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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Monday, July 14, 1980

53-Down : Investigation

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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. 11,206
Across
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Elec. units : AMPS
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Midshipman : CADET
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Dernier ___ : CRI
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Sahl : MORT
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Crockett's last stand : ALAMO
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Antagonists : FOES
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"Barnum" or "Camelot" : BROADWAYMUSICAL
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Walking ___ (ecstatic) : ONAIR
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Schubert work : SERENADE
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Obligation : DEBT
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Harold of the comics : TEEN
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N.B.A. official : REF
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Set standard : NORM
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Links wood : DRIVER
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Application : USE
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Kringle : CLAUS
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Fodder holder : SILO
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"West Side Story" lyricist : STEPHENSONDHEIM
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Decorative metalware : TOLE
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Biblical mountain : SINAI
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"Scots ___ hae ... " : WHA
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Meager : SPARSE
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May or Ann : CAPE
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Arizona State's ___ Devils : SUN
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Odious : VILE
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Kind of file : RASP
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Lady Amherst's ___ : PHEASANT
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Remove : ERASE
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Hit tune by 38 Across : SENDINTHECLOWNS
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This has its highs and lows : TIDE
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Star of "Kismet," "Oklahoma!," etc. : DRAKE
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Cop's domain : BEAT
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Grads-to-be : SRS
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Top playwright of the Irish Renaissance : SYNGE
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Successful gambler's asset : EDGE
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Ancient pulpit : AMBO
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Poetic time of day : MORN
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Outrigger for an Indonesian : PROA
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Sober as a judge : STAID
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Corvine call : CAW
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Mode or king predecessor : ALA
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Werfel's "The Forty ___ of Musa Dagh" : DAYS
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Robert ___ Sherwood : EMMET
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Took the show on the road : TOURED
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Letitia Primrose in "On the 20th Century" : COCA
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Scan : READ
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" ... this scepter'd ___": Shak. : ISLE
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From Helsinki : FINNISH
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Soak : DRENCH
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Crystal-baller : SEER
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Tree trunk : BOLE
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Prefix with form or port : TRANS
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Parasitic fungi : RUSTS
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Prohibit at the bar : ESTOP
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"I ___ Song Coming On" : FEELA
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Frederick Loewe's forte : MUSIC
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Opinions : VIEWS
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Yale or Root : ELIHU
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Type face : ROMAN
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Detection device : SONAR
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Spread through : PERVADE
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California valley : NAPA
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Engine or fuel : DIESEL
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"In Spain they say ___" : SISI
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Cousins of dik-diks : ELANDS
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Bookkeeper's item : ENTRY
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Investigation : PROBE
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Attention-getting sounds : PSTS
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Scion : HEIR
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Millay's candle had two : ENDS
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Word for comparisons : THAN
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Overwhelmed : AWED
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Nylon problem : SNAG
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Puzzler's favorite Italian family : ESTE
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Hosp. test : EKG
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School mark : CEE

Answer summary:
3 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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