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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Friday, December 20, 1985

42-Down : Hayburner's home

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 250 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 55, Cheaters: 16, FITB: 5, 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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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,191
Across
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Huron, e.g. : BASS
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Long-running sitcom : MASH
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Singer Vikki : CARR
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Shield border : ORLE
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Title-search item : AREA
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Dieter's purchase : OLEO
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Fielder's ostentatious applause-getter : GRANDSTANDPLAY
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Crafty : ASTUTE
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Pointillist's unit : DOT
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Shop tool : SAW
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Boot enhancer : SHINE
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Villa d'___, at Tivoli : ESTE
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Cato's 151 : CLI
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Choice word : NOR
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Nicholson or Streep : STAR
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Mammon trio : EMS
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A son of Jacob: Var. : ASER
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Box : SPAR
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Snooze : NAP
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Economic bases : GOLDSTANDARDS
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Annamese measure : NGU
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Joker : CARD
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Enormous : VAST
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Mars or Venus : ORB
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Jargon : CANT
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Kind of shot for Bird : SET
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___ se (intrinsically) : PER
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Ray of films : ALDO
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Hike : TRAMP
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Journal ending : ESE
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Tortoise's beak : NEB
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Spring time : EASTER
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Roman emperor : OTHO
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Rope ring : COIL
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S.A. monkey : TITI
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Break : REST
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Joint on a prie-dieu : KNEE
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Dance unit : STEP
Down
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Peat source : BOG
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Polonius's hiding place : ARRAS
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Reduce sharply : SLASH
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Guard : SENTINEL
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Get the hang of : MASTER
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Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
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Huge amount : SEA
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Balancing act : HANDSTAND
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Eggbeater : COPTER
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Every bit : ALL
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Conquers Everest afresh : REASCENDS
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Topgallant's topper : ROYALMAST
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Gare ___, Parisian depot : DUNORD
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Foolish chap : DOTARD
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Fragment : WISP
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Spanish grass : ESPARTO
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Bellicose one : AGGRESSOR
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Theatrical flirt : SOUBRETTE
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Act shy : STANDBACK
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Like a fish or reptile : SCALED
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Unwilling : AVERSE
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Drumbeats : RATATATS
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Slangy rejection : NOPE
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"He who ___, teaches" (Shavian put-down) : CANNOT
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Hayburner's home : STABLE
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Have coming : MERIT
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Ready, in Rouen : PRETE
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Adams or Sedgwick : EDIE
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Sounds of joy : AHS
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Darling of the Mets : RON
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Open a seam : RIP

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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