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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Tuesday, September 30, 1986

9-Down : Certain fur pieces

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
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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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,475
Across
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Inhales suddenly : GASPS
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A son of Eliz. II : CHAS
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Greek letters : PSIS
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Native Alaskan : ALEUT
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Monthly mailing : RENT
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C.P.A. : ACCT
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Pocahontas's spouse : ROLFE
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Church calendar : ORDO
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Zeus's mother : RHEA
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Western superstar : BUFFALOBILLCODY
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N.C. college : ELON
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Repeat : ECHO
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Ascot distances : METRES
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Ancient kingdom in España : CASTILLA
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Kabul coin: Abbr. : AGH
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Use source books : REFER
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Barrie baddie : SMEE
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Vexes : IRES
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A Peace Prize winner: 1978 : SADAT
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Shakespearean villain : IAGO
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Triton : NEWT
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Early stringed instrument : REBEC
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Marathon, e.g. : RUN
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Shocks : STARTLES
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Bad stretches : SLUMPS
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Bona fide : REAL
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Winged : ALAR
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Western superstar : HOPALONGCASSIDY
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Jack of westerns : ELAM
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Time frame : YEAR
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Cougars : PUMAS
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Schweinfurt senior : ALTE
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Mustachioed Surrealist : DALI
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Pass over : ELIDE
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A memorable Bert : LAHR
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W.W. I plane : SPAD
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Librarian's device : DATER
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Dress : GARB
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Baseball brother : ALOU
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Ego : SELF
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Globefish : PUFFER
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Coleman or Raines : STEALER
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Copy Columbo : CROON
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Bandleader Alpert : HERB
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"The King ___" : ANDI
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Certain fur pieces : STOLES
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Board game : PARCHISI
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Oater teacher : SCHOOLMARM
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Kind of tea : ICED
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Command to Fido : STAY
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Is defeated : LOSES
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D-day vessel : LCT
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Conduits : MAINS
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Plumed bird : EGRET
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On ___ (furious) : THEWARPATH
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Homophone for seeds : CEDES
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Damascene, e.g. : ARAB
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Give a ___ (boost) : LEGUP
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Long stretches : AEONS
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Menu : FARE
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Headline type : STREAMER
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Edison rival : TESLA
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Hugged : CLASPED
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Former chess champ : TAL
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London firm : LLOYDS
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Martyred British princess : URSULA
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Bitter : ACRID
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Improve : HEAL
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Texan's stewpot : OLLA
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A tide : NEAP
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High time : GALA
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Copy: Abbr. : IMIT
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Fla. county : DADE
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French flower : YSER

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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