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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Tuesday, October 24, 1967

17-Across : Koala land.

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 18.0
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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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,646
Across
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Bridge. : SPAN
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Spanish home. : CASA
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Hollers. : BAWLS
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Beverage base. : COLA
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Requests. : ASKS
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"Hunter" in the sky. : ORION
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Koala land. : AUSTRALIA
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Liquid measure. : OUNCE
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Pledge. : TROTH
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Puckish. : ELFIN
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Nickname famous in 1920's. : CAL
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Sang falsetto. : YODELED
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Small room. : CELL
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Degrees. : BAS
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Info. : DOPE
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Mailing address. : APO
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Way of buying. : ONCREDIT
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"___ on the back." : ASLAP
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Lingers. : STAYSON
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Bows, in a way. : KOWTOWS
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Port west of Haiphong. : HANOI
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Stuffs. : JAMPACKS
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Asian. : TAI
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Winglike. : ALAR
47
Presidential initials. : HST
48
Nine-to-five activities. : JOBS
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Judea's neighbor. : SAMARIA
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Century. : AGE
55
Muslim deity. : ALLAH
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Relation. : NIECE
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Type of film. : PILOT
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Sun, for one. : GIANTSTAR
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To have: Fr. : AVOIR
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Israeli port. : ACRE
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Lemur of Asia. : LORI
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Recently. : NEWLY
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Port ___. : SAID
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Purposes. : ENDS
Down
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Beat it! : SCAT
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Stream. : POUR
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As well. : ALSO
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Dapper. : NATTY
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Aeronautics group. : CAA
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" ... ___ the deep." : ASLEEPIN
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Frying pan. : SKILLET
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"___ and sane Fourth." : ASAFE
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Kind of companion. : BOON
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Indonesian island group. : ARU
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Recoil. : WINCE
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Nearby. : LOCAL
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Short fishing line. : SNELL
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African region. : RHODESIA
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Greek mountain. : IDA
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Extinct bird. : DODO
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___ Brava. : COSTA
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Buncombe! : BOSH
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Actors' group. : ANTA
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Read. : SCAN
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Trail mark. : PAWPRINT
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Indian peasants. : RYOTS
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Scottish bay. : LOCH
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Slangy cries of surprise. : AWKS
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Listen! : PSST
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Desert plateau of So. Africa. : KALAHARI
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Actor Sharif. : OMAR
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Where Kingston is. : JAMAICA
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43 Down, in short. : ISL
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Eastern nation. : JAPAN
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Gothic arch. : OGIVE
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Not topside. : BELOW
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Seaweeds. : ALGAS
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Groom's path. : AISLE
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Give it ___. : ATRY
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Kind of jacket. : ETON
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Deuce. : CARD
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Sister of Ares. : ERIS
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Fuel. : OIL
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Man's nickname. : NED

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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