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Louise Earnest
New York Times, Saturday, October 14, 1961
Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 28.3
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 I | 2 M | 3 P | 4 E | 5 L | 6 S | 7 L | 8 A | 9 V | 10 E | 11 S | ||||
12 S | N | A | R | L | S | 13 C | A | L | A | B | A | 14 S | 15 H |
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16 U | T | M | O | S | T | 17 L | O | B | L | O | L | L | Y |
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18 B | R | A | V | E | 19 P | E | T | 20 A | N | T | I | S |
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21 R | E | B | S | 22 B | O | R | I | 23 S | 24 Y | E | D | O |
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25 O | P | E | 26 B | E | M | O | A | N | 27 S | 28 D | E | N |
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29 S | I | A | 30 M | E | S | E | 31 N | O | T | 32 A | ||||
33 A | D | R | I | F | T | 34 W | R | A | 35 S | 36 S | 37 E |
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38 B | O | B | 39 S | 40 S | M | A | R | T | E | R |
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41 P | 42 P | 43 S | 44 G | E | T | 45 A | W | A | Y | 46 A | N | O |
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47 A | R | K | 48 S | 49 T | O | M | A | N | 50 B | R | A | D |
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51 R | E | I | C | 52 H | 53 N | E | T | 54 M | A | T | T | E |
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55 T | E | R | R | A | 56 P | I | N | 57 D | I | L | L | O | N |
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58 I | N | T | E | R | R | E | D | 59 A | S | S | E | R | T |
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60 S | E | D | E | R | S | 61 B | E | A | D | S |
© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,474
Across
1
Urge. : IMPEL
6
People in bondage. : SLAVES
12
Angry sounds. : SNARLS
13
Bottle gourd. : CALABASH
16
Maximal. : UTMOST
17
Southern pine. : LOBLOLLY
18
Gallant. : BRAVE
19
Favorite. : PET
20
Those against. : ANTIS
21
Soldiers of 1861. : REBS
22
Opera role. : BORIS
24
Old name for Tokyo. : YEDO
25
Unclose: Poet. : OPE
26
Laments. : BEMOANS
28
Hiding-place. : DEN
29
Breed of cat. : SIAMESE
31
"___ creature was stirring ... " : NOTA
33
Unmoored : ADRIFT
34
Brightly colored marine fish. : WRASSE
38
Haircuts. : BOBS
40
More dashing. : SMARTER
41
Correspondent's afterthought. : PPS
44
Escape: Colloq. : GETAWAY
46
Year: Span. : ANO
47
Large boats. : ARKS
49
Man ___. : TOMAN
50
Carpenter's nail. : BRAD
51
Third ___. : REICH
53
Curtain material. : NET
54
Dull finish. : MATTE
55
Diamondback. : TERRAPIN
57
Cabinet member. : DILLON
58
"The good is oft ___ with their bones." : INTERRED
59
Declare. : ASSERT
60
Jewish ceremonies. : SEDERS
61
Rosary. : BEADS
Down
1
Fearless. : INTREPID
2
Woods dweller visited by Goldilocks. : MAMABEAR
3
Territories: Abbr. : PROVS
4
Other. : ELSE
5
War vessel. : LST
6
Hard: Prefix. : SCLERO
7
Native of Vientiane. : LAOTIAN
8
White vestment. : ALB
9
Qui ___? (who goes there?): Fr. : VALA
10
Valuable wood. : EBONY
11
___ nuts. : SALTED
12
Confidentially. : SUBROSA
14
Playground item. : SLIDE
15
Chinese green tea. : HYSON
19
Fruit. : POME
22
Safest choice: Colloq. : BESTBET
23
Winter phenomenon. : SNOWMAN
26
Blur. : BEFOG
27
Wanderer. : STRAY
30
Marble. : MIB
32
Rhine tributary. : AAR
35
Caught off guard. : STARTLED
36
Washingtonians. : SENATORS
37
Corrosive substance. : ERODENT
39
Harder. : STONIER
40
King of ___. : SWAT
41
First installment. : PARTI
42
Trim (the feathers). : PREEN
43
Passes around. : SKIRTS
45
Make ___. : AMENDS
48
Stony mass on a hillside. : SCREE
50
Corkwood. : BALSA
52
Unyielding. : HARD
54
___ en scène. : MISE
56
Common prefix. : PRE
57
Pat. : DAB
Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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