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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Friday, June 23, 1967

28-Across : Part of tennis courts.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 42.4
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,523
Across
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Get top billing. : STAR
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Go away. : BEOFF
10
Shopping center feature. : MALL
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Claire de ___. : LUNE
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Not deserved. : UNDUE
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Melville's second book. : OMOO
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Catherine the Great's grandson. : ALEXANDERI
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Flyer's stunt. : LOOP
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Passing through. : VIA
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Ledgers: Abbr. : BKS
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Level. : ONALINE
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Jamboree. : SPREE
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Deserving. : WORTHY
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Part of tennis courts. : ALLEYS
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Fruit of a tree. : ACORN
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___-Able rocket. : THOR
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Letters. : ELS
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Part of AEC. : ATOMIC
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Juillet's follower. : AOUT
40
Holy place. : ALTAR
42
Ian Fleming creation. : DRNO
43
Glove leathers. : MOCHAS
45
Prefix with carp or calyx. : EPI
46
Sarcastic comments: Colloq. : DIGS
47
Merman. : ETHEL
48
Amazon country. : BRAZIL
50
Best of all. : NICEST
52
Go get. : FETCH
56
Worsted yarns. : CREWELS
59
Yangtze tributary. : HAN
61
Herb. : RUE
62
Girl of song. : LOLA
63
Receive into the mind. : ASSIMILATE
66
Eastern title. : EMIR
67
Americans of Japanese ancestry. : NISEI
68
Figure of the Augustan age. : OVID
69
Nonplus: Colloq. : FAZE
70
Sillies. : GEESE
71
Workers or drones. : BEES
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Poles. : SLAVS
2
Spring bloomer. : TULIP
3
Poetic preposition. : ANEAR
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Regina's spouse. : REX
5
Cabin feature. : BUNK
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"All's Well That ___" : ENDSWELL
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Lyric. : ODE
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Outbursts of enthusiasm. : FURORS
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Fencing maneuver. : FEINT
10
Pamper. : MOLLYCODDLE
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Mine: Fr. : AMOI
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Diving bird. : LOON
13
Swinging stride. : LOPE
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Biblical shepherd. : ABEL
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At the drop of ___. : AHAT
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Pottery. : EARTHENWARE
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Dinner course. : OYSTERS
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Meadows. : LEAS
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Ahab's father. : OMRI
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Echo. : RING
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Army men. : NCOS
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Subdue. : TAME
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Bird sound. : HOOT
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Pained cry. : OUCH
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State: Abbr. : ARIZ
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Emotionless states. : APATHIES
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Tell ___. : ALIE
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Libby's relative. : BESSIE
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Spanish region in Africa. : IFNI
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Loud noise. : CLANG
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Crossbeam. : TRAVE
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Doll. : CUTIE
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Pays attention. : HEEDS
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Roman à ___ (novel with a key). : CLEF
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Part of Italy. : ROMA
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Girl's name: Abbr. : ELIZ
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Friend, in Amiens. : AMIE
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Direction. : SSE
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Tennis stroke. : LOB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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