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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Tuesday, October 10, 1989

46-Down : Highway rumblers

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { J Q V X Y }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 20.4
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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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,581
Across
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Add cumin, e.g. : SEASON
7
Norwegian monarch : OLAF
11
Sprite : ELF
14
Mechanical eye : CAMERA
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Bill Bendix role : BABE
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"The Gold Bug" author : POE
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Stalwart female : AMAZON
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Rarity : ONER
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Poor : ILL
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Pince-___ : NEZ
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Thrilling : ELECTRICAL
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Monogram of "The Waste Land" poet : TSE
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Robert of "Quincy, M.E." : ITO
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Danish weights : ESER
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Place : STEAD
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Succinct : TERSE
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Early radio : WIRELESS
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Datum : FACT
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Dwelling : ABODE
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Erwin of Hollywood : STU
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Bob Hope's specialty : HUMOR
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Realtor's holding : LAND
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Set apart : INSULATE
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Mannerism : TRAIT
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Command : ORDER
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Statue in Piccadilly Circus : EROS
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He may be tight : END
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Sonny's sibling : SIS
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Railroad employees : CONDUCTORS
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Potential boomer : TNT
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Echo : APE
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Visit : CALL
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Declare, in court : ALLEGE
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Gob : TAR
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Swiss painter : KLEE
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He has vested interests : TAILOR
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Like Methuselah : OLD
68
Marionette maker : SARG
69
Holdings : ESTATE
Down
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Limited : SCANT
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Soprano Emma : EAMES
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Astonish : AMAZE
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Utters, in Br'er Fox jargon : SEZ
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"___ y Plata" (Mont. motto) : ORO
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Fabray of films : NANETTE
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Hautboy : OBOE
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Speared : LANCED
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Aids an arsonist : ABETS
10
Weasel's kin : FERRET
11
"Beowulf" is one : EPIC
12
"Damn Yankees" role : LOLA
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Plunged to earth : FELL
22
Friable soil deposit : LOESS
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Angry : IREFUL
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Man or Wight : ISLE
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On the move : ASTIR
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Hero of Hindu literature : RAMA
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Mull resident : SCOT
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Raison d'___ : ETRE
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Kelly or Disney : WALT
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Building beam : IBAR
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Author Jaffe : RONA
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Swirled : EDDIED
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At the bottom : UNDER
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Hatfield of Hollywood : HURD
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Perceived by touch, smell, etc. : SENSATE
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Highway rumblers : TRUCKS
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Groom : OSTLER
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City near Gainesville, Fla. : OCALA
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Roman burial stone : STELA
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Metal brick : INGOT
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Cubic meter : STERE
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Friend of Pompey : CATO
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Oct. birthstone : OPAL
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Jerk : NERD
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Designer Cassini : OLEG
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Musical syllables : LAS
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Kindled : LIT

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