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Lou Sabin
New York Times, Wednesday, June 21, 1989
3-Down : Evening appointment
Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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 C | 2 O | 3 D | 4 A | 5 H | 6 O | 7 N | 8 O | 9 R | 10 N | 11 E | 12 L | 13 L |
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14 A | M | I | S | 15 I | N | U | R | E | 16 O | T | O | E |
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17 P | A | N | S | 18 L | U | N | C | H | 19 H | O | U | R | S |
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20 E | R | N | E | 21 S | T | S | 22 S | E | A | S | I | D | E |
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23 E | S | T | O | 24 A | D | E | ||||||||
25 P | 26 A | R | S | I | N | 27 G | 28 P | R | E | S | 29 S | 30 E | 31 R |
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32 A | D | D | E | R | 33 A | 34 M | A | S | S | 35 N | E | O |
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36 G | L | A | D | 37 U | T | I | L | E | 38 C | A | R | P |
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39 E | A | T | 40 K | N | E | L | L | 41 F | A | C | I | E |
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42 T | I | E | 43 R | O | D | S | 44 S | 45 P | A | R | K | E | D |
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46 A | P | E | 47 R | I | O | T | ||||||||
48 R | 49 E | 50 N | D | E | R | 51 S | 52 A | I | R | L | I | 53 F | 54 T |
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55 B | R | E | A | K | F | A | 56 S | T | S | 57 I | M | A | M |
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58 I | G | O | R | 59 E | R | A | T | O | 60 N | E | N | E |
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61 S | O | N | S | 62 D | A | Y | A | N | 63 A | S | S | N |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,470
Across
1
Musical tag : CODA
5
Award : HONOR
10
Charles II's amour : NELL
14
"The Old Devils" author: 1986 : AMIS
15
Harden : INURE
16
Siouan : OTOE
17
Knocks : PANS
18
Breaks for the office crowd : LUNCHHOURS
20
Dowson and Lehman : ERNESTS
22
Beach : SEASIDE
23
This, in Tijuana : ESTO
24
Thirst quencher : ADE
25
Linguistic exercise : PARSING
28
Laundry machine : PRESSER
32
Serpent : ADDER
33
Collect : AMASS
35
Modernist : NEO
36
___ rags (Sunday best) : GLAD
37
Practical : UTILE
38
Gripe : CARP
39
Brunch : EAT
40
Ring ominously : KNELL
41
Prima ___ evidence : FACIE
42
Parts of cars' steerage systems : TIERODS
44
Ignited : SPARKED
46
Flatter, in a way : APE
47
Melee : RIOT
48
Transmits : RENDERS
52
Rescue mission : AIRLIFT
55
Post-Communion get-togethers : BREAKFASTS
57
V.I.P. at Mecca : IMAM
58
Borodin's "Prince ___" : IGOR
59
Clio colleague : ERATO
60
Maui webfoot : NENE
61
Juniors : SONS
62
Moshe of Israel : DAYAN
63
N.R.A., e.g. : ASSN
Down
1
"Batman" prop : CAPE
2
Famed tentmaker : OMAR
3
Evening appointment : DINNERDATE
4
Took a reading : ASSESSED
5
"Lost Horizon" author : HILTON
6
Weight : ONUS
7
Wimple wearer, sometimes : NUN
8
Killer whales : ORCS
9
Prepare for an opening : REHEARSE
10
Parts of lariats : NOOSES
11
Needlecase : ETUI
12
Lady's man : LORD
13
___-majesté : LESE
19
Where the Acheron flows : HADES
21
Roil : STIR
25
Actress Debra : PAGET
26
Dwight's opponent : ADLAI
27
He beat the odds at Saratoga : GATES
28
Grows dull : PALLS
29
Kaffeeklatsches : SNACKTIMES
30
Weird : EERIE
31
Caught cows : ROPED
34
Wire measure : MIL
37
Kept on a diet : UNDERFED
38
Colony divided into two states : CAROLINA
40
Russian coin : KOPEK
41
Diamond decision : FAIR
43
Pilots' devices : RADARS
45
Brig : PRISON
48
Stats for Canseco : RBIS
49
Hence : ERGO
50
Light in the Loop : NEON
51
Poet Teasdale : SARA
52
"___ way to go!" : ATTA
53
Whiffs at the plate : FANS
54
D.C. agents : TMEN
56
Opinion : SAY
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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