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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Thursday, October 18, 1962

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { B F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 11.8
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,843
Across
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Surprised exclamation. : WHAT
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Sun. : STAR
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Namely. : TOWIT
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Top quality. : AONE
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Mule team. : ARMY
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Period. : EPOCH
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Man-made phenomenon. : SATELLITE
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Quay. : LEVEE
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Depot abbreviation. : ARR
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Provender. : OATS
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City on the Rio Grande. : LAREDO
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Beguile. : DELUDE
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Prima donna. : DIVA
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Good times. : UPS
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Study of Arabic, Hebrew, etc. : SEMITICS
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"For ___ house is his castle ... " : AMANS
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Town near Nancy. : LUNEVILLE
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Constellation. : LYRA
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World Series star. : MARIS
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Olive genus. : OLEA
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Daydreams. : STARGAZES
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Wastes away. : GNAWS
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Electrical measuring device. : OHMMETER
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___ degree (somewhat). : TOA
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Digits. : ONES
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Pooh's friend. : PIGLET
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Italian title. : SIGNOR
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Storage place. : SILO
51
___-a-vis. : VIS
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Typewriter type. : ELITE
54
Cocktail party babble. : SMALLTALK
56
Hindu maids. : AYAHS
57
Ancient inscription. : RUNE
58
Supposition. : IDEA
59
Parsonage. : MANSE
60
First name in music. : IGOR
61
Aphid, for instance. : PEST
Down
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"I ___ King in Babylon ... " : WASA
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Cache. : HOARD
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Cave: Poet. : ANTRE
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Golfer's peg. : TEE
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Greens. : SALADS
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Shopworn. : TRITE
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Totals: Abbr. : AMTS
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Grain. : RYE
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City in the Levant. : TELAVIV
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Ready for a destined function. : OPERATIONAL
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Loomed. : WOVE
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Glacé. : ICED
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Aaron Burr's daughter. : THEO
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Masks. : LOUPS
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Citrus fruit. : LIMES
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Time periods. : LUNARMONTHS
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France's saint. : DENIS
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More certain. : SURER
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That: Lat. : ILLA
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Lower corner of a sail. : CLEW
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High ___. : SEAS
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Besides. : ALSO
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Bulfinch's topic. : MYTH
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Biblical plain. : ARAM
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Idles. : LAZES
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Eton boy's mother. : MATER
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Columbus, for one. : GENOESE
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Russian writer. : GOGOL
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Steering device. : TILLER
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Spinet. : PIANO
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Dodge. : EVADE
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Delft specialty. : TILES
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Furrow. : SEAM
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There is: Fr. : ILYA
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Menotti's first name. : GIAN
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Self-satisfied. : SMUG
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Card game. : SKAT
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Hindu title. : SRI
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Apex. : TIP

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

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