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Lou Sabin
New York Times, Monday, June 11, 1962
Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { V }, Scrabble score: 312 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 36.7
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 H | 2 A | 3 M | 4 L | 5 E | 6 T | 7 C | 8 A | 9 N | 10 A | 11 D | 12 A | |||
13 J | O | C | A | S | T | A | 14 U | T | I | L | I | Z | 15 E |
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16 E | R | E | C | T | O | R | 17 F | A | L | L | G | U | Y |
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18 W | A | R | 19 S | N | A | 20 F | F | L | E | 21 G | R | R |
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22 I | T | A | 23 L | 24 S | W | A | L | E | 25 M | I | I | I |
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26 S | I | T | E | 27 S | 28 A | M | I | 29 M | O | N | T | E |
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30 H | O | E | I | N | 31 G | 32 E | N | 33 L | A | R | G | E | S |
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34 S | O | I | 35 F | 36 K | O | N | G | |||||||
37 S | 38 P | 39 L | U | R | G | E | 40 D | 41 T | O | U | 42 C | 43 H | 44 E |
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45 Q | U | I | R | T | 46 L | I | 47 B | 48 R | E | L | A | X |
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49 U | R | G | E | 50 G | O | E | R | 51 S | 52 S | A | L | T |
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53 A | I | N | 54 C | A | N | T | A | T | 55 A | 56 R | O | E |
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57 S | T | I | 58 M | U | L | I | 59 C | O | N | 60 S | I | G | N |
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61 H | A | T | A | B | L | E | 62 T | W | I | S | T | E | D |
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63 N | E | R | E | I | S | 64 S | E | L | W | Y | N |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,714
Across
1
Prince of drama. : HAMLET
7
North of the Border. : CANADA
13
Wife of Laius. : JOCASTA
14
Put to work. : UTILIZE
16
Builder. : ERECTOR
17
One left holding the bag. : FALLGUY
18
"All hell." according to Sherman. : WAR
19
Kind of bit. : SNAFFLE
21
Kennel sound effect. : GRR
22
Printer's term. : ITAL
24
Marshy place. : SWALE
25
11 cen. date. : MIII
26
Locations. : SITES
28
"Here ___, send me." : AMI
29
Western card game. : MONTE
30
Farm work. : HOEING
32
Broadens. : ENLARGES
34
Thirst: Fr. : SOIF
36
Movie monster. : KONG
37
Showed off: Colloq. : SPLURGED
41
Swordsman's shout. : TOUCHE
45
Whip. : QUIRT
46
Ad ___. : LIB
48
Settle back. : RELAX
49
Prod. : URGE
50
Departing ones. : GOERS
52
NaCl. : SALT
53
Own: Scot. : AIN
54
Dramatic choral work. : CANTATA
56
Hind. : ROE
57
Incentives. : STIMULI
59
Entrust. : CONSIGN
61
Abhorrent: Var. : HATABLE
62
Meandered. : TWISTED
63
Sea nymph: Lat. : NEREIS
64
England's Lloyd. : SELWYN
Down
1
Friend of 1 Across. : HORATIO
2
Needle-shaped. : ACERATE
3
Name for a Scottie. : MAC
4
W. W. II craft. : LSTS
5
Jackets. : ETONS
6
One of the Gilbert Islands. : TARAWA
7
Piece of jewelry. : CUFFLINK
8
Part of a Dickens title. : ATALE
9
African river. : NILE
10
Completely. : ALL
11
Spadework. : DIGGING
12
Semiprecious stone. : AZURITE
13
Semitic. : JEWISH
15
Houses on heights. : EYRIES
20
Celebrity. : FAME
23
Result of a 35-hour week. : LEISURE
25
Newspaper reference libraries. : MORGUES
27
Sound of disgust. : SNORT
29
Landed estate. : MANOR
31
One-horse shay. : GIG
33
Piece of property. : LOT
35
Crimes. : FELONIES
37
Court game. : SQUASH
38
Pilgrim Father. : PURITAN
39
Brown coal. : LIGNITE
40
Calorie chart. : DIET
42
Writer's asset. : CLARITY
43
Fluorine, for example. : HALOGEN
44
Put forth. : EXTEND
47
Leaves on flower stalks. : BRACTS
50
___ Curci. : GALLI
51
Vermont ski town. : STOWE
54
Geometrical figure. : CUBE
55
Dye. : ANIL
58
Spoil. : MAR
60
Compass point. : SSW
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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