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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Wednesday, October 15, 1975

61-Across : Author Alec

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q V }, Scrabble score: 319 (avg 1.72)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has both left-right and up-down 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.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,559
Across
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Hoad and Ayres : LEWS
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Baghdad notable : THIEF
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Mountain goat : IBEX
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Leaf angle : AXIL
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Hair dye : HENNA
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Green shade : NILE
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Day or tiger : LILY
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Outer layers : RINDS
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Valley : GLEN
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Master Melvin : OTT
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Cent or annum : PER
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Holy woman: Abbr. : STE
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Zodiac sign : LEO
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___ the rag : CHEW
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Treat delicately : BABY
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Voiceless : APHONIC
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Crusader's enemy : SARACEN
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Oriental gumshoe : CHAN
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___ Prize : NOBEL
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S.A. Indian : TUPI
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Plate or run : HOME
40
Use a baton : TWIRL
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___ far as : INSO
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Weakens : EBBS
43
Riled : HETUP
44
Social climber : SNOB
45
Boiled : SEETHED
47
Overcook the eggs : MISTIME
49
Indian peasant : RYOT
50
Harold of old comics : TEEN
51
Wire measure : MIL
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Seaver : TOM
55
Bit of pretense : ACT
56
Baby word : GOO
59
Milky gem : OPAL
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Author Alec : WAUGH
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Lateen-rigged vessel : DHOW
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Land mass : ASIA
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Follow : ENSUE
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Bewilder : DAZE
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Secret society : TONG
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Second best : LOSER
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Govt. agents : TMEN
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French composer : LALO
2
Door : EXIT
3
The Big Dipper, sportswise : WILTCHAMBERLAIN
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Foxy : SLY
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One in a will : HEIR
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Hospice : INN
8
Gertain Giants or Jets : ENDS
9
Nolan Ryan, for one : FASTBALLPITCHER
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Common suffix : ING
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Basketball star : BILLYCUNNINGHAM
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Robert ___ : ELEE
13
Foreign: Prefix : XENO
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Sword's foe : PEN
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Place for a ring : EAR
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Character trait : HONESTY
28
Sheer fabric : BATISTE
29
Suffers : ACHES
30
Aversion: Suffix : PHOBE
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Bullied : COWED
32
Whey : SERUM
33
___ Downs : EPSOM
34
Tantalus's daughter : NIOBE
37
Bridle part : BIT
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On a winning streak : HOT
48
Kind of basketball shot : SET
51
Castle ditch : MOAT
52
___ jure : IPSO
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___ War : MANO
55
Cold chill : AGUE
57
Seep : OOZE
58
Author Wister : OWEN
60
Fall behind : LAG
62
Naval prefix : USS
63
Plant spray : DDT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 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.

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