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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Thursday, February 4, 1993

43-Across : Temporary refuge

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { H J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,794
Across
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___ flower (potato vine) : PARADISE
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Goofed off the tee : SLICED
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Spring wildflowers : ANEMONES
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Esprit de corps : MORALE
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Corrupt : DECADENT
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Turkish hospice : IMARET
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MMMDCCCLVII ÷ VII : DLI
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Left over : ODD
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Guidonian note : ELA
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Ab ___ (from the start) : OVO
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Hairy wonder : YETI
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Basketry fiber : ISTLE
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Custard dessert : FLAN
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Star in Cygnus : DENEB
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Like Tithonus : OLD
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See 59 Across : RITA
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Tiger Hall of Famer : KALINE
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"Olympia" artist : MANET
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Fish dish : COD
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Cyma ___ (a molding) : REVERSA
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Nigerian city : EDE
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Followers of fashion, e.g. : APERS
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Temporary refuge : ASYLUM
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Tissue layer : TELA
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Oxlike antelope : GNU
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Aromatic wood of an E. Indian tree : ALOES
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Mythical hawk : ARES
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Mature : RIPEN
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Organic compound : ENOL
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Billiard stroke : LAG
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Part of U.S.N.A. : NAV
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Picnic drink : ADE
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Ziegfeld musical comedy, with 31 Across : RIO
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Type of type : ITALIC
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Always : EVERMORE
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Announcement : NOTICE
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Athenian statesman : PERICLES
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Alpine ridges : ARETES
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Takes the measure of : ASSESSES
Down
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Playwright Chayefsky : PADDY
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Anointed, old style : ANELED
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Enumerate : RECITE
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Bikers' org. : AMA
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Dimwit : DODO
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Not for degustation : INEDIBLE
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Wires : SENDS
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Erhard's discipline : EST
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Showed delight : SMILED
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The Casa ___ Orchestra : LOMA
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One of Kurt's lyricists : IRA
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A Kennedy : CAROLINE
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Improved : ELEVATED
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Explode : DETONATE
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First name in mystery tales : ELLERY
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Press coverage : INK
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Gains in strength : TONESUP
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Brother's title : FRA
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Wheat parts : EARS
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A k a the Terrible : IVANIV
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Wooden hammer : MAUL
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Golden State resort : CATALINA
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Tomlin as Ernestine : OPERATOR
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Representative : DELEGATE
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Bad-mouths : SLANDERS
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Cape : RAS
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A Stooge : MOE
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Aglaia, Euphrosyne and Thalia : GRACES
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Matriculates : ENROLS
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Evening party : SOIREE
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Chalet features : EAVES
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Loamy deposit : LOESS
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Fine : NICE
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Where Perry triumphed: 1813 : ERIE
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Torched : LIT
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Fed. ecology group : EPA
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Nite-spot greeters : MCS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 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.

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