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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Monday, May 29, 1967

51-Down : Military acronym.

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 58.8
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. 6,498
Across
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Does patchwork. : SEWS
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Boss on a shield. : UMBO
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Engine sound. : CHUG
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Playwright's concern. : PLOT
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Sheltered places. : NOOKS
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Seine tributary. : OISE
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African plant. : ALOE
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Carpenter. : WOODWORKER
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California giants. : REDWOODS
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Snakes. : ADDERS
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U.S. naval hero. : PERRY
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Potable of a kind. : BREW
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One kind of card. : CREDIT
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Go all-out. : AIMTOWIN
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___ cit. : LOC
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Kind of writer: Colloq. : GHOST
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Fodder plant. : SORGO
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Diving birds. : AUKS
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Tied in bondage. : YOKED
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Measure (out). : DOLE
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Soak. : STEEP
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0000000000. : ZEROS
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___-pros. : NOL
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Augured. : HERALDED
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Shouts from certain winners. : BINGOS
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Set in place. : LAID
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___ Marmara. : SEAOF
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Give heed. : ATTEND
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Bitterness. : WORMWOOD
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House support. : WOODENBEAM
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Run ___. : INTO
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Honshu city. : OTSU
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Numerical prefix. : TETRA
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Move strongly. : STIR
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Speak like a child. : LISP
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Group: Abbr. : ASSN
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Verb suffix. : ESCE
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Mast. : SPAR
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She: Fr. : ELLE
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Flicker. : WOODPECKER
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Cooked. : STEWED
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Not deserving. : UNWORTHY
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Temperamental. : MOODY
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Disapproving sounds. : BOOS
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Approved, in a way. : OKD
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Logs. : CORDWOOD
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Summer event. : HIKE
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Employer. : USER
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Teutons: Abbr. : GERS
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Dense moving crowd. : SWARM
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U.S. playwright. : ODETS
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Prototype: Abbr. : ORIG
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Dangerous dog. : BITER
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Disagree. : CLASH
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Channel. : ROUTE
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Requested. : ASKED
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Printer's problems. : WRONGFONTS
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Cold-weather home. : IGLOO
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Christmas greetings. : NOELS
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Seeped. : OOZED
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Closed completely. : SEALEDUP
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___ pinscher. : DOBERMAN
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Tool for 18 Across. : PLANE
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Anna's land. : SIAM
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"She ___ say yes ... " : DIDNT
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Not at all. : NOWISE
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Flies. : SOARS
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Military acronym. : AWOL
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Whole: Prefix. : TOTI
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Partner of pitch. : TOSS
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Drenches. : WETS
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Of the ear. : OTIC
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French illustrator. : DORE
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First name in the theater. : BEA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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