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Lou Sabin
New York Times, Tuesday, February 21, 1956
31-Across : Seventh sign of the zodiac.
Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.70, Missing: { F J K Y Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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 R | 2 A | 3 G | 4 S | 5 I | 6 B | 7 S | 8 E | 9 N | 10 A | 11 B | 12 L | 13 E |
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14 I | R | A | Q | 15 R | E | E | S | E | 16 D | R | A | T |
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17 D | I | E | U | 18 R | E | N | T | S | 19 D | I | V | A |
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20 S | A | L | A | 21 M | I | S | 22 E | T | 23 H | I | C | A | L |
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24 W | I | G | 25 B | E | S | E | T | |||||||
26 L | 27 S | 28 T | 29 S | A | 30 L | E | M | 31 L | I | 32 B | 33 R | 34 A |
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35 A | I | R | 36 S | 37 T | A | G | 38 S | L | O | W | E | D |
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39 P | L | E | A | 40 S | E | S | 41 P | E | O | N | A | G | E |
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42 E | V | E | N | T | S | 43 M | A | C | 44 S | N | A | P |
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45 L | A | N | D | O | 46 C | O | L | O | 47 N | 48 A | L | T |
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49 G | A | 50 M | U | T | 51 N | O | 52 G | |||||||
53 R | 54 E | 55 A | L | T | O | R | 56 A | D | D | R | 57 E | 58 S | 59 S |
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60 E | L | B | A | 61 L | A | 62 T | H | E | 63 A | X | O | N |
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64 A | L | E | S | 65 E | T | H | E | R | 66 S | I | L | O |
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67 M | A | T | S | 68 S | E | E | M | S | 69 S | T | E | W |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,429
Across
1
Name for a shaggy dog. : RAGS
5
Author of "Hedda Gabler." : IBSEN
10
Competent. : ABLE
14
Country of SW Asia. : IRAQ
15
Dodger stalwart. : REESE
16
Mild expletive. : DRAT
17
"___ et mon droit." : DIEU
18
Leases. : RENTS
19
Prima donna. : DIVA
20
Scene of a naval battle, 480 B. C. : SALAMIS
22
Moral. : ETHICAL
24
Head covering. : WIG
25
Harass. : BESET
26
War vessel. : LST
29
Where Elmo E. Smith is Acting Governor. : SALEM
31
Seventh sign of the zodiac. : LIBRA
35
Melodies. : AIRS
37
Children's game. : TAG
38
Delayed. : SLOWED
39
Is the wish of. : PLEASES
41
Condition of certain laborers. : PEONAGE
42
Boxing matches. : EVENTS
43
General's nickname. : MAC
44
Thin cooky. : SNAP
45
___ Goshen! : LANDO
46
Caribbean port. : COLON
48
Musically high. : ALT
49
Entire range or series. : GAMUT
51
Egg mixture. : NOG
53
Sales agent. : REALTOR
56
Place where one lives. : ADDRESS
60
Isle of exile. : ELBA
61
Rotating machine. : LATHE
63
Part of a nerve cell. : AXON
64
Beverages. : ALES
65
Clear sky. : ETHER
66
Farm structure. : SILO
67
Doilies. : MATS
68
Appears. : SEEMS
69
Mulligan, for instance. : STEW
Down
1
Frees (with "of"). : RIDS
2
Operatic solo. : ARIA
3
W. B. Yeats was one. : GAEL
4
Pocahontas was one. : SQUAW
5
Waters. : IRRIGATES
6
"And murmuring of innumerable ___." : BEES
7
Japanese coin. : SEN
8
Regard. : ESTEEM
9
Hornets' ___. : NESTS
10
Annexes and ells. : ADDITIONS
11
___-a-brac. : BRIC
12
Source of pumice. : LAVA
13
And elsewhere: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
21
Wrong; ill: Prefix. : MIS
23
Greeting. : HELLO
25
Implore. : BEG
26
Place for a decoration. : LAPEL
27
Forest trees of a certain area. : SILVA
28
Made of wood. : TREEN
30
___ Vegas. : LAS
32
Master or boss, in Africa. : BWANA
33
Kingly. : REGAL
34
Expert. : ADEPT
36
Time-teller. : SANDGLASS
38
Approvers of motions. : SECONDERS
40
Ermine in brown. : STOAT
41
Buddy. : PAL
43
Pithy remark. : MOT
46
Vicar's deputy. : CURATE
47
Head movement. : NOD
50
Burrowers. : MOLES
52
Fescue. : GRASS
53
Twenty quires. : REAM
54
Singer Fitzgerald. : ELLA
55
Incite. : ABET
56
Attention-getting sound. : AHEM
57
Stage direction. : EXIT
58
Fish. : SOLE
59
Weather prediction. : SNOW
62
Relative of 30 Down. : THE
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.
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