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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Monday, December 3, 1956

40-Down : Climbing vines with cone-shaped flowers.

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1
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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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,715
Across
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Golfer Julius. : BOROS
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Clerk's post. : DESK
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Lazy person. : POKE
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Solo. : ALONE
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___ fixe. : IDEE
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River into the Caspian. : URAL
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By no chance. : NEVER
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Alias Susan Strasberg. : ANNEFRANK
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Forest animal. : DOE
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Sacred Hindu literature. : VEDA
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Oils. : PAINTS
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Tear apart. : RIVE
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Requests. : ASKS
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Fixed period for test. : TIMELIMIT
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Articles. : ITEMS
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Odd. : UNEVEN
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Bellow. : ROAR
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Trawl. : NET
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___ of exchange. : RATE
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Cuts of meat. : CHOPS
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Player's stake. : ANTE
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Common suffix. : INE
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Laborer. : PEON
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Attract. : ALLURE
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Courage. : NERVE
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Shaw play. : PYGMALION
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Inventor of the diving bell. : EADS
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Rowers. : OARS
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Bracket candlestick. : SCONCE
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Noisy impact. : BANG
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Time abbreviation. : CST
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Broadway Mr. : WONDERFUL
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Marry in haste. : ELOPE
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Noun-forming suffix. : ANCE
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See 18 Across. : ROLE
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Monkey's cousin. : LEMUR
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Look intently. : PEER
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Coming season. : YULE
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Long for. : YEARN
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Troop. : BAND
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Butterine. : OLEO
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Wander over. : ROVE
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Undivided. : ONE
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Humbly yielding. : SERVILE
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Kingly power. : DIADEM
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Mrs. Casey Stengel. : EDNA
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Japanese coin. : SEN
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Strongholds. : KEEPS
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One oversolicitous about use of language. : PURIST
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Algerian port. : ORAN
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German philosopher. : KANT
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Fraternal group. : ELKS
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Hindu ascetic. : FAKIR
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Make clear. : EVINCE
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Dream: Fr. : REVE
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Sleep like ___. : ATOP
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City on the Po. : TURIN
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Insipid. : INANE
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Verse measure. : METER
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Dramatic figure of speech. : IRONY
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Boredom. : ENNUI
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French underground. : METRO
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Dutch painter. : STEEN
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"End ___." : ASAMAN
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Climbing vines with cone-shaped flowers. : HOPS
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"___ Well." : ALLS
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Part of Tolstoy book title. : PEACE
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Mainly. : LARGELY
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Seller. : VENDER
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Hockey defender. : GOALEE
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Refrain word in old ballads. : DERRY
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Trade: Colloq. : SWAP
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Volcanic peak. : CONE
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Formerly. : ONCE
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Opposite of a bear. : BULL
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State of insensibility. : COMA
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Goad. : SPUR
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Sea bird. : TERN
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Succès ___ (tremendous success): Fr. : FOU
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Noted General. : LEE

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