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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Thursday, August 29, 1991

18-Across : Granny or bowline

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { B F Q Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, 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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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,269
Across
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Wag : COMIC
6
Baker's aide : ICER
10
N.Z. parrots : KEAS
14
Santa Anna conquest : ALAMO
15
Knob : NODE
16
"Winnie ___ Pu": Lenard : ILLE
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"The Wreck of the Mary ___" : DEARE
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Granny or bowline : KNOT
19
Naldi of films : NITA
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"The Razor's Edge" author : SOMERSETMAUGHAM
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Barrel for herring : CADE
24
Harm : INJURY
25
Pulled the cork : OPENED
29
Annual visitor : SANTA
31
Peter, the pianist : NERO
32
Oppositionist : ANTI
34
Force forward : IMPEL
38
Composer Lecuona : ERNESTO
40
Free : RELEASE
42
Treat ore : SMELT
43
Author Angelou : MAYA
45
Locale : SITE
46
Net or Knick : CAGER
48
Post-fight souvenir : SHINER
50
Goldlike brass : ORMOLU
53
Words said with a nod : ISEE
55
"Key Largo" playwright : MAXWELLANDERSON
61
"Nessun dorma," e.g. : ARIA
62
Ore deposit : LODE
63
Cut into two equal parts : HALVE
64
Inheritor : HEIR
65
Vronsky's beloved : ANNA
66
Sidestep : AVOID
67
Saharan : ARID
68
Mind : HEED
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Garden interlopers : WEEDS
Down
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Nasty fellows : CADS
2
Supermarket item : OLEO
3
Thank-you-___ (road bump) : MAAM
4
Nagy of Hungary : IMRE
5
Compel : COERCE
6
Signed : INKED
7
Struggle : CONTEST
8
Jacob's brother by another name : EDOM
9
Keep : RETAIN
10
Authorizer of a 1611 Bible : KINGJAMESI
11
Merchant Yale : ELIHU
12
Splicing site : ALTAR
13
Disreputable : SEAMY
21
Begin's co-Nobelist : SADAT
22
"___ They Sail," P. Newman film : UNTIL
25
Singletons : ONES
26
Short wave : PERM
27
Lake in Ireland : ERNE
28
Creator of "Bitter Sweet" : NOELCOWARD
30
Light : AIRY
33
Alaskan city : NOME
35
Discomfort : PAIN
36
Ferrara family : ESTE
37
Villain's expression : LEER
39
Hackneyed : STALE
41
Alleviated 35 Down : EASED
44
Girl guide of myth : ARIADNE
47
Southern dialect : GULLAH
49
Rustic TV variety show : HEEHAW
50
D-day beach : OMAHA
51
Less common : RARER
52
Galba's 1013 : MXIII
54
Golf great : SNEAD
56
Trendle and Striker's ___ Ranger : LONE
57
Critic's kudos : RAVE
58
Wild plum : SLOE
59
Roman poet : OVID
60
Beatty and Buntline : NEDS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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