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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Thursday, August 26, 1982

7-Down : Failing marks

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 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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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,979
Across
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"Beat it!" : SCAT
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Be drowsy : DOZE
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Nikolai, e.g. : TSAR
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Lycée's cousin : ECOLE
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Above, to Hans : UBER
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Six: Comb. form : HEXA
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Pennsylvania college : MUHLENBERG
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British college : ETON
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Tennyson's "lily maid" : ELAINE
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Pennsylvania college : ROSEMONT
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Arm bone : ULNA
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Temple U. students : OWLS
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Deighton or Dawson : LEN
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Japanese-American : NISEI
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Fraternity activities : RUSHES
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Judges' perches : BANCS
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S.A. range : ANDES
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Cleo's way out : ASP
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Pennsylvania pro : STEELER
39
Armpits : AXILLAE
41
Bully : COW
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Cap in baseball's Hall of Fame : ANSON
44
Esteem : VALUE
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Federal offense : SPYING
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Freshen : RENEW
49
Like this number : ODD
50
Pablo's strong agreement : SISI
51
Agitate : ROIL
55
Bargain event : FIRESALE
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Art-class item : SIENNA
60
Singer Paul : ANKA
61
Ohio university : CINCINNATI
63
Galley word : STET
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___ part (pretend) : ACTA
65
Weather word : ICIER
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Split : TORE
67
Consider : DEEM
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Alaska, once: Abbr. : TERR
Down
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Oar : SCULL
2
Cagney played him : COHAN
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Pennsylvania college : ALLIANCE
4
Comics hero : TEEN
5
Add sound : DUB
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Ohio college : OBERLIN
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Failing marks : ZEROS
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Work units : ERGS
9
English assignments : THEMES
10
New Jersey university : SETONHALL
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Dendrite's companion : AXON
12
Pop off : RANT
13
Australian bird : EMEU
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Modernists : NEOS
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Baffling : ELUSIVE
24
Has on : WEARS
27
Wake and Block : ISLANDS
28
Harrison or Reed : REX
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Jacob's brother : ESAU
30
Graf ___ : SPEE
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Coll. degrees : BSCS
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Over : ATOP
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Typical Hunter College student : NEWYORKER
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Some invaders of Britain : DANES
38
Siamese twin : ENG
40
Sarah ___ College : LAWRENCE
43
Cuban province : ORIENTE
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Think : IDEATE
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Unless: Lat. : NISI
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Cut a rasher : SLICE
52
Buoyantly : ONAIR
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Bury : INTER
54
Retreat : LAIR
55
Strict diet : FAST
56
Math-class word : INTO
57
Andover or Exeter: Abbr. : ACAD
59
"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
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Wheel piece : CAM

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

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