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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Thursday, July 17, 1986

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { F G J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 24.4
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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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,400
Across
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They eat their words : RETRACTORS
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Director Vittorio De ___ : SICA
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Detestation : ABHORRENCE
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Dutch spread : EDAM
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Crayfish, e.g. : CRUSTACEAN
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Bill section : CERE
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Mind-boggling times : EONS
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Rock group, with "The" : WHO
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Hold back : DETAIN
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Let bait bob : DIB
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Punch line : NUB
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Passé : DATED
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"Evita" role : CHE
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Top-drawer : ELITE
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Ticks off : IRES
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Unorthodox believer : HERETIC
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Viaud's nom de plume : LOTI
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Guarantee : INSURE
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Migrants from Wis. to Ind. : MIAMIS
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Declaim violently : RANT
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Infant in his or her first month : NEONATE
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Karpov gambit, e.g. : PLOY
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Fall faller : ACORN
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Immediately : NOW
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Structure : SHAPE
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What Aaron wielded : BAT
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Turf : SOD
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In ___ (secretly) : CAMERA
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Moisten timber : RET
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"On Your ___" : TOES
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Global area : ASIA
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Three-time N.L. M.V.P. : CAMPANELLA
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State founder : PENN
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Financial departments : TREASURIES
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Time frames : ERAS
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Grayish-brown hues : SANDSTONES
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Marathon, e.g. : RACE
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Cantabrian river : EBRO
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Bellows : THUNDERS
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"Lou Grant" role : ROSSI
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Dance, e.g. : ART
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Insect's receptacle : CRAW
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Methodology : TECHNIC
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Baseball situation : ONEOUT
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Sarnoff's org. : RCA
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Telegraph : SEND
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Cult member : SECTARIAN
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Conceive : IDEATE
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Dental concerns : CARIES
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Restructure : AMEND
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Publishers' output : EDITIONS
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Double-dealer : BETRAYER
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___ canto : BEL
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Soror's letter : CHI
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Biddy : HEN
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Bank claim : LIEN
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Slavs and Croats, e.g. : EUROPEANS
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Hebrew seven-week period : OMER
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Strummer's instrument : MANDOLIN
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Robert of "Quincy, M.E." : ITO
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Baste : SEW
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Flap : TAB
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Steno's companion : NOTEPAD
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Mr. Spock's side arm : PHASER
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Thin plate : LAMINA
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Bizet opus : CARMEN
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Word with moon or land : SCAPE
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Colo. college : OTERO
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New Testament book : ACTS
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Soviet news org. : TASS
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Robert ___ : ELEE
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Snippiness : SASS
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Constellation or screw pine : ARA
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Kook : NUT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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