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Lou Sabin
New York Times, Friday, December 20, 1985
19-Across : Crafty
Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 250 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 55, Cheaters: 16, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Lou Sabin has 108 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 29 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
Louis Sabin is an alias for Lou Sabin.
1 B | 2 A | 3 S | 4 S | 5 M | 6 A | 7 S | 8 H | 9 C | 10 A | 11 R | 12 R | |||
13 O | R | L | E | 14 A | R | E | A | 15 O | L | E | O | |||
16 G | R | A | N | 17 D | S | T | A | N | 18 D | P | L | A | Y | |
19 A | S | T | U | T | E | 20 D | O | T | 21 S | A | 22 W |
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23 S | H | I | N | E | 24 E | S | T | E | 25 C | L | I |
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26 N | O | R | 27 S | T | A | R | 28 E | M | S |
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29 A | 30 S | E | R | 31 S | P | A | R | 32 N | A | P |
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33 G | O | L | D | 34 S | T | A | N | D | 35 A | 36 R | D | S | ||
37 N | G | U | 38 C | A | R | D | 39 V | A | S | T | ||||
40 O | R | B | 41 C | A | N | T | 42 S | E | T | |||||
43 P | E | R | 44 A | L | D | O | 45 T | R | A | 46 M | 47 P | |||
48 E | S | E | 49 N | E | B | 50 E | A | S | T | E | R | |||
51 S | T | 52 A | N | D | A | 53 R | D | B | E | A | R | E | 54 R |
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55 O | T | H | O | 56 C | O | I | L | 57 T | I | T | I |
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58 R | E | S | T | 59 K | N | E | E | 60 S | T | E | P |
© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,191
Across
1
Huron, e.g. : BASS
5
Long-running sitcom : MASH
9
Singer Vikki : CARR
13
Shield border : ORLE
14
Title-search item : AREA
15
Dieter's purchase : OLEO
16
Fielder's ostentatious applause-getter : GRANDSTANDPLAY
19
Crafty : ASTUTE
20
Pointillist's unit : DOT
21
Shop tool : SAW
23
Boot enhancer : SHINE
24
Villa d'___, at Tivoli : ESTE
25
Cato's 151 : CLI
26
Choice word : NOR
27
Nicholson or Streep : STAR
28
Mammon trio : EMS
29
A son of Jacob: Var. : ASER
31
Box : SPAR
32
Snooze : NAP
33
Economic bases : GOLDSTANDARDS
37
Annamese measure : NGU
38
Joker : CARD
39
Enormous : VAST
40
Mars or Venus : ORB
41
Jargon : CANT
42
Kind of shot for Bird : SET
43
___ se (intrinsically) : PER
44
Ray of films : ALDO
45
Hike : TRAMP
48
Journal ending : ESE
49
Tortoise's beak : NEB
50
Spring time : EASTER
51
Leader : STANDARDBEARER
55
Roman emperor : OTHO
56
Rope ring : COIL
57
S.A. monkey : TITI
58
Break : REST
59
Joint on a prie-dieu : KNEE
60
Dance unit : STEP
Down
1
Peat source : BOG
2
Polonius's hiding place : ARRAS
3
Reduce sharply : SLASH
4
Guard : SENTINEL
5
Get the hang of : MASTER
6
Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
7
Huge amount : SEA
8
Balancing act : HANDSTAND
9
Eggbeater : COPTER
10
Every bit : ALL
11
Conquers Everest afresh : REASCENDS
12
Topgallant's topper : ROYALMAST
17
Gare ___, Parisian depot : DUNORD
18
Foolish chap : DOTARD
22
Fragment : WISP
24
Spanish grass : ESPARTO
29
Bellicose one : AGGRESSOR
30
Theatrical flirt : SOUBRETTE
31
Act shy : STANDBACK
34
Like a fish or reptile : SCALED
35
Unwilling : AVERSE
36
Drumbeats : RATATATS
37
Slangy rejection : NOPE
41
"He who ___, teaches" (Shavian put-down) : CANNOT
42
Hayburner's home : STABLE
46
Have coming : MERIT
47
Ready, in Rouen : PRETE
50
Adams or Sedgwick : EDIE
52
Sounds of joy : AHS
53
Darling of the Mets : RON
54
Open a seam : RIP
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.