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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Tuesday, July 21, 1959

18-Down : Boy: Span.

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,658
Across
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Nobel Prize novelist, 1930. : LEWIS
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Connecticut Senator. : BUSH
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Adjective suffix meaning "of." : ATIC
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Make ___ of (bungle). : AHASH
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Rulers: Abbr. : EMPS
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Monk parrot. : LORO
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Zangwill's term for America, 1908. : MELTINGPOT
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Loyal: Scot. : LEAL
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Spectacle in "Around the World." : BULLFIGHT
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"Silence is golden." : MOTTO
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Active volcano. : ETNA
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Translator of the Bible into German. : LUTHER
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Hesitate in speaking. : HAW
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Royal house of England. : YORK
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Egyptian dancing girl. : ALME
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Matured. : AGED
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Broker. : MIDDLEMAN
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Great river. : NILE
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Chief Justice in Dred Scott Case. : TANEY
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Reputation. : NAME
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Burning Tree. : GOLFLINKS
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Musical group. : TRIO
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Vienna, to Germans. : WIEN
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Quarrel. : SPAT
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Cognizance. : KEN
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Knitted fabric. : TRICOT
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Sweet scent. : ODOR
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Colophony. : ROSIN
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Slingshots. : CATAPULTS
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Hurt. : ACHE
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Commercial seiner in Gulf waters. : SHRIMPBOAT
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At which. : WHEN
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Purposes. : AIMS
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Run away. : ELOPE
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For fear that. : LEST
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Sound of hard impact. : WHAM
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Revive. : RENEW
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Innocent child. : LAMB
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Roman's "alas!" : EHEU
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Part of a house. : WALL
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Agave fiber. : ISTLE
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Tricky. : SHIFTY
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Third word in a counting-out rhyme. : BEGGARMAN
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Exclamation of doubt. : UMPH
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Name for a Dalmatian. : SPOT
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Predecessor of D. D. E. : HST
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Share. : ALLOTMENT
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Come up to scratch. : TOETHEMARK
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Wrathful. : IRATE
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Vivid quality. : COLOR
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Boy: Span. : NINO
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Largest island of the Hebrides. : MULL
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British title. : LADY
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Knack or method of use. : HANG
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Exchange premium. : AGIO
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Friendly invocations. : WELLWISHES
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Quirks. : KINKS
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Lacking. : DEFICIENT
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Tyranny. : DESPOTISM
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Girl friend: Fr. : AMIE
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Glow lamp gas. : NEON
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Delicate hue. : TINT
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Ponce de ___. : LEON
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He lived 930 years. : ADAM
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Tall hat. : TOPPER
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Dragnet. : TRAWL
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Rock: Fr. : ROCHE
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Coin in Red Square. : RUBLE
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The Chinese foot, 14.1 inches. : CHIH
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Weapons: Lat. : ARMA
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Diver. : LOON
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Type of recorder. : TAPE
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Boiled dinner. : STEW
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Cutting tool. : SAW

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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