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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Thursday, June 15, 1989

7-Down : Zebras of the N.F.L.

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { B J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 238 (avg 1.27)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 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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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,464
Across
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Seed : SPORE
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Van Gogh slept here : ARLES
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Coasts : SHORES
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Lambasted : CREAMED
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Most bold : PERTEST
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Gridiron infraction : OFFSIDE
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Abdul was one : AMIR
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Beach bird : TERN
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Turkish palace : SERAI
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El ___ (warm ocean current) : NINO
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Upstanding : ERECT
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"Peanuts" expletive : RATS
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Place : STEAD
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McCarthy's fellow dummy : SNERD
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Eastern holiday : TET
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Private's response to a sergeant : YESSIR
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Had high hopes : DREAMED
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Range appliance : TEAKETTLE
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Oater heavy : RUSTLER
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Young O'Neill was one : SEAMAN
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Court call : LET
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Tear : SPREE
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Rubberneck : STARE
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Believers : ISTS
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Author of "M'Liss" : HARTE
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Sicilian spa : ENNA
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Cattleman's animal : STEER
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Winter Palace resident, once : TSAR
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Teen follower : AGER
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"The Devil's Trill" composer : TARTINI
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Outmoded word for Millay : POETESS
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Tex. topper : STETSON
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Gravelly ridges : ESKERS
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Motown mistake : EDSEL
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Fortunetellers : SEERS
Down
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Hallowed sites : SHRINES
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Brisket-of-beef entrees : POTROASTS
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Mine line : ORE
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Remainder: Fr. : RESTE
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Chemical compounds : ESTERS
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Sound from Sandy : ARF
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Zebras of the N.F.L. : REFS
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"Star Wars" beam : LASER
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Muslim state : EMIRATE
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Tranquilized : SEDATED
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Descendant of Noah's eldest son : SEMITE
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Symphonic presentation : CONCERT
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One believing that God is indifferent : DEIST
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Abner's "maw" : PANSY
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Translators : RENDERERS
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Post-tare allowances : TRETS
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Regimens : DIETS
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Carnegie and Evans : DALES
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Kramden or Rackstraw : RALPH
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Carnivore : MEATEATER
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Nail or horn base : KERATIN
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Say it again : RESTATE
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Spoke : UTTERED
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Troughs : MANGERS
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"Gunsmoke" star : ARNESS
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Approaches : NEARS
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Site of knights' fights : LISTS
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Warehouses : ETAPES
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Paving stones : SETTS
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Uneven, as if gnawed away : EROSE
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Climb : RISE
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Lon of Cambodia : NOL
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Monogram for music's Duke : EKE

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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