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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

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New York Times, Sunday, July 12, 1987

5-Across : To the matter in hand

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 66, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 526 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 137, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, 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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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,760
Across
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John Irving protagonist : GARP
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To the matter in hand : ADREM
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Gave kudos : RAVED
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Legs, to Runyon : GAMS
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Shielded, in a way : ALEE
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Urbane : SUAVE
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An official under Nero : EDILE
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___ Islands, off New Guinea : AROE
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"Minute Waltz" et al.? : TIMEPIECES
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Support Bacon? : BACKGAMMON
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Estimate too highly : OVERRATE
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Courage : SPINE
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"Lucretia" painter : RIBERA
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Keeps : RETAINS
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Regal topper : TIARA
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Knight's superior : BARONET
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Chew the rag : GAS
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Polypheme : GIANT
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Paradigm : MODEL
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Foreword : PROEM
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Equipped for spelunking? : LIGHTHEADED
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Dandy : FOP
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Electrical units : RELS
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Except : SAVE
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___ P., Dickens character : AGED
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Moto matter : CASE
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Roulette play : ODD
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Like Old Glory with 48 stars? : UNDERSTATED
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"Dancin'" director : FOSSE
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Game for masked players? : DOMINOES
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Judicial writ : TALES
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Waikiki acquisition : SUNTAN
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Tabasco ta-ta : ADIOS
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Canary's cousin : SERIN
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Deserve : MERIT
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Early Greek poet : HESIOD
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To the point : TERSE
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Detroit lobby leader? : AUTOCRAT
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Austen clergyman : ELTON
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Marjorie at dawn? : MORNINGSTAR
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Past : AGO
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Help escapees : ABET
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Mike Tyson's milieu : RING
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Matrimony, e.g. : RITE
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Skim along easily : SCUD
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Duffer's delight : PAR
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Sajak and White? : LETTERHEADS
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Made bread : BAKED
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Broncobusting medium : RODEO
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Stretched-out canal? : EERIE
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Cistern : VAT
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Bistro for a contesting team? : SIDEBAR
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Welty's "Music from ___" : SPAIN
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Jack's heir? : BENISON
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Dissonant : ATONAL
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Compassion : HEART
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Touchdown celebration? : FANDANCE
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B's for theses? : PAPERGOODS
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Genuine possessions? : REALESTATE
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A Cassini : OLEG
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Facing Darling : ATBAT
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Top-drawer : ELITE
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Barely managed, with "out" : EKED
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"The ___," Midler film : ROSE
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Starchy collars : ETONS
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U.S. capitalist : ASTOR
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Where soaps unfold : SETS
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Fla.'s ___ Bowl : GATOR
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Vibrant : ALIVE
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Sat again : REMET
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Nobleman grows old? : PEERAGES
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Tai and Lai : ASIANS
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La Scala highlights : DUETS
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Steeplechase : RACE
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Anne Baxter role : EVE
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Handel opus : MESSIAH
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Renaissance : REBIRTH
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Turkish city on the Seyhan : ADANA
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Kind of squad : VICE
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Lodge brother : ELK
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Lowered the class curve on a test? : DEGRADED
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Frisk : GAMBOL
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Singer Kay : ARMEN
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Clement or Marianne : MOORE
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French body : SENAT
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Troy's last king : PRIAM
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Broadcast : AIRED
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Fight for breath : PANT
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Lion's Ivy rival : TIGER
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Portended : BODED
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Yields : GIVES
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Conjurers : MAGES
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Elbow : PROD
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Change the décor : REDO
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Ancient school man? : OLDMASTER
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Fills the hold : LADES
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Consumed : EATEN
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Cheetah's trail? : FASTTRACK
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Pelion's base in a saying : OSSA
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Hammer part : PEEN
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Hair net : SNOOD
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Like a dunce cap : CONIC
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Marriage : UNION
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Boat section : STERN
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Ankles : TARSI
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Peregrine : ALIEN
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This is crazy : FUROR
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Dostoyevsky's "The ___" : IDIOT
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Bristlelike parts : SETAE
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Suit fabric : SERGE
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Snarleyyows : MUTTS
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Jalopy : HEAP
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Napoleon slept here : ELBA
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Scout's rider : TONTO
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Coward's "To Step ___" : ASIDE
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Chills and fever : AGUE
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"The Seventh Veil" star : TODD
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Carpenter's joint : MITER
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Silo contents : GRAIN
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Soviet seaweed? : REDALGAE
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Gluts : SATIATES
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Having rounded projections : LOBAR
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Concerning reputations? : REPASTS
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Get wind of : HEAR
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Sudan neighbor : ERITREA
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Maniples : BANDS
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Bridge goof : RENEGE
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Overlay : VENEER
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Flavor producer : SAPOR
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Aviator Balbo : ITALO
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Saps : DOPES
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Jampan : SEDAN
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Serum-toting dog : BALTO
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Plumbing tool : SNAKE
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Chamber group : OCTET
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Essentials : NEEDS
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Roads scholar : HOBO
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___ accompli : FAIT
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Polo Grounds hero : OTT
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Sextet in "Little Nellie Kelly" : ELS

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4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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