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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Tuesday, October 24, 1967

61-Down : Fuel.

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,646
Across
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Bridge. : SPAN
5
Spanish home. : CASA
9
Hollers. : BAWLS
14
Beverage base. : COLA
15
Requests. : ASKS
16
"Hunter" in the sky. : ORION
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Koala land. : AUSTRALIA
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Liquid measure. : OUNCE
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Pledge. : TROTH
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Puckish. : ELFIN
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Nickname famous in 1920's. : CAL
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Sang falsetto. : YODELED
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Small room. : CELL
27
Degrees. : BAS
30
Info. : DOPE
31
Mailing address. : APO
33
Way of buying. : ONCREDIT
35
"___ on the back." : ASLAP
39
Lingers. : STAYSON
40
Bows, in a way. : KOWTOWS
42
Port west of Haiphong. : HANOI
43
Stuffs. : JAMPACKS
44
Asian. : TAI
46
Winglike. : ALAR
47
Presidential initials. : HST
48
Nine-to-five activities. : JOBS
51
Judea's neighbor. : SAMARIA
54
Century. : AGE
55
Muslim deity. : ALLAH
56
Relation. : NIECE
60
Type of film. : PILOT
62
Sun, for one. : GIANTSTAR
64
To have: Fr. : AVOIR
65
Israeli port. : ACRE
66
Lemur of Asia. : LORI
67
Recently. : NEWLY
68
Port ___. : SAID
69
Purposes. : ENDS
Down
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Beat it! : SCAT
2
Stream. : POUR
3
As well. : ALSO
4
Dapper. : NATTY
5
Aeronautics group. : CAA
6
" ... ___ the deep." : ASLEEPIN
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Frying pan. : SKILLET
8
"___ and sane Fourth." : ASAFE
9
Kind of companion. : BOON
10
Indonesian island group. : ARU
11
Recoil. : WINCE
12
Nearby. : LOCAL
13
Short fishing line. : SNELL
18
African region. : RHODESIA
22
Greek mountain. : IDA
25
Extinct bird. : DODO
26
___ Brava. : COSTA
27
Buncombe! : BOSH
28
Actors' group. : ANTA
29
Read. : SCAN
32
Trail mark. : PAWPRINT
34
Indian peasants. : RYOTS
36
Scottish bay. : LOCH
37
Slangy cries of surprise. : AWKS
38
Listen! : PSST
40
Desert plateau of So. Africa. : KALAHARI
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Actor Sharif. : OMAR
43
Where Kingston is. : JAMAICA
45
43 Down, in short. : ISL
48
Eastern nation. : JAPAN
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Gothic arch. : OGIVE
50
Not topside. : BELOW
52
Seaweeds. : ALGAS
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Groom's path. : AISLE
55
Give it ___. : ATRY
57
Kind of jacket. : ETON
58
Deuce. : CARD
59
Sister of Ares. : ERIS
61
Fuel. : OIL
63
Man's nickname. : NED

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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