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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Wednesday, November 29, 1989

42-Across : Pollen holder

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3
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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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,631
Across
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Stiff collar : ETON
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Swift, graceful horses : ARABS
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Loony : DAFT
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Sitarist Shankar : RAVI
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Fork over : REMIT
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"Casta Diva," from "Norma" : ARIA
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A Cassini : OLEG
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Replication : CLONE
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Kennel sound : YELP
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Horologist Thomas et al. : SETHS
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Terminus : END
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Moth's bête noire : FLAME
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Military beat : RATATAT
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Actress MacGraw : ALI
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Inundated : AWASH
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Lodestone : MAGNET
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Ruth's sultanate : SWAT
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Packard contemporary : REO
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Minerva's Greek counterpart : ATHENA
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Planter's medium : EARTH
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Airman's medal: Abbr. : DFC
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"Harold Teen," e.g. : STRIP
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Pollen holder : ANTHER
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Utter : SAY
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Picnic drink : SODA
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Hard : STEELY
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Muslim scholars : ULEMA
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Paul Bunyan's cook : OLE
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An Assyrian capital : NINEVEH
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A Marx : ZEPPO
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Pindar product : ODE
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Put the kibosh on : NIXED
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Shield bearing : ORLE
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Linda of "Dynasty" : EVANS
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White or Blue river : NILE
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Fabulist : LIAR
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Pacific battle site: 1944 : LEYTE
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Joy : GLEE
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"___ Christie" : ANNA
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Atlas addition : INSET
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Use the Morse code : SEND
Down
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God who had gold-tipped arrows : EROS
2
Old German coin : TALER
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___ Culp Hobby, first Secretary of H.E.W. : OVETA
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Comic film classic, with "A" : NIGHTATTHEOPERA
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Bow : ARC
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Manumitted : RELEASED
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Long, long time : AMONTHOFSUNDAYS
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Tie : BIND
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Agnès or Cécile: Abbr. : STE
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Annual time : DAYLIGHTSAVINGS
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Neighborhood : AREA
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"Phffft!" e.g. : FILM
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Sprinter's goal : TAPE
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Musical tool : SAW
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Some London lodgings : FLATS
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Coal product : TAR
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Japanese diver : AMA
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Galba's predecessor : NERO
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Geraint's lady : ENID
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Bark cloth : TAPA
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Red and Black : SEAS
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Kind of ad : WANT
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Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
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Caller's word : HELLO
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Hot, in Hidalgo : CALIENTE
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Cereal grass : RYE
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Hankering : YEN
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King, pawn, etc. : MEN
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Banish : EXILE
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Paris's choice : HELEN
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Runner Budd : ZOLA
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Innisfail : ERIN
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Outline : PLAN
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Chamber for a chef : OVEN
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Landowner's document : DEED
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Samuel's mentor : ELI
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Establish : SET

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

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