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Lou Sabin
New York Times, Saturday, September 14, 1991
45-Down : Heighten
Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Lou Sabin has 108 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 29 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
Louis Sabin is an alias for Lou Sabin.
1 T | 2 R | 3 E | 4 E | 5 D | 6 D | 7 O | 8 T | 9 E | 10 D | |||||
11 W | H | E | E | L | I | 12 E | 13 E | R | O | D | E | 14 D | ||
15 R | E | A | L | I | S | M | 16 B | A | R | O | N | E | 17 T |
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18 I | D | L | E | S | 19 B | 20 A | R | R | Y | M | O | R | E |
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21 S | O | I | R | 22 A | R | N | I | E | 23 T | I | X |
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24 T | O | N | 25 G | L | A | D | S | 26 S | 27 N | E | V | A |
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28 R | E | 29 P | L | A | C | E | 30 S | L | I | D | E | S |
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31 L | A | C | E | R | 32 A | T | E | D | ||||||
33 A | 34 T | 35 T | A | C | K | 36 S | N | I | D | E | 37 S | 38 T | ||
39 C | R | A | N | E | 40 B | O | N | E | S | 41 P | O | 42 P |
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43 T | I | N | 44 S | O | N | E | S | 45 R | A | U | L |
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46 U | T | T | 47 E | 48 R | M | O | S | T | 49 K | A | N | G | A |
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50 P | E | R | T | A | I | N | 51 T | 52 O | N | I | G | H | T |
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53 R | A | T | I | T | E | 54 E | N | I | S | L | E | S |
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55 S | A | L | E | S | 56 S | T | E | E | R |
© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,285
Across
1
Cornered : TREED
6
Loved too fondly : DOTED
11
Biker's up-front maneuver : WHEELIE
13
Subjected to planation : ERODED
15
Hemingway's way : REALISM
16
Knight's superior : BARONET
18
Hangs out : IDLES
19
The Great Profile : BARRYMORE
21
Etienne's evening : SOIR
22
Schwarzenegger, to pals : ARNIE
23
Variety ducats : TIX
24
High fashion : TON
25
Brief bloomers? : GLADS
26
Indy winner: 1983 : SNEVA
28
Substitute for : REPLACE
30
Vacation mementos : SLIDES
31
Mangled : LACERATED
33
Onset : ATTACK
36
Most slyly sarcastic : SNIDEST
39
Construction sight : CRANE
40
Treasure Island pirate : BONES
41
Warner of coaching fame : POP
43
"___ Men," 1987 film : TIN
44
Decibel measures : SONES
45
Julia from San Juan : RAUL
46
Extreme : UTTERMOST
49
A friend of Winnie the Pooh : KANGA
50
Have reference (to) : PERTAIN
51
"West Side Story" tune : TONIGHT
53
Emu or moa : RATITE
54
Sends to Elba, e.g. : ENISLES
55
Comedian from N.C. : SALES
56
Direct : STEER
Down
1
"Katy, bar ___!" : THEDOOR
2
Straighten anew : REALINE
3
He might say, "That's a moray!" : EELER
4
Site of first Olympics : ELIS
5
Persephone's spouse : DIS
6
Flotsam and jetsam : DEBRIS
7
"___ Ben Jonson!" : ORARE
8
Royalist in '76 : TORY
9
Sela was its capital : EDOM
10
Indicated : DENOTED
11
Watch site : WRIST
12
Sign of affection : EMBRACE
14
Get from a source : DERIVE
17
Site of Jim Hogg County : TEXAS
20
Maxwell and Judith : ANDERSONS
22
Elizabethan interjection : ALACK
25
Frozen : GLACE
26
Komatiks : SLEDS
27
Brood : NIDE
29
Layout : PLAN
30
Hordeola : STIES
32
Actress-singer Funicello : ANNETTE
33
Misbehave : ACTUP
34
More hackneyed : TRITER
35
Hindu religious reading : TANTRAS
37
Glitter : SPANGLE
38
Not so easy : TOUGHER
40
Pat and Richard : BOONES
42
Charts : PLATS
44
Emulate David : SMITE
45
Heighten : RAISE
47
Sundance Kid's girlfriend : ETTA
48
Scold : RAIL
49
Stretchy fabric : KNIT
52
Switch positions : ONS
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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.