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Lou Sabin
New York Times, Thursday, June 15, 1989
56-Across : Outmoded word for Millay
Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { B J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 238 (avg 1.27)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 33.7
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 P | 3 O | 4 R | 5 E | 6 A | 7 R | 8 L | 9 E | 10 S | |||||
11 S | H | O | R | E | S | 12 C | R | E | A | M | E | 13 D |
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14 P | E | R | T | E | S | T | 15 O | F | F | S | I | D | E |
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16 A | M | I | R | 17 T | E | 18 R | N | 19 S | E | R | A | I |
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20 N | I | N | O | 21 E | R | E | C | 22 T | 23 R | A | T | S |
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24 S | T | E | A | 25 D | 26 S | N | E | R | 27 D | 28 T | E | T |
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29 Y | E | S | S | I | 30 R | 31 D | R | E | A | 32 M | E | D | ||
33 T | E | A | 34 K | E | T | T | L | E | ||||||
35 R | 36 U | S | T | L | E | R | 37 S | E | A | 38 M | 39 A | 40 N |
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41 L | E | T | 42 S | P | R | E | 43 E | 44 S | T | A | R | E |
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45 I | S | T | 46 S | 47 H | A | R | T | 48 E | 49 E | N | N | A |
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50 S | T | E | E | 51 R | 52 T | S | A | R | 53 A | G | E | R |
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54 T | A | R | T | I | 55 N | I | 56 P | O | 57 E | T | E | S | S |
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58 S | T | E | T | S | O | N | 59 E | S | K | E | R | S | ||
60 E | D | S | E | L | 61 S | E | E | R | S |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,464
Across
1
Seed : SPORE
6
Van Gogh slept here : ARLES
11
Coasts : SHORES
12
Lambasted : CREAMED
14
Most bold : PERTEST
15
Gridiron infraction : OFFSIDE
16
Abdul was one : AMIR
17
Beach bird : TERN
19
Turkish palace : SERAI
20
El ___ (warm ocean current) : NINO
21
Upstanding : ERECT
23
"Peanuts" expletive : RATS
24
Place : STEAD
26
McCarthy's fellow dummy : SNERD
28
Eastern holiday : TET
29
Private's response to a sergeant : YESSIR
31
Had high hopes : DREAMED
33
Range appliance : TEAKETTLE
35
Oater heavy : RUSTLER
37
Young O'Neill was one : SEAMAN
41
Court call : LET
42
Tear : SPREE
44
Rubberneck : STARE
45
Believers : ISTS
47
Author of "M'Liss" : HARTE
49
Sicilian spa : ENNA
50
Cattleman's animal : STEER
52
Winter Palace resident, once : TSAR
53
Teen follower : AGER
54
"The Devil's Trill" composer : TARTINI
56
Outmoded word for Millay : POETESS
58
Tex. topper : STETSON
59
Gravelly ridges : ESKERS
60
Motown mistake : EDSEL
61
Fortunetellers : SEERS
Down
1
Hallowed sites : SHRINES
2
Brisket-of-beef entrees : POTROASTS
3
Mine line : ORE
4
Remainder: Fr. : RESTE
5
Chemical compounds : ESTERS
6
Sound from Sandy : ARF
7
Zebras of the N.F.L. : REFS
8
"Star Wars" beam : LASER
9
Muslim state : EMIRATE
10
Tranquilized : SEDATED
11
Descendant of Noah's eldest son : SEMITE
12
Symphonic presentation : CONCERT
13
One believing that God is indifferent : DEIST
14
Abner's "maw" : PANSY
18
Translators : RENDERERS
22
Post-tare allowances : TRETS
25
Regimens : DIETS
27
Carnegie and Evans : DALES
30
Kramden or Rackstraw : RALPH
32
Carnivore : MEATEATER
34
Nail or horn base : KERATIN
35
Say it again : RESTATE
36
Spoke : UTTERED
38
Troughs : MANGERS
39
"Gunsmoke" star : ARNESS
40
Approaches : NEARS
41
Site of knights' fights : LISTS
43
Warehouses : ETAPES
46
Paving stones : SETTS
48
Uneven, as if gnawed away : EROSE
51
Climb : RISE
55
Lon of Cambodia : NOL
57
Monogram for music's Duke : EKE
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.