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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Tuesday, February 21, 1956

5-Down : Waters.

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.70, Missing: { F J K Y Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 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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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,429
Across
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Name for a shaggy dog. : RAGS
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Author of "Hedda Gabler." : IBSEN
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Competent. : ABLE
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Country of SW Asia. : IRAQ
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Dodger stalwart. : REESE
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Mild expletive. : DRAT
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"___ et mon droit." : DIEU
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Leases. : RENTS
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Prima donna. : DIVA
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Scene of a naval battle, 480 B. C. : SALAMIS
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Moral. : ETHICAL
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Head covering. : WIG
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Harass. : BESET
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War vessel. : LST
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Where Elmo E. Smith is Acting Governor. : SALEM
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Seventh sign of the zodiac. : LIBRA
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Melodies. : AIRS
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Children's game. : TAG
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Delayed. : SLOWED
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Is the wish of. : PLEASES
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Condition of certain laborers. : PEONAGE
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Boxing matches. : EVENTS
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General's nickname. : MAC
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Thin cooky. : SNAP
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___ Goshen! : LANDO
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Caribbean port. : COLON
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Musically high. : ALT
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Entire range or series. : GAMUT
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Egg mixture. : NOG
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Sales agent. : REALTOR
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Place where one lives. : ADDRESS
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Isle of exile. : ELBA
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Rotating machine. : LATHE
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Part of a nerve cell. : AXON
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Beverages. : ALES
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Clear sky. : ETHER
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Farm structure. : SILO
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Doilies. : MATS
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Appears. : SEEMS
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Mulligan, for instance. : STEW
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Frees (with "of"). : RIDS
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Operatic solo. : ARIA
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W. B. Yeats was one. : GAEL
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Pocahontas was one. : SQUAW
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Waters. : IRRIGATES
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"And murmuring of innumerable ___." : BEES
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Japanese coin. : SEN
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Regard. : ESTEEM
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Hornets' ___. : NESTS
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Annexes and ells. : ADDITIONS
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___-a-brac. : BRIC
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Source of pumice. : LAVA
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And elsewhere: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
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Wrong; ill: Prefix. : MIS
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Greeting. : HELLO
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Implore. : BEG
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Place for a decoration. : LAPEL
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Forest trees of a certain area. : SILVA
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Made of wood. : TREEN
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___ Vegas. : LAS
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Master or boss, in Africa. : BWANA
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Kingly. : REGAL
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Expert. : ADEPT
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Time-teller. : SANDGLASS
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Approvers of motions. : SECONDERS
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Ermine in brown. : STOAT
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Buddy. : PAL
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Pithy remark. : MOT
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Vicar's deputy. : CURATE
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Head movement. : NOD
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Burrowers. : MOLES
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Fescue. : GRASS
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Twenty quires. : REAM
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Singer Fitzgerald. : ELLA
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Incite. : ABET
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Attention-getting sound. : AHEM
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Stage direction. : EXIT
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Fish. : SOLE
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Weather prediction. : SNOW
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Relative of 30 Down. : THE

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

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