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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Saturday, September 14, 1991

33-Across : Onset

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 3, 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.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,285
Across
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Cornered : TREED
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Loved too fondly : DOTED
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Biker's up-front maneuver : WHEELIE
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Subjected to planation : ERODED
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Hemingway's way : REALISM
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Knight's superior : BARONET
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Hangs out : IDLES
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The Great Profile : BARRYMORE
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Etienne's evening : SOIR
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Schwarzenegger, to pals : ARNIE
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Variety ducats : TIX
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High fashion : TON
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Brief bloomers? : GLADS
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Indy winner: 1983 : SNEVA
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Substitute for : REPLACE
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Vacation mementos : SLIDES
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Mangled : LACERATED
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Onset : ATTACK
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Most slyly sarcastic : SNIDEST
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Construction sight : CRANE
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Treasure Island pirate : BONES
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Warner of coaching fame : POP
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"___ Men," 1987 film : TIN
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Decibel measures : SONES
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Julia from San Juan : RAUL
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Extreme : UTTERMOST
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A friend of Winnie the Pooh : KANGA
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Have reference (to) : PERTAIN
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"West Side Story" tune : TONIGHT
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Emu or moa : RATITE
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Sends to Elba, e.g. : ENISLES
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Comedian from N.C. : SALES
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Direct : STEER
Down
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"Katy, bar ___!" : THEDOOR
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Straighten anew : REALINE
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He might say, "That's a moray!" : EELER
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Site of first Olympics : ELIS
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Persephone's spouse : DIS
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Flotsam and jetsam : DEBRIS
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"___ Ben Jonson!" : ORARE
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Royalist in '76 : TORY
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Sela was its capital : EDOM
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Indicated : DENOTED
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Watch site : WRIST
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Sign of affection : EMBRACE
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Get from a source : DERIVE
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Site of Jim Hogg County : TEXAS
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Maxwell and Judith : ANDERSONS
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Elizabethan interjection : ALACK
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Frozen : GLACE
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Komatiks : SLEDS
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Brood : NIDE
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Layout : PLAN
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Hordeola : STIES
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Actress-singer Funicello : ANNETTE
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Misbehave : ACTUP
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More hackneyed : TRITER
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Hindu religious reading : TANTRAS
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Glitter : SPANGLE
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Not so easy : TOUGHER
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Pat and Richard : BOONES
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Charts : PLATS
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Emulate David : SMITE
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Heighten : RAISE
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Sundance Kid's girlfriend : ETTA
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Scold : RAIL
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Stretchy fabric : KNIT
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Switch positions : ONS

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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