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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Thursday, May 6, 1982

11-Down : ___ red (vermilion)

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 37.6
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Clue for 44-Across may be incorrect—Esh Sham seems to refer to Damascus, not to Syria as a whole.

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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,867
Across
1
Dogcatcher's quarry : STRAY
6
Harms bodily : MAIMS
11
"There'll Be Some ___ Made," old song : CHANGES
13
Tropical fruit : MANGOES
15
Difficult spot : HOTSEAT
16
Bobolink : ORTOLAN
17
Daily grind : RUT
18
Lees : DREGS
20
Redolence : AROMA
21
"Miss ___ Regrets," 1934 song : OTIS
23
Pusher's nemesis : NARC
24
Bustle : STIR
25
___ Park, N.J. : MENLO
27
Feline plaint : MEOU
29
"This ___ House," 1954 song : OLE
30
Cereal plant diseases : ERGOTS
32
Subjugates : ENSLAVES
35
Two wedded poets : BROWNINGS
37
River called "Big Muddy" : MISSOURI
40
Comfortable : ATHOME
44
___ Shâm (Syria, to an Arab) : ESH
45
Let : RENT
47
Bridge card : HONOR
48
Active one : DOER
50
Tourist stop in N India : AGRA
52
Cheerio! : TATA
53
In worse shape : ILLER
55
Hebrew letter : TSADI
57
Qt. parts : PTS
58
Baseball's Hunter : CATFISH
60
Former European coin : PISTOLE
62
Stows cargo : STEEVES
63
"Ambition should be made of ___ stuff": Shak. : STERNER
64
Miscalculated : ERRED
65
Gardener's purchase : SEEDS
Down
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He's not soft-spoken : SHOUTER
2
Lace work : TATTING
3
Hosp. personnel : RNS
4
___ P, Dickens character : AGED
5
Long : YEARN
6
Windy mo. : MAR
7
Square column : ANTA
8
Stravinsky and Sikorsky : IGORS
9
Kind of cocktail : MOLOTOV
10
Navigational measure : SEAMILE
11
___ red (vermilion) : CHROME
12
Word with bath or boat : STEAM
13
Willie of pocket billiards : MOSCONI
14
Side drums : SNARES
19
Apples named for their hue : GREENINGS
22
Slovens : SLOBS
26
Another, in Málaga : OTRO
28
Annapolis inst. : USNA
31
Like some grapes : SOUR
33
Opp. of width : LGTH
34
Like ___ (quickly) : ASHOT
36
Chaplets : WREATHS
37
Certain mil. corpsmen : MEDICS
38
Enisle : ISOLATE
39
Protection : SHELTER
41
"Four Ducks ___," Allingham poem : ONAPOND
42
Blotches : MOTTLES
43
Desk item : ERASER
46
Hazards for Hale Irwin : TRAPS
49
Allude (to) : REFER
51
Entrances : ADITS
54
Seine bank : RIVE
56
" ... and yet ___ thee still,": Shak. : ISEE
59
But: Lat. : SED
61
Uno, due, ___ : TRE

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

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