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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Friday, December 20, 1985

43-Across : ___ se (intrinsically)

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.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,191
Across
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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
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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
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Roman emperor : OTHO
56
Rope ring : COIL
57
S.A. monkey : TITI
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Break : REST
59
Joint on a prie-dieu : KNEE
60
Dance unit : STEP
Down
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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
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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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