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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Thursday, March 6, 1958

41-Down : Littlest.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,173
Across
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Broadcasting sounds: Colloq. : BEEPS
6
Spanish, Portuguese, etc. : LATINS
12
Poetic postscript. : LENVOI
13
Redolent. : ODOROUS
15
Pennsylvania's first family. : LEADERS
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Campus hat style. : PORKPIE
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Burdened. : LADEN
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Prevent. : AVERT
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Tank carrier of World War II. : LST
21
Eager. : AVID
22
Collect bit by bit. : GLEAN
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Ultimate. : LAST
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The infantry. : MEN
25
Composer Franck. : CESAR
26
High school in France. : LYCEE
27
Izaak Walton. : ANGLER
29
Beirut citizens. : LEBANESE
31
Baksheesh. : ALMS
33
Time of day. : DAWN
34
Mencken's magazine, 1914-23. : SMARTSET
38
Public utilities magnate (1859-1938). : INSULL
42
Units of aircraft. : WINGS
43
Botanical appendages. : ARILS
45
Scottish negative. : NAE
46
"Vissi d'___," Tosca aria. : ARTE
47
Salad garnish. : CRESS
48
Lady: Span. : DONA
49
Numerical word element. : TRI
50
Harmless lizard. : GECKO
51
Forays. : RAIDS
52
Painter of "Shrimp Girl." : HOGARTH
54
Kind of night for romance. : MOONLIT
56
Learned. : ERUDITE
57
Summons. : EVOKES
58
More dejected. : SADDER
59
Prepared for planting. : RAKED
Down
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Indian handiwork. : BEADING
2
Discontinued. : ENDED
3
Just as. : EVEN
4
By: Span. : POR
5
Rope fibers. : SISALS
6
Adjective for a beagle. : LOPEARED
7
Embellish. : ADORN
8
Civil wrong: Law. : TORT
9
Trouble. : IRK
10
Not anywhere: Dial. : NOPLACE
11
Neighbors for Marianne (with "Les"). : SUISSES
12
Tempering quality. : LEAVEN
14
Furniture store item. : SETTEE
15
Guanaco's cousin. : LLAMA
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Wiener schnitzel. : VEAL
22
Origins. : GERMS
23
Fontanne and namesakes. : LYNNS
25
Irish, Gaels, Welsh. : CELTS
26
Sheer fabrics. : LAWNS
28
Far-reaching. : LARGE
30
Pail handles. : BAILS
32
Ransacker. : SEARCHER
34
Envelop. : SWATHE
35
Reflects. : MIRRORS
36
One of the Leeward Islands. : ANTIGUA
37
Travel. : TREK
39
Adjective for a squeaky hinge. : UNOILED
40
Kenesaw Mountain ___. : LANDIS
41
Littlest. : LEAST
44
Type of chemical compound. : ISOMER
47
This: Fr. : CETTE
48
Thank you, in Berlin. : DANKE
50
Grating. : GRID
51
Black bird. : ROOK
53
Say further. : ADD
55
Eggs: Lat. : OVA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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