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Lou Sabin
New York Times, Monday, July 14, 1980
Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 23.5
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 A | 2 M | 3 P | 4 S | | 5 C | 6 A | 7 D | 8 E | 9 T | | | 10 C | 11 R | 12 I |
13 M | O | R | T | | 14 A | L | A | M | O | | 15 F | O | E | S |
16 B | R | O | A | 17 D | W | A | Y | M | U | 18 S | I | C | A | L |
19 O | N | A | I | R | | | 20 S | E | R | E | N | A | D | E |
| | | 21 D | E | 22 B | 23 T | | 24 T | E | E | N | | | |
25 R | 26 E | 27 F | | 28 N | O | R | 29 M | | 30 D | R | I | 31 V | 32 E | 33 R |
34 U | S | E | | 35 C | L | A | U | 36 S | | | 37 S | I | L | O |
38 S | T | E | 39 P | H | E | N | S | O | 40 N | 41 D | H | E | I | M |
42 T | O | L | E | | | 43 S | I | N | A | I | | 44 W | H | A |
45 S | P | A | R | 46 S | 47 E | | 48 C | A | P | E | | 49 S | U | N |
| | | 50 V | I | L | 51 E | | 52 R | A | S | 53 P | | | |
54 P | 55 H | 56 E | A | S | A | N | 57 T | | | 58 E | R | 59 A | 60 S | 61 E |
62 S | E | N | D | I | N | T | H | 63 E | 64 C | L | O | W | N | S |
65 T | I | D | E | | 66 D | R | A | K | E | | 67 B | E | A | T |
68 S | R | S | | | 69 S | Y | N | G | E | | 70 E | D | G | E |
© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,206
Across
1
5
10
13
14
Crockett's last stand :
ALAMO15
16
19
Walking ___ (ecstatic) :
ONAIR20
21
24
Harold of the comics :
TEEN25
28
30
34
35
37
38
42
Decorative metalware :
TOLE43
Biblical mountain :
SINAI44
"Scots ___ hae ... " :
WHA45
48
49
Arizona State's ___ Devils :
SUN50
52
54
58
62
65
This has its highs and lows :
TIDE66
Star of "Kismet," "Oklahoma!," etc. :
DRAKE67
68
69
Top playwright of the Irish Renaissance :
SYNGE70
Successful gambler's asset :
EDGE
Down
1
2
Poetic time of day :
MORN3
Outrigger for an Indonesian :
PROA4
5
6
Mode or king predecessor :
ALA7
Werfel's "The Forty ___ of Musa Dagh" :
DAYS8
Robert ___ Sherwood :
EMMET9
Took the show on the road :
TOURED10
Letitia Primrose in "On the 20th Century" :
COCA11
12
" ... this scepter'd ___": Shak. :
ISLE15
17
18
22
23
Prefix with form or port :
TRANS25
26
Prohibit at the bar :
ESTOP27
"I ___ Song Coming On" :
FEELA29
Frederick Loewe's forte :
MUSIC31
32
33
36
39
40
41
46
"In Spain they say ___" :
SISI47
51
Bookkeeper's item :
ENTRY53
54
Attention-getting sounds :
PSTS55
56
Millay's candle had two :
ENDS57
Word for comparisons :
THAN59
60
61
Puzzler's favorite Italian family :
ESTE63
64
Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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