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Lou Sabin
New York Times, Wednesday, October 6, 1993
Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { H J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 62.0
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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 E | 3 T | 4 U | 5 P | 6 U | 7 R | 8 B | 9 A | 10 N | |||||
11 S | P | A | R | S | E | 12 M | A | O | R | I | 13 S | |||
14 F | U | R | R | I | E | R | 15 P | I | N | T | A | I | 16 L |
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17 U | B | I | 18 B | U | M | 19 P | I | N | G | 20 G | E | E |
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21 N | U | T | 22 S | 23 P | E | A | R | Y | 24 C | A | V | E |
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25 G | R | E | T | 26 E | 27 A | P | E | 28 B | A | R | E | D |
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29 O | B | S | O | L | 30 E | T | E | 31 M | O | R | A | S | S |
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32 P | A | P | E | R | 33 M | O | O | N | ||||||
34 S | 35 I | 36 E | S | T | A | 37 M | I | D | L | A | 38 N | 39 D | 40 S |
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41 A | R | G | U | E | 42 D | I | D | 43 A | G | A | I | N |
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44 G | O | O | P | 45 S | A | L | T | 46 S | 47 E | T | N | A |
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48 A | N | T | 49 B | A | L | L | O | T | 50 S | 51 T | A | G |
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52 S | E | R | 53 P | E | N | T | 54 W | E | A | 55 V | E | R | S |
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56 R | I | A | L | T | O | 57 N | E | V | E | R | S | |||
58 P | Y | L | O | N | 59 S | L | E | D | S |
© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,038
Across
1
Frame : SETUP
6
Of a big town : URBAN
11
Meager : SPARSE
12
N.Z. natives : MAORIS
14
Merchant of warmth? : FURRIER
15
River duck : PINTAIL
17
___ supra (as above) : UBI
18
Jolting : BUMPING
20
Dobbin turner : GEE
21
Streisand film: 1987 : NUTS
23
Arctic explorer : PEARY
24
"Fingal's ___": Mendelssohn : CAVE
25
Marathoner Waitz : GRETE
27
Rue Morgue killer : APE
28
Disclosed : BARED
29
Out-of-date : OBSOLETE
31
Swamp : MORASS
32
O'Neal-O'Neal film: 1973 : PAPERMOON
34
Tijuana break : SIESTA
37
England's central counties : MIDLANDS
41
Indulge in forensics : ARGUE
42
Accomplished : DID
43
Ballad of 1948 : AGAIN
44
Sticky stuff : GOOP
45
Pequod's crew : SALTS
47
Cup-and-saucer heater : ETNA
48
Diminutive social worker : ANT
49
Forms of elections : BALLOTS
51
Schoolyard game : TAG
52
First seducer : SERPENT
54
Seeger's old folk-singing group : WEAVERS
56
Gotham's Broadway area : RIALTO
57
City on the Loire : NEVERS
58
Conical road marker : PYLON
59
Pungs : SLEDS
Down
1
Impish ones : SPRITES
2
Attention : EAR
3
Former N.Y. daily : TRIB
4
Exhaust : USEUP
5
Diffuse : PERMEATE
6
Diamond authority : UMPIRE
7
Wet : RAINY
8
Ringing sound : BONG
9
Camp activity : ART
10
Monroe-Cotten film: 1953 : NIAGARA
11
Great Neck to N.Y.C., e.g. : SUBURB
13
Prospects, in a way : SIEVES
14
Batted ball in baseball practice : FUNGO
16
University city on the Aire : LEEDS
19
Publisher's supply source : PAPERMILL
22
Clogs : STOPSUP
24
Slaughter : CARNAGE
26
Make proud : ELATE
28
Yalie's song opening : BOOLA
30
U.S. watchdog agcy. : EPA
31
"Now" : MOD
33
Cities' sections : MIDTOWNS
34
Long stories : SAGAS
35
Laundry appliance : IRONER
36
Self-satisfying course of action : EGOTRIP
38
Babbles : NATTERS
39
Kuwaiti money : DINARS
40
Hitches : SNAGS
42
Surname of Old West outlaw brothers : DALTON
45
Domingo or Tomás : SANTO
46
Symbol of toughness : STEEL
49
Quasimodo's charge : BELL
50
Reliever's quest : SAVE
53
Be profitable : PAY
55
Author Mehta : VED
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 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.