC
6
Manumitted : RELEASED
7
Long, long time : AMONTHOFSUNDAYS
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Tie : BIND
9
Agnès or Cécile: Abbr. : STE
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Annual time : DAYLIGHTSAVINGS
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Neighborhood : AREA
12
"Phffft!" e.g. : FILM
13
Sprinter's goal : TAPE
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Musical tool : SAW
23
Some London lodgings : FLATS
25
Coal product : TAR
26
Japanese diver : AMA
29
Galba's predecessor : NERO
30
Geraint's lady : ENID
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Bark cloth : TAPA
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Red and Black : SEAS
33
Kind of ad : WANT
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Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
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Caller's word : HELLO
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Hot, in Hidalgo : CALIENTE
43
Cereal grass : RYE
45
Hankering : YEN
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King, pawn, etc. : MEN
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Banish : EXILE
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Paris's choice : HELEN
54
Runner Budd : ZOLA
55
Innisfail : ERIN
56
Outline : PLAN
57
Chamber for a chef : OVEN
59
Landowner's document : DEED
61
Samuel's mentor : ELI
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Establish : SET

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

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