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Lou Sabin
New York Times, Monday, March 12, 1956
44-Down : "Lights! Camera! ___!"
Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 3, 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 F | 2 L | 3 A | 4 I | 5 R | 6 S | 7 H | 8 E | 9 M | 10 B | 11 U | 12 S | 13 H |
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14 L | A | N | C | E | 15 H | A | T | E | 16 E | P | E | E |
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17 U | S | T | E | D | 18 A | I | R | S | 19 S | T | A | R |
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20 E | T | A | 21 I | 22 M | P | R | E | S | 23 S | I | O | N | S |
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24 G | 25 L | A | R | E | 26 A | I | D | |||||||
27 S | 28 P | O | O | L | S | 29 D | 30 I | G | R | E | 31 S | 32 S | ||
33 H | O | N | U | S | 34 E | R | N | E | S | 35 T | A | 36 B |
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37 A | M | I | D | 38 S | T | A | G | S | 39 B | A | N | E |
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40 Y | E | S | 41 S | N | A | K | E | 42 W | A | G | E | D |
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43 S | T | 44 A | T | U | T | E | 45 B | A | L | E | R | S |
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46 C | O | G | 47 T | U | N | I | C | |||||||
48 P | 49 R | 50 O | T | A | G | 51 O | 52 N | I | S | T | 53 R | 54 F | 55 D |
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56 R | I | D | I | 57 L | I | O | N | 58 A | 59 T | A | L | E |
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60 O | L | E | O | 61 E | L | S | E | 62 D | E | F | O | E |
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63 F | E | R | N | 64 D | Y | E | S | 65 S | A | T | E | D |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,449
Across
1
Aptitude. : FLAIR
6
Son of Noah. : SHEM
10
Senator from Connecticut. : BUSH
14
Cavalry weapon. : LANCE
15
Shrink from. : HATE
16
Rigid version of the foil. : EPEE
17
You: Spanish. : USTED
18
"Londonderry" and others. : AIRS
19
Lead. : STAR
20
Greek letter. : ETA
21
Mimic's forte. : IMPRESSIONS
24
Angry look. : GLARE
26
Assist. : AID
27
Cylinders. : SPOOLS
29
Turn from the main subject. : DIGRESS
33
Wagner of baseball fame. : HONUS
34
Osprey's relatives. : ERNES
35
Mr. Hunter of the movies. : TAB
37
Included with. : AMID
38
Certain social gatherings. : STAGS
39
Deadly harm: Poet. : BANE
40
Term of agreement. : YES
41
Move sinuously. : SNAKE
42
Engaged in. : WAGED
43
Established rule. : STATUTE
45
Cotton packers. : BALERS
46
Gear tooth. : COG
47
Uniform coat. : TUNIC
48
19 Across, for instance. : PROTAGONIST
53
Part of a country address. : RFD
56
Pagliacci's "laugh." : RIDI
57
Simba. : LION
58
"To point a moral, or adorn ___." : ATALE
60
Ersatz butter. : OLEO
61
More. : ELSE
62
Author of "Robinson Crusoe." : DEFOE
63
Indian's dream or moonwort. : FERN
64
Colors. : DYES
65
Glutted. : SATED
Down
1
Pipe. : FLUE
2
Conclusive. : LAST
3
Opposite of 48 Across. : ANTAGONIST
4
Frosty atmosphere. : ICE
5
Phones again. : REDIALS
6
Initials of NATO headquarters. : SHAPE
7
Shirt material. : HAIR
8
To be: Fr. : ETRE
9
Words from the sponsors. : MESSAGES
10
Close to. : BESIDE
11
Capable of. : UPTO
12
Playwright O'Casey. : SEAN
13
Pronoun. : HERS
22
Lady of the house. : MRS
23
Gentlemen. : SIRS
25
Emphatic. : LOUD
27
Light carriage: Colloq. : SHAY
28
Fruits. : POMES
29
Actor Alfred. : DRAKE
30
Playwright William. : INGE
31
Skill of 30 Down. : STAGECRAFT
32
More rational. : SANER
34
Estate: Fr. : ETAT
36
Flower plots. : BEDS
38
Cuddled. : SNUGGLED
39
Island near Java. : BALI
41
Colonnaded porch of Athens. : STOA
42
Newspaper section. : WANTADS
44
"Lights! Camera! ___!" : ACTION
45
Mode of transportation. : BUS
47
Parts of tuning forks. : TINES
48
College V. I. P. : PROF
49
Provoke: Colloq. : RILE
50
550-mile river of Europe. : ODER
51
Too smooth. : OILY
52
Move forward, as a ship. : NOSE
54
Mass of ice. : FLOE
55
Illustrious act. : DEED
59
"___ for Two." : TEA
Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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