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Lou Sabin
New York Times, Thursday, September 8, 1988
12-Down : Holds off
Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Grid has supersymmetry.
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 F | 2 E | 3 T | 4 E | 5 S | 6 D | 7 I | 8 N | 9 A | 10 R | |||||
11 D | E | V | I | L | E | 12 D | 13 S | A | T | I | N | E | 14 T |
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15 E | M | I | R | A | T | E | 16 P | R | E | L | A | T | E |
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17 C | A | D | 18 M | U | L | 19 L | I | N | S | 20 T | A | P |
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21 A | L | E | 22 S | 23 P | A | I | R | S | 24 P | O | R | E |
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25 L | E | N | T | 26 O | 27 Y | E | E | 28 W | I | L | D | E |
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29 S | T | A | C | 30 K | S | 31 S | 32 P | A | R | E | S | |||
33 S | H | E | 34 E | R | A | |||||||||
35 A | 36 T | H | E | N | 37 S | 38 C | A | N | T | 39 E | 40 R | |||
41 S | N | E | E | R | 42 T | 43 E | A | 44 S | E | R | E | 45 S |
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46 T | E | N | D | 47 C | A | R | V | 48 E | 49 D | A | T | A |
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50 E | S | T | 51 T | U | R | N | I | P | 52 S | 53 S | I | B |
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54 E | T | A | 55 G | E | R | E | 56 L | E | I | 57 S | U | R | E |
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58 N | O | G | A | L | E | S | 59 S | E | V | E | R | E | R |
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60 F | E | L | L | S | 61 S | A | W | E | D |
© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,184
Across
1
Parties : FETES
6
A dollar in Kuwait : DINAR
11
___ eggs : DEVILED
13
Cotton-wool fabric : SATINET
15
Middle Eastern state : EMIRATE
16
Church official : PRELATE
17
Nasty fellow : CAD
18
Moon of the comics : MULLINS
20
Water source : TAP
21
City in S France : ALES
23
Unites : PAIRS
24
Opening : PORE
25
Slow, to Muti : LENTO
27
___ Chiang, Chinese writer : YEE
28
Dorian Gray's creator : WILDE
29
Library section : STACKS
31
Keglers' marks : SPARES
33
Haggard tale : SHE
34
Time frame : ERA
35
Site of Plato's Academy : ATHENS
38
Equestrian's pace : CANTER
41
Show disdain : SNEER
42
Brighton break : TEA
44
Ecological cycles : SERES
46
Mind : TEND
47
Do the honors, at dinner : CARVE
49
Computer feed : DATA
50
One-third of a wine : EST
51
Rutabagas : TURNIPS
53
Kin, for short : SIB
54
Whatnot : ETAGERE
56
Vacationer's delight : LEISURE
58
City in S Ariz. : NOGALES
59
More strict : SEVERER
60
Hews : FELLS
61
Did carpentry : SAWED
Down
1
Brides, e.g. : FEMALES
2
Clear : EVIDENT
3
Shooting match, French style : TIR
4
Jack of movies and TV : ELAM
5
Arrangement : SETUP
6
Does hose repair : DARNS
7
Followers: Suffix : ITES
8
Zip : NIL
9
France of France : ANATOLE
10
Impedes : RETARDS
11
Transferred picture : DECAL
12
Holds off : DELAYS
13
Sights at Oxford : SPIRES
14
Brave's place : TEPEE
19
Links position : LIE
22
Hidden, as contraband : STASHED
24
Stolen : PIRATED
26
Pigment for Picasso : OCHER
28
Alerts : WARNS
30
Murray or Dryden : KEN
32
Pod unit : PEA
35
"___ robins ... ": Kilmer : ANESTOF
36
Camp accommodations : TENTAGE
37
Ogles : STARES
38
Quibbles : CAVILS
39
Error indication : ERASURE
40
Sleeping : RETIRED
41
Dutch genre painter : STEEN
43
Shore flier : ERN
45
Tulwar : SABER
47
Parish priests, in Paris : CURES
48
Kin of fleurets : EPEES
51
Toxophilite William : TELL
52
Hindu deity : SIVA
55
Sal of songdom : GAL
57
Emulate Betsy Ross : SEW
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 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.