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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Wednesday, August 27, 1986

5-Down : Tufted ornament

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 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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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,441
Across
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Train for a bout : SPAR
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Wilson's predecessor : TAFT
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Greek isle : SAMOS
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Elf : PERI
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Celebes beast : ANOA
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Ignore : ELIDE
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Shake ___ (hie) : ALEG
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Kiltie : SCOT
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U. S. Grant's rival : RELEE
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Eur. land : NETH
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What Pete Rose did in 1985 : SETARECORD
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Boil : SEETHE
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Cereal coat : BRAN
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"The Most Happy ___" : FELLA
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Bishop's aide : VERGER
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Weather report : FAIR
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Boat's position : ALEE
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Winglike parts : ALAE
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Mantle, Maris, Mays and Mize : BASEBALLPLAYERS
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Seed cover : ARIL
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Relieve : EASE
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___ plaid : GLEN
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Bookworm : READER
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Plains home : TEPEE
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Australasian palm : NIPA
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Perfumes : AROMAS
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Strawberry, for one : OUTFIELDER
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Nothing, to a niño : NADA
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Ph.D. trial : ORALS
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Broadcasts : AIRS
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Once more : ANEW
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Jury : PANEL
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B.M.I. product : TUNE
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Aïda, e.g. : ROLE
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TV's "Shotgun ___" : SLADE
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Iowa campus town : AMES
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___ Scott decision : DRED
Down
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Bridges : SPANS
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Martinique volcano : PELEE
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Mountain crest : ARETE
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Position for Ott or Ruth : RIGHTFIELD
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Tufted ornament : TASSEL
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Suffix with allow : ANCE
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Where Broncos meet Cowboys : FOOTBALLSTADIUM
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Siberian tradesman : TATAR
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Placid : SERENE
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A Waugh : ALEC
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O'Shea of films : MILO
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Szczecin's stream : ODER
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Beginning : SEED
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"Daphnis et Chloé" composer : RAVEL
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Pitcher Score : HERB
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Tra followers : LALA
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U.S. Olympic and welterweight champ : RAYLEONARD
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Unaccompanied part song : GLEE
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Take in : EARN
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Scale notes : RES
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Food : FARE
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Hindu Kush locale : ASIA
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Olympics weapon : EPEE
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Forbid : BAR
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Eagle's place : AERIE
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Dyer's device : AGER
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Isolate : ENISLE
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Dissects a sentence : PARSES
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End of Mont.'s motto : PLATA
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Monticello, e.g. : MANOR
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Fashion designer Simpson : ADELE
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Made logs : SAWED
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Pass-dropper's cry : OOPS
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Caspian feeder : URAL
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Blue Nile's source : TANA
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Absquatulated : FLED
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Coastal predator : ERNE

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

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