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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Wednesday, February 10, 1993

5-Down : Marathoner's requirement

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 0, 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.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,800
Across
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Skillful performer : ARTISTE
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Kitchen appliance : TOASTER
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Chanticleer : ROOSTER
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Approve : ENDORSE
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Treasure State : MONTANA
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Reconcile differences : MEDIATE
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Gospel singer Grant : AMY
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Support for a crow's-nest : MAST
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Punched cows : HERDED
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Can, to a Londoner : TIN
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Press : IRON
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Rook or fish ender : ERY
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Out-and-out : PATENT
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Mo. pros : CARDS
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Where push sometimes comes to shove : ARENA
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Tomba's footwear : SKIS
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"I turn my back to the ___": Blake : EAST
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Periscope part : LENS
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"___ Foolish Things ... " : THESE
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Nev. city : ELKO
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Kasparov conquest : MATE
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Parking-lot posting : RATE
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Mug : STEIN
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Puppeteer Lewis : SHARI
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Acropolis site : ATHENS
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Antibes, for one : SPA
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Pizzeria owner's need : OVEN
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Quilting party : BEE
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Kind of fish or bone : CUTTLE
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Quayle's successor : GORE
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"Gift of the Magi" item : FOB
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Wardrobe : ARMOIRE
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Verse form : BALLADE
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"Mommie ___": Crawford : DEAREST
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Thinks up : IDEATES
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Spanish gentlemen : SENORES
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Hay-spreading machines : TEDDERS
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"Aeneid" starter : ARMA
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Suitable scope : ROOM
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Broadway award : TONY
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Adherent : IST
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Marathoner's requirement : STAMINA
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Lessee : TENANT
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Epochs : ERAS
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Pro follower : TEM
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Small-town description : ONEHORSE
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Certain number or quantity : ADDEND
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Évian evening : SOIR
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Exchange : TRADE
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Lab compound : ESTER
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Very slim : REEDY
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Meter maid's activity : TICKETING
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Past and perfect : TENSES
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Poker ploy : RAISE
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Cheat, at casinos : PALM
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Tract : AREA
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Carnival structure : TENT
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Boil : SEETHE
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Partner's take : SHARE
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Shielded, at sea : ALEE
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Fleece : SKIN
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Loads : TONS
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Cross or crossing : TRAVERSE
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Prepared for the worst : STEELED
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More devout : HOLIER
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Irritate : ABRADE
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Oodles : SCADS
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Use a blender : PUREE
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Hinduism's supreme universal self : ATMAN
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Picador's target : TORO
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Sad news item : OBIT
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Lot : FATE
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Baltic Sea feeder : ODER
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A Truman : BESS
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French connections : ETS
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Stripling : LAD

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