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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Friday, July 7, 1967

26-Down : Strip a ship of ropes.

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 24.3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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. 6,537
Across
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Row. : TIER
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Old-time carriage. : SHAY
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Ways up or down. : RAMPS
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___ in one's bonnet. : ABEE
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Contents of a nose bag. : OATS
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Sheeplike. : OVINE
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Bernstein ballet. : FANCYFREE
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Philanthropist. : DONOR
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Auditions. : TRYOUTS
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Beat of the 1920's. : RAGTIME
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Menotti role. : AMAHL
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"Leave ___ to heaven ... " : HER
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Big name in pro football. : UNITAS
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Musical entertainment. : OPERETTA
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Mets or Yanks. : NINE
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Requests. : PLEAS
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Saw (wood) along the grain. : RIP
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Tear. : REND
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Menu item. : SALAD
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Reading matter. : TALE
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Dessert. : ICE
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Danger. : PERIL
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Yesterday: Fr. : HIER
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Big name in music. : GERSHWIN
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Corrects. : EMENDS
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Garden tool. : HOE
48
Sparkle. : GLEAM
50
Room of a kind. : ROTUNDA
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Referred (with "to"). : ALLUDED
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Perform, in a way. : EMOTE
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Funny girl. : STREISAND
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Flowering herb. : SEDUM
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50 minutes, in our time. : HOUR
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Concept. : IDEA
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Figure of speech. : TROPE
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Menu item. : YAMS
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Snug: Var. : COSY
Down
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Wilson's predecessor. : TAFT
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Builder's item. : IBAR
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Counting-out word. : EENY
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Painted again. : RECOATED
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___ silk. : SOFTAS
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Rough. : HARSH
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Devoured. : ATE
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Belgian river. : YSER
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Composer of "Carousel." : RODGERS
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___ santé. : AVOTRE
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Prefix with skirt et al. : MINI
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___ Penh. : PNOM
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Withered. : SERE
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Arizona city. : YUMA
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In advance. : AHEAD
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Drooping. : LOLLING
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Strip a ship of ropes. : UNRIG
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Relation. : NIECE
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Kind of tube. : INNER
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Bell sound. : PEAL
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Express, for one. : TRAIN
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Like some floors. : TILED
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Mimics. : APERS
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Equal: Prefix. : PARI
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Darned. : SEWED
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Face ___. : THEMUSIC
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Speech sound. : PHONEME
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___ shop. : SHUTUP
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Certain fishermen. : EELERS
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African country. : MALI
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Old-fashioned tocsin. : LARUM
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Musical sign. : REST
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1/10 ephah. : OMER
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Commotion. : TODO
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Gray. : ASHY
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Pedestal part. : DADO
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Chemical suffixes. : ENES
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Time to remember. : DDAY
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___ degree (somewhat). : TOA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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