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Lou Sabin
New York Times, Tuesday, August 20, 1991
37-Down : Old Guard commander at Waterloo
Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 41.6
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 C | 3 T | 4 S | 5 T | 6 S | 7 A | 8 R | 9 S | 10 W | 11 A | 12 M | 13 I |
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14 B | R | E | L | 15 E | T | N | A | 16 E | A | G | E | R |
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17 A | U | T | U | 18 M | N | I | N | N | 19 E | W | Y | O | R | K |
20 B | E | R | R | Y | 21 F | A | T | T | E | N | ||||
22 T | A | S | S | 23 E | L | S | 24 I | R | E | 25 N | 26 E | 27 S |
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28 T | S | E | 29 S | O | S | 30 O | V | I |
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31 O | 32 R | 33 N | I | S | 34 O | I | L | 35 A | L | E | C |
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36 U | P | I | N | C | E | 37 N | T | R | A | 38 L | P | A | R | K |
39 R | E | V | E | 40 N | E | T | 41 T | E | E | N | Y | |||
42 I | R | A | 43 S | T | Y | 44 K | E | G | ||||||
45 S | A | L | 46 A | M | I | 47 D | I | D | E | 48 R | 49 O | 50 T | ||
51 L | O | A | 52 D | E | D | 53 N | E | M | E | 54 A |
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55 B | 56 R | 57 O | O | K | L | Y | N | D | 58 O | D | G | E | R | S |
59 I | N | A | N | E | 60 A | S | I | A | 61 A | G | R | I |
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62 B | A | K | E | R | 63 D | E | E | R | 64 L | A | Y | S |
© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,260
Across
1
Biblical book : ACTS
5
Autocrat : TSAR
9
Pundit : SWAMI
14
Memorable Belgian composer-singer : BREL
15
Sicilian smoker : ETNA
16
Desirous : EAGER
17
Vernon Duke tune: 1935 : AUTUMNINNEWYORK
20
Bird's morsel : BERRY
21
Get the goose ready : FATTEN
22
Mortarboard pendants : TASSELS
24
Bordoni and Papas : IRENES
28
Mao follower : TSE
29
High-seas alert : SOS
30
Egg: Comb. form : OVI
31
Bird life : ORNIS
34
Industrial staple : OIL
35
Actor Guinness : ALEC
36
Romberg musical: 1945 : UPINCENTRALPARK
39
Alain's dream : REVE
40
Knick foe : NET
41
Wee : TEENY
42
A Gershwin : IRA
43
Messy place : STY
44
Nails holder : KEG
45
Deli section : SALAMI
47
French encyclopedist-philosopher : DIDEROT
51
Like cheaters' dice : LOADED
53
Festival site in ancient Greece : NEMEA
55
Quondam Empire State nine : BROOKLYNDODGERS
59
Senseless : INANE
60
Myanmar, Kampuchea, etc. : ASIA
61
Fields, to Nero : AGRI
62
Napoleon creator : BAKER
63
Buck, e.g. : DEER
64
Songs of sorts : LAYS
Down
1
Rhyme scheme for a quatrain : ABAB
2
Vinegar vial : CRUET
3
Aquarium favorite : TETRA
4
Bad-mouths : SLURS
5
Gymnast's goal : TEN
6
Choke : STIFLE
7
Sten and Karenina : ANNAS
8
Babble bellicosely : RANT
9
Places for certain turtles : SEWERS
10
"Red River" star : WAYNE
11
Past : AGO
12
Matelot's milieu : MER
13
Annoy : IRK
18
William Blake was one : MYSTIC
19
Bleached : ETIOLATED
23
Basic : ESSENTIAL
25
Fireballer Ryan : NOLAN
26
Partner of each : EVERY
27
Ill : SICK
29
Letter opener : SIR
31
Covent Garden attraction : OPERA
32
Yale, to Harvard : RIVAL
33
Bangkok-to-Hanoi dir. : NNE
34
Hubbell teammate : OTT
35
Rue Morgue murderer : APE
36
"Exodus" author : URIS
37
Old Guard commander at Waterloo : NEY
38
"Sleepy Hollow" tale : LEGEND
43
Informal party : SMOKER
44
Tyke : KIDDIE
46
Unaccompanied : ALONE
47
Meatheaded : DENSE
48
Like Lear : REGAL
49
Last word : OMEGA
50
Kind of cloth : TERRY
52
Pair : DYAD
54
Trade-arrangement phrase : ASIS
55
Highchair wear : BIB
56
Genetic factor : RNA
57
Roble or durmast : OAK
58
Bireme implement : OAR
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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