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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Wednesday, August 19, 1981

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 50.1
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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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,607
Across
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___ California : BAJA
5
Moistens : DAMPS
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W. Va. product : COAL
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Like 2, 4, 6, 8 ... : EVEN
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Predecessor of febrero : ENERO
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Airfield near Paris : ORLY
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Parched : SERE
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"Anything Goes" composer : COLEPORTER
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Meredith Willson's "76" : TROMBONES
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___ nova, dance meaning "new bump" : BOSSA
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Source of penicillin : MOLD
24
City near Düsseldorf : ESSEN
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7th, 8th, 9th, etc. in N.Y.C. : AVENUES
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Secondhand transactions : RESALES
33
Hell's Angel, for one : BIKER
34
Fulcrum for an oar : THOLE
36
Pedro's cheer : OLE
37
Juillet seasons : ETES
38
Evidence : PROOF
39
Fancy follower : FREE
40
Mus. adaptation : ARR
41
Light refractor : PRISM
42
Particle : FLECK
43
Asian wind : MONSOON
45
Early films : SILENTS
47
Rugged rocks : CRAGS
49
___ Brothers of comedic fame : RITZ
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Entree item : STEAK
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"___, Bothered and Bewildered" : BEWITCHED
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"Mister Wonderful" star, with "Jr." : SAMMYDAVIS
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Circle of light : HALO
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Hold fast : GRIP
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River to the Rhone : ISERE
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Wee drams : TOTS
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Ancient toilers : ESNES
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1, 9, 66, etc. : RTES
Down
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"___ Foot Forward" : BEST
2
Declare : AVER
3
"Roberta" composer : JEROMEKERN
4
Flowerlike sea animals : ANEMONES
5
Solve, as a cipher : DECODE
6
Prolific composer or author : ANON
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Riot : MELEE
8
Where compositors gather : PRESSROOMS
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Dip or dunk : SOP
10
Cigar with blunt ends : CORONA
11
Table scraps : ORTS
12
City NNW of Nimes : ALES
13
Heavenly Harp : LYRA
19
Falstaffian : OBESE
21
Smudge : BLUR
25
Prefix for esteem, help, etc. : SELF
26
At right angles to the keel : ABEAM
27
In ___ (in glass) : VITRO
28
Instrument for Bob Haggart, Slam Stewart et al. : STRINGBASS
30
"On Your Toes" lyricist : LORENZHART
31
Choose : ELECT
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Looks for : SEEKS
35
O.T. book : HOS
38
Malayan outrigger canoe : PROA
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Beaumont's collaborator : FLETCHER
41
Cartoon pig : PORKY
42
Move swiftly : FLIT
44
Rascals : SCAMPS
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Rainbows : IRISES
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"___ Brides for ... " : SEVEN
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N.C.O. : SSGT
51
Elephant's-ear : TARO
52
Give off : EMIT
54
Metal thread : WIRE
55
Other : ELSE
56
Female hares : DOES
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Atlantic City cube : DIE

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

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