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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Friday, September 28, 1990

61-Across : Attacking force

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0
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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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,934
Across
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City in a Calif. wine region : SONOMA
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Turkish mountain : ARARAT
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Yellowish brown : CARAMEL
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Where Padang is : SUMATRA
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Latin American's public garden : ALAMEDA
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"The Music Man" star : PRESTON
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Fink or stoolie : RAT
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Flange : RIM
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Chinese dynasty : HAN
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Tuzla, e.g. : RUG
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Xiamen's former name : AMOY
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A computer language : COBOL
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B'ar-killer Boone : DANL
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Let go : FIRED
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Down : SAD
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Lawn game : BOCCE
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Bacon pieces : ESSAYS
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Gave in : RELENTED
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Cuddles : NESTLES
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Sub's nemesis in W.W. II : CORVETTE
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Clandestine : SECRET
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Neighborhoods : AREAS
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Finis : END
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Subject : THEME
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Roster : LIST
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Letter opener : MADAM
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Ugandan exile : AMIN
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Remove, with "off" : LOP
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Athlete Thorpe : JIM
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Never, in Bonn : NIE
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Three-time Burmese Prime Minister : UNU
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Upgrade : ELEVATE
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Attacking force : INVADER
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Final factor : DECIDER
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Ship's route : SEALANE
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Some are bum : STEERS
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Trustworthy : HONEST
Down
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Historic island W of Athens : SALAMIS
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Douglas and Bryan : ORATORS
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Hanoi's locale, to a G.I. : NAM
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Seven-week period in Judaism : OMER
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Doc : MEDIC
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Poplars : ALAMOS
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Daffodil : ASPHODEL
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Countrified : RURAL
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Sitcom starring Sherman Hemsley : AMEN
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Cape : RAS
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Magnetize : ATTRACT
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Clobber : TROUNCE
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Metal or glass bottle : CARAFE
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Fished : ANGLED
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Truly : YEA
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Work at a cantina : BARTEND
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Cambridge staff member : DON
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Units of force : DYNES
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Harass : BESET
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Fix : SET
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Guitarist Paul : LES
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Seashore treat : STEAMERS
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Hailed : CALLED
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Three Ripkens : ORIOLES
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Dangerfield's quest : RESPECT
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Gyle or keeve : VAT
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Rolled tea : CHA
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Ranchers' relays of remounts : REMUDAS
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Celebrated : EMINENT
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Form of security : TENURE
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Popular pastry : DANISH
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Carpenter's ___ box : MITER
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An "Exodus" star : MINEO
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Shade of green : JADE
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Author Hunter : EVAN
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Compete : VIE
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Tankard filler : ALE

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