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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Friday, April 13, 1984

45-Down : Martina's rival

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { B J Q V }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,575
Across
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Dorothy's pooch : TOTO
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You, in Yucatán : USTED
10
Away's companion : FAR
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Lei place : OAHU
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"On the Beach" author : SHUTE
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Actress Geraldine : PAGE
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Waste allowance : TRET
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Bogart film: 1941 : HIGHSIERRA
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Oscar actress: 1982 : STREEP
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Sudden invasion : INROAD
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Narrow margins : HAIRS
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Habeas corpus, e.g. : WRIT
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Straightens : ALIGNS
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Milland film: 1952 : THETHIEF
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Hindu queen : RANEE
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Recoils : SHIES
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Birth-cert. entry : NMI
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It's sometimes the word : MUM
34
Home for White's Wilbur : PEN
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Cowboy Ritter : TEX
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"___ pro nobis" : ORA
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"Love Finds Andy ___": 1938 film : HARDY
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Film segment : SCENE
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Disney classic: 1940 : FANTASIA
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Tone combinations : CHORDS
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"Norma Rae" director : RITT
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Sholem Aleichem town : CHELM
46
Township outside Johannesburg : SOWETO
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Olivier film: 1948 : HAMLET
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Lancaster film: 1946 : THEKILLERS
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Pound or Stone : EZRA
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Art supplies : OILS
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Eagle roost : AERIE
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Movie mogul : CZAR
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Eastern cooking pan : WOK
60
Ringlet : TRESS
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"War and Peace," e.g. : TOME
Down
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Young 'un : TOT
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Trireme gear : OARS
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Powell-Loy film: 1934 : THETHINMAN
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Insult : OUTRAGE
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Theater guides : USHERS
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Transports : SHIPS
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Harbor helper : TUG
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Biblical ending : ETH
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Brando-Oberon film: 1954 : DESIREE
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Vegas game : FARO
11
Pearl Mosque site : AGRA
12
Follow a script : READ
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City on the Tay : PERTH
18
Monogram pts. : INITS
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"___ kleine Nachtmusik" : EINE
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Complaining : WHINY
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Long ___ the law : ARMOF
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Webb-Tierney film: 1944 : LAURA
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Bara of the silents : THEDA
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Howard-Bergman film: 1939 : INTERMEZZO
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Edit : EMEND
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Tight spots : FIXES
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Nautical pole : SPRIT
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Port-au Prince's land : HAITI
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" ... lily maid of ___" : ASTOLAT
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Noah's eldest : SHEM
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Gather : COLLECT
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Long journeys : TREKS
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Oater high points : CHASES
45
Martina's rival : CHRIS
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Put aboard : STOW
47
Roy Rogers's home state : OHIO
48
Bandleader Lawrence : WELK
50
Coal car : TRAM
52
Neptune, to a Celt : LER
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Before, in poesy : ERE
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"Where ___ Your Children?": 1944 film : ARE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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