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Lou Sabin
New York Times, Tuesday, October 27, 1987
Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { K }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 29.4
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 S | 2 H | 3 A | 4 R | 5 P | 6 F | 7 O | 8 L | 9 D | 10 S | 11 T | 12 A | 13 R |
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14 E | A | G | E | R | 15 O | B | I | E | 16 E | R | I | E |
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17 T | R | A | P | E | 18 Z | O | I | D | S | 19 G | E | N | T |
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20 S | P | Y | 21 J | O | L | T | 22 E | 23 Q | U | A | T | E |
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24 P | U | N | S | 25 T | R | U | E | D | ||||||
26 A | 27 R | 28 C | A | D | E | 29 N | O | V | A | 30 M | 31 A | 32 T |
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33 T | H | O | N | G | 34 G | O | R | E | N | 35 I | S | H |
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36 T | O | T | E | M | 37 U | T | E | 38 T | 39 U | L | S | A |
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40 A | N | T | 41 E | 42 B | S | E | N | 43 I | N | L | A | W |
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44 R | E | E | 45 N | E | T | S | 46 S | T | A | S | I | S |
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47 R | 48 A | T | S | O | 49 A | L | A | S | ||||||
50 A | 51 P | P | O | S | E | 52 U | N | I | T | 53 B | 54 O | 55 A |
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56 L | A | I | R | 57 E | 58 X | P | E | D | I | 59 T | I | N | G |
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60 T | I | N | T | 61 C | I | O | N | 62 V | I | N | C | E |
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63 E | L | S | A | 64 H | I | N | T | 65 E | N | D | E | D |
© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,867
Across
1
On the ball : SHARP
6
Crease : FOLD
10
Gable or Garbo : STAR
14
Gung-ho : EAGER
15
Dramatic award : OBIE
16
Wyandot's cousin : ERIE
17
Geometric forms : TRAPEZOIDS
19
Toff : GENT
20
Agent : SPY
21
Stun : JOLT
22
Make uniform : EQUATE
24
Wordplay : PUNS
25
Balanced : TRUED
26
Gallery : ARCADE
29
Celestial blazer : NOVA
30
Lusterless : MAT
33
Leather strip : THONG
34
Bridge master : GOREN
35
___ Kabibble : ISH
36
Algonquian pole : TOTEM
37
All-purpose trk. : UTE
38
Oklahoma's Golden Hurricane : TULSA
40
Formicary dweller : ANT
41
A k a Barnaby Jones : EBSEN
43
Marital addition : INLAW
44
Arikara : REE
45
Knicks' rivals : NETS
46
State of equilibrium : STASIS
47
"Midnight Cowboy" role : RATSO
49
Word of woe : ALAS
50
Put side by side : APPOSE
52
Apartment, e.g. : UNIT
53
Python's kin : BOA
56
Den : LAIR
57
Good dispatcher's activity : EXPEDITING
60
Shade : TINT
61
Pillar: Comb. form : CION
62
Edwards or Lombardi : VINCE
63
Cat that was born free : ELSA
64
Suggestion : HINT
65
Wrote "30" : ENDED
Down
1
Cliques : SETS
2
Lyra : HARP
3
" ... I'm ___ deceiver": G. Colman : AGAY
4
Tie material : REP
5
Forms of bigotry : PREJUDGMENTS
6
Nerds : FOOLS
7
Sad news note : OBIT
8
Topper : LID
9
Warrant : DESERVE
10
Musical transition : SEGUE
11
Roads to nowhere : TREADMILLS
12
"___ We Got Fun?": 1921 song : AINT
13
Anagram for tree : RETE
18
District : ZONE
23
Measurable : QUANTITATIVE
24
Door section : PANE
25
Marta of films : TOREN
26
Rose oil : ATTAR
27
Swiss river : RHONE
28
Split metal fasteners : COTTERPINS
29
Students' jottings : NOTES
31
Very, to Ozawa : ASSAI
32
Responds to heat : THAWS
34
Zest : GUSTO
39
Fingernails: Sp. : UNAS
42
Implore : BESEECH
46
Glided : SLID
48
Trunk line : AORTA
49
In re : ANENT
50
Der ___ (Adenauer) : ALTE
51
Nursery-rhyme vessel : PAIL
52
Follower of 54 Down : UPON
53
Secure : BIND
54
Grimm opening : ONCE
55
Antique : AGED
58
Reading on some clocks : XII
59
Stannum : TIN
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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