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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Friday, June 27, 1980

27-Down : "You never ___ so good"

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,189
Across
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Pack down lightly : TAMP
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Lady of Nice : DAME
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First name in spying : MATA
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Salmagundi : OLIO
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Sandarac : RESIN
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Way out : EXIT
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Economist John Stuart : MILL
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Beside : ALONG
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Rake's spiel : LINE
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Fast mover, politely : BATOUTOFHADES
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Chief exec. : PRES
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Woody herb : RUE
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Part of the flatware : SPOONS
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Author of "Watch on the Rhine," politely : HADESMAN
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Less, in Lyon : MOINS
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Accumulates : SAVES
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Manganese, e.g. : ORE
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"And my fingers wandered ___ ... ": Procter : IDLY
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Pluto, to Plato : HADES
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C. P. or Phoebe : SNOW
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Note connector : TIE
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Auspices : AEGIS
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Stage : PHASE
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Troublemaker, politely : HADESCAT
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Guide : LEADER
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.01, e.g. : PCT
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Cloven : TORN
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"I give up!," politely : TOHADESWITHIT
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Rare : THIN
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One of a Sheridan pair : RIVAL
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Moor's deceiver : IAGO
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Ethereal : AIRY
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Without exception : EVERY
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Harrow foe : ETON
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Judge : DEEM
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Back talk : SASS
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Parched : SERE
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Grant's ___, N.Y.C. : TOMB
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Late queen of Jordan : ALIA
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Cartoonist Gross : MILT
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Equine in a chukker : POLOPONY
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Greek isle of oracle fame : DELOS
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___ now (to date) : ASOF
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Ho Chi ___ : MINH
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Duelers' alerts : ENGARDES
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Confused struggles : MELEES
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Plant stem : AXIS
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Kind of ear or horn : TIN
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Daughter of Eris, according to Hesiod : ATE
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Merits : RATES
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Vases : URNS
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Club fees : DUES
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Pocahontas saved him : SMITH
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Rostrums : PODIA
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Blotto : OILED
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"You never ___ so good" : HADIT
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Cicero's birds : AVES
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Protozoan : MONAD
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Stood : AROSE
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More recent : NEWER
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Roman-fleuve : SAGA
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Metric units of area : HECTARES
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Lean-tos : SHANTIES
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Sholem of literature : ASCH
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Elf : PERI
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Person for whom a nation or city is named : EPONYM
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Humble : LOWLY
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Nicholas and Peter : TSARS
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Bore utterly : TIRE
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Sutherland or Scotto : DIVA
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"___ Diary": Twain : EVES
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Strong antipathy : HATE
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Frankenstein's man Friday : IGOR
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Stereo owner's concern : TONE
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Little one : TAD
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Hurry : HIE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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