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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Thursday, June 28, 1962

55-Down : Famous Czech.

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,731
Across
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Cut of meat. : CHOP
5
Form of address. : MISS
9
Small shoot. : TWIG
13
Slip away. : ELOPE
14
Where the Amur flows. : ASIA
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German river. : OHRE
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Well. : CURED
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Gothic language. : NORWEGIAN
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Author of "Brand," "When We Dead Awaken," etc. : HENRIKIBSEN
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Letter. : TEE
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Movable mountain. : OSSA
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Wave: Sp. : OLA
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Venetian magistrate. : DOGE
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20th Cen. American dramatist. : HOWARD
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Alaskan town. : SITKA
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___ facto. : EXPOST
35
Dodsworth. : SAM
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Brad. : NAIL
38
Bread for soup. : CROUTON
40
Footwear. : WEDGIES
42
Farm product. : OATS
43
Humorist. : WIT
45
Fencers' code. : DUELLO
46
Stringed instruments. : LYRES
48
___-mâché. : PAPIER
50
See 19 Across. : OSLO
52
Fond du ___. : LAC
53
Rum cake. : BABA
57
"Riding ___ pony ... " : ONA
59
Author of "Seven Gothic Tales." : ISAKDINESEN
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Falsified. : MISSTATED
64
Sicilian sight. : AETNA
65
Turn ___. : INTO
66
Von Weber. : KARL
67
Ancient tongue. : GREEK
68
1891 heroine. : TESS
69
Church part. : APSE
70
Vipers. : ASPS
Down
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Hints. : CLUES
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Headgear of a sort. : HORNS
3
Relatives of music halls. : OPERAHOUSES
4
Foot: Prefix. : PEDI
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Sister to City of Quezon. : MANILA
6
Certain atoms. : ISOBARS
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Bors, Galahad, etc. : SIRS
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Cut. : SAWED
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Dress (out). : TOG
10
Virginia deer. : WHITETAIL
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Dies ___. : IRAE
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Biological factor. : GENE
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Repeat. : ECHO
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Genesis name. : ENOS
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Bow of respect. : KOWTOW
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Spicy beverages. : GINGERBEERS
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East: Ger. : OST
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European crow. : DAW
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Baltic seaport. : KIEL
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In addition. : ALSO
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Bionomics: Abbr. : ECOL
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1895 discovery. : XRAY
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Menu items. : POTROASTS
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Noble Italian family. : MEDICI
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Biting quality. : NIP
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Appropriate. : DUE
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Gossips. : TALKERS
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Narrow opening. : SLIT
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Water wheel part. : PADDLE
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Honshu seaport. : OSAKA
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Not stir ___. : ASTEP
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Famous Czech. : BENES
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Biblical giant. : ANAK
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Neglect. : OMIT
58
Low card in pinochle. : NINE
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Malay palm. : ATAP
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Burmese hills. : NAGA
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Help! : SOS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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