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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Tuesday, June 7, 1977

24-Across : Lets up

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,160
Across
1
V.I.P. in Belgrade : TITO
5
Get out! : SCRAM
10
Applaud : CLAP
14
Cameo mineral : ONYX
15
New moon, e.g. : PHASE
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Immense : HUGE
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Land measure : ACRE
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Easy wins : ROMPS
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Concerning : INRE
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Subject of the Kalbs' book : HENRYKISSINGER
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Links item : TEE
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Lets up : CEASES
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Ladle : DIPPER
29
Graph : CHART
31
These make scents : ODORS
32
Book of the Bible : JOEL
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Baron in "Der Rosenkavalier" : OCHS
37
Slight : MERE
38
Flower part : SEPAL
39
Stimulate : WHET
40
Hash-house sign : EATS
41
Angler's action : CAST
42
Creeper : SNAIL
43
Asinine : INANE
45
Wine shop : BISTRO
46
Heavy : LEADEN
49
Stein : MUG
50
French political song : INTERNATIONALE
56
Jacket : ETON
57
Valuable wood : EBONY
58
Shreds of threads : LINT
60
Bivouac dwelling : TENT
61
Lace again : RETIE
62
Prefix with Chinese or European : INDO
63
Pyrite and siderite : ORES
64
Mount : STEED
65
Trial run : TEST
Down
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MacDowell's "___ Wild Rose" : TOA
2
Ruler division : INCH
3
Nineveh's partner : TYRE
4
Team members : OXEN
5
More nimble : SPRYER
6
Stifle : CHOKE
7
Branches : RAMI
8
Vipers : ASPS
9
Navy bugler's "come-and-get-it" : MESSCALL
10
Sections of N.Y., S.F., etc. : CHINATOWNS
11
Respiratory organs : LUNGS
12
Concur : AGREE
13
Equals : PEERS
21
1, 66, etc.: Abbr. : RTES
22
Suffix for cash : IER
25
Astro or Teapot : DOME
26
Light bulb, in comics : IDEA
27
Said is one : PORT
28
Adams and Adams : PRESIDENTS
29
Grove : COPSE
30
"The ___ is on!" : HEAT
32
Racine or Rousseau : JEAN
34
Light talk : CHAT
35
Fortune's child : HEIR
36
Historic French town : STLO
38
Radar devices : SCANNERS
42
Indicator : SIGN
44
Father of Abner : NER
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Lifted up : BUOYED
46
Command at sea : LIETO
47
Step into : ENTER
48
Compensate : ATONE
49
___ ball (19th-century missile) : MINIE
51
Aid criminally : ABET
52
Lug : TOTE
53
Came to earth : ALIT
54
Short letter : LINE
55
Wraps up : ENDS
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Two-year-old : TOT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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