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Lou Sabin
Lou Sabin

New York Times, Saturday, September 28, 1991

24-Down : Tuns

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
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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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,299
Across
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A "Gunga Din" star : JAFFE
6
Blessing closing : AMEN
10
Mulligatawny holder : TUREEN
11
Woolly : LANATE
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"No Strings" composer-lyricist : RODGERS
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Twinkling : INSTANT
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Early wine vessel : AMA
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Defy customs : SMUGGLE
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___ Wood of boating fame : GAR
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O. Henry slept here : JAIL
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Dramatic device : IRONY
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Newsom or Rockefeller : BOBO
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Mixed up : ATSEA
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French pronoun : ILS
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Singing Simon : CARLY
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Roots : HOMELAND
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DEF's on some phones : THREES
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Parlor piece : WINGCHAIR
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Whole : INTACT
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Severe scull sessions? : OARDEALS
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"The Wreck of the Mary ___" : DEARE
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Evergreen : FIR
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Actress Terry : ELLEN
44
Afford : LEND
45
French legislative body : SENAT
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Golf's Ballesteros : SEVE
48
Baseball's Roush : EDD
49
Harold the candidate : STASSEN
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Arikara : REE
52
A leatherworker : SLEEKER
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More courageous : STOUTER
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Domain : EMPIRE
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Obliterates : ERASES
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Copied : APED
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Leyte neighbor : SAMAR
Down
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A monotheistic religion : JUDAISM
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Bol. neighbor : ARG
3
Charges : FEES
4
Physicist's unit of length : FERMI
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Guarantor's activity : ENSURING
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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
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An ancient city and a modern one : TROYS
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Valuable eagles : GOLDCOINS
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Nautical direction : LEEWARD
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Tuns : BARRELS
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Dodgson heroine : ALICE
28
Reprimand : CHIDE
30
Formicary dweller : ANT
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Dick Deadeye, e.g. : TAR
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Vexes : HARASSES
34
Loafs : IDLES
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Ride : NEEDLE
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Two-seater : TANDEM
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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.

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