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Lou Sabin
New York Times, Thursday, August 31, 1989
16-Across : Anytime
Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 250 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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 L | 2 O | 3 A | 4 D | 5 S | 6 C | 7 R | 8 A | 9 M | 10 L | 11 I | 12 N | 13 D |
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14 E | D | G | E | 15 T | H | I | N | E | 16 E | V | E | R |
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17 F | O | U | R | 18 R | A | F | T | S | 19 G | A | R | Y |
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20 T | R | E | A | 21 S | U | R | E | I | S | 22 L | A | N | D | |
23 N | E | T | 24 C | H | A | T | ||||||||
25 S | 26 A | 27 R | G | A | S | 28 S | 29 O | 30 A | N | E | 31 M | 32 I | 33 C |
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34 A | R | O | E | 35 E | N | 36 O | L | A | 37 E | D | H |
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38 L | E | T | S | 39 L | 40 I | V | E | A | L | I | 41 T | T | L | E |
42 U | N | O | 43 I | N | E | R | T | 44 A | R | E | S |
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45 T | A | R | 46 M | A | C | 47 S | H | 48 O | 49 R | T | E | S | T |
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50 I | N | E | 51 S | 52 S | A | T | ||||||||
53 E | 54 S | C | A | P | E | 55 T | 56 O | T | H | E | 57 S | 58 U | 59 N |
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60 L | I | A | R | 61 T | R | I | B | E | 62 R | O | N | O |
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63 A | R | G | O | 64 O | R | L | O | N | 65 E | D | I | T |
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66 D | E | A | N | 67 R | A | T | E | D | 68 D | A | T | E |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,541
Across
1
Burden : LOAD
5
"Get outa here!" : SCRAM
10
The Swedish Nightingale : LIND
14
Sidle : EDGE
15
Amish pronoun : THINE
16
Anytime : EVER
17
Low card : FOUR
18
White-water bobbers : RAFTS
19
Ind. city : GARY
20
Beery-Cooper film: 1934 : TREASUREISLAND
23
Knick's rival : NET
24
Gossip, perhaps : CHAT
25
Gulfweed : SARGASSO
30
Weak : ANEMIC
34
Island group off New Guinea : AROE
35
___ Gay : ENOLA
37
Old English letter : EDH
38
Lamarr film: 1948 : LETSLIVEALITTLE
42
Cuban counting word : UNO
43
Passive : INERT
44
Mythical hawk : ARES
45
Runway surface : TARMAC
47
Least extensive : SHORTEST
50
Adjective suffixes : INES
52
Held office : SAT
53
Harvey-Ireland film: 1972 : ESCAPETOTHESUN
60
Ananais : LIAR
61
Social group : TRIBE
62
Track star Henry : RONO
63
Jason's craft : ARGO
64
Artificial fabric : ORLON
65
Alter MSS. : EDIT
66
Prexy's aide : DEAN
67
Gave an X to : RATED
68
Prom partner : DATE
Down
1
End or hand preceder : LEFT
2
Reputation : ODOR
3
Chills and fever : AGUE
4
Drives batty : DERANGES
5
Wing supports : STRUTS
6
Singe : CHAR
7
Plentiful : RIFE
8
Nip-up : ANTIC
9
Base diner : MESSHALL
10
Envoy : LEGATE
11
Lendl of tennis : IVAN
12
Lunkhead : NERD
13
Saharan : DRY
21
Expanse : SEA
22
Hilo porch : LANAI
25
Port du ___ cheese : SALUT
26
Battle zone : ARENA
27
Dynamo part : ROTOR
28
Ballesteros of golf : SEVE
29
Lulus : ONERS
31
Verse for Keats : METRE
32
Loafs : IDLES
33
Strongbox : CHEST
36
Solemn promise : OATH
39
Rain-forest plant : LIANA
40
One who ingests : INCEPTOR
41
Alger's "___ Tom" : TATTERED
46
Millionth part of a meter : MICRON
48
Belgian city : OSTEND
49
Crowd support : RAH
51
Father Junipero : SERRA
53
Joyce's land : EIRE
54
Grandiose tale : SAGA
55
Joust : TILT
56
Navigational system : OBOE
57
Black and white, e.g. : SODA
58
Military group : UNIT
59
Sharp item, sometimes : NOTE
60
Stripling : LAD
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 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.