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Lou Sabin
New York Times, Saturday, September 28, 1991
14-Across : "No Strings" composer-lyricist
Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.29, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 56, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 61.3
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 J | 2 A | 3 F | 4 F | 5 E | 6 A | 7 M | 8 E | 9 N | ||||||
10 T | U | R | E | E | N | 11 L | A | N | A | 12 T | 13 E | |||
14 R | O | D | G | E | R | S | 15 I | N | S | T | A | N | 16 T |
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17 A | M | A | 18 S | M | U | 19 G | G | L | E | 20 G | A | R |
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21 J | A | I | 22 L | 23 I | R | O | N | Y | 24 B | O | B | O |
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25 A | T | S | E | 26 A | 27 I | L | S | 28 C | A | R | L | Y |
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29 H | O | M | E | L | 30 A | N | D | 31 T | H | R | E | E | S |
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32 W | I | N | G | C | 33 H | A | I | R | ||||||
34 I | 35 N | 36 T | A | C | T | 37 O | A | R | D | E | 38 A | 39 L | 40 S |
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41 D | E | A | R | E | 42 F | I | R | 43 E | L | L | E | N |
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44 L | E | N | D | 45 S | E | N | A | 46 T | 47 S | E | V | E |
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48 E | D | D | 49 S | T | A | S | S | E | 50 N | 51 R | E | E |
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52 S | L | E | 53 E | K | E | R | 54 S | T | O | 55 U | T | E | R |
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56 E | M | P | I | R | E | 57 E | R | A | S | E | S | |||
58 A | P | E | D | 59 S | A | M | A | R |
© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,299
Across
1
A "Gunga Din" star : JAFFE
6
Blessing closing : AMEN
10
Mulligatawny holder : TUREEN
11
Woolly : LANATE
14
"No Strings" composer-lyricist : RODGERS
15
Twinkling : INSTANT
17
Early wine vessel : AMA
18
Defy customs : SMUGGLE
20
___ Wood of boating fame : GAR
21
O. Henry slept here : JAIL
23
Dramatic device : IRONY
24
Newsom or Rockefeller : BOBO
25
Mixed up : ATSEA
27
French pronoun : ILS
28
Singing Simon : CARLY
29
Roots : HOMELAND
31
DEF's on some phones : THREES
32
Parlor piece : WINGCHAIR
34
Whole : INTACT
37
Severe scull sessions? : OARDEALS
41
"The Wreck of the Mary ___" : DEARE
42
Evergreen : FIR
43
Actress Terry : ELLEN
44
Afford : LEND
45
French legislative body : SENAT
47
Golf's Ballesteros : SEVE
48
Baseball's Roush : EDD
49
Harold the candidate : STASSEN
51
Arikara : REE
52
A leatherworker : SLEEKER
54
More courageous : STOUTER
56
Domain : EMPIRE
57
Obliterates : ERASES
58
Copied : APED
59
Leyte neighbor : SAMAR
Down
1
A monotheistic religion : JUDAISM
2
Bol. neighbor : ARG
3
Charges : FEES
4
Physicist's unit of length : FERMI
5
Guarantor's activity : ENSURING
6
Uses a trammel : ALIGNS
7
Bold and brave : MANLY
8
Otherwise, to Angus : ENSE
9
Cole or Pendleton : NAT
10
Spanish-rice ingredient : TOMATO
12
Bengali poet: 1861-1941 : TAGORE
13
Give authority to : ENABLE
14
Hornsby's sobriquet : RAJAH
16
An ancient city and a modern one : TROYS
19
Valuable eagles : GOLDCOINS
22
Nautical direction : LEEWARD
24
Tuns : BARRELS
26
Dodgson heroine : ALICE
28
Reprimand : CHIDE
30
Formicary dweller : ANT
31
Dick Deadeye, e.g. : TAR
33
Vexes : HARASSES
34
Loafs : IDLES
35
Ride : NEEDLE
36
Two-seater : TANDEM
38
More watchful : ALERTER
39
Some receptions : LEVEES
40
Cynic's look : SNEER
42
Redoubtable : FEARED
45
Cubic measure : STERE
46
Pet fish : TETRA
49
Bypass : SKIP
50
Language specialist Chomsky : NOAM
53
Govt. agency : EPA
55
U.N. member : USA
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.