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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Wednesday, August 5, 1981

46-Down : Clement Moore reindeer

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 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.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,593
Across
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"Show Boat" torch song : BILL
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Davenports : SOFAS
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Featured role in a chorus : SOLO
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Exchange premium : AGIO
15
Demand, as payment : CLAIM
16
Stuffy one : PRIG
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Gershwin tune: 1924 : SOMEBODYLOVESME
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Results of typists' errors : ERASURES
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Tennyson heroine : OENONE
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British gun : STEN
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Places on a RR : STAS
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TV talk groups : PANELS
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Thorpe, Zaharias et al. : ATHLETES
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Burning : AFIRE
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Pile for burning : PYRE
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Underdone : RARE
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Salty wife's man : LOT
35
Noisy oil wells : ROARERS
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Dispute : ROW
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Olivier's title : LORD
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Attitude : VIEW
42
Stiffen : TENSE
44
Team coached by Chuck Noll : STEELERS
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More crowded : DENSER
47
Elevator cages : CARS
48
Midnight or Marvel: Abbr. : CAPT
49
Kind of warrant : SEARCH
52
Hitchcock forte : SUSPENSE
56
Gershwin musical of the 20's : STRIKEUPTHEBAND
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Tupelo, for one : TREE
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Aromatic herb : ANISE
60
Life sto. : BIOG
61
Azov, Galilee, etc. : SEAS
62
Iraqi money : DINAR
63
Dresden's river : ELBE
Down
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Foundation : BASE
2
Stravinsky : IGOR
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Capital of Peru : LIMA
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"The Most Happy Fella" composer : LOESSER
5
Rodgers creations : SCORES
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"In ___ days ... " : OLDEN
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Elves : FAYS
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Distress : AIL
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Not so jarring : SMOOTHER
10
He wrote "The Faerie Queene" : SPENSER
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Approximately : ORSO
12
Delineate : LIMN
13
Molding with a snaky shape : OGEE
18
Common suspect : BUTLER
19
Entree item : VEAL
23
Broadcast : STREW
24
Grows dull : PALLS
25
Stirring : AFOOT
26
Saltpeter, in Suffolk : NITRE
27
Lew of the movies : AYRES
28
Mountain pools : TARNS
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Worn away : EROSE
30
Ed Norton's milieu : SEWER
32
What socks come in : PAIRS
36
Business expenses : OVERHEAD
37
Russian plain : STEPPE
40
Belittles : DECRIES
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Site of a famous raid : ENTEBBE
45
Need : LACK
46
Clement Moore reindeer : DASHER
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___ rug (jitterbugs) : CUTSA
49
Transportation for those in a hurry : SSTS
50
Raison d'___ : ETRE
51
Precinct : AREA
52
Twirl : SPIN
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Tenpenny, e.g. : NAIL
54
Supercilious one : SNOB
55
Rim : EDGE
57
Single: Prefix : UNI

Answer summary:
2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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