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Louise Earnest
New York Times, Thursday, December 26, 1968
11-Down : This one's ___.
Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 29.4
Grid has duplicate clues.
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 A | 3 I | 4 L | 5 D | 6 A | 7 W | 8 U | 9 N | 10 T | 11 O |
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12 C | H | I | N | O | 13 V | E | D | A | 14 N | O | O | N |
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15 H | A | R | D | B | 16 O | I | L | E | D | 17 C | L | A | M |
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18 A | R | C | 19 S | U | N | U | P | 20 S | L | I | D | E |
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21 T | E | U | 22 T | 23 R | E | D | T | 24 A | P | E | ||||
25 S | O | 26 O | 27 G | E | S | S | O | 28 L | 29 A | 30 B |
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31 M | 32 A | H | A | T | 33 M | A | S | 34 F | R | 35 A | I | S | E |
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36 T | W | I | S | T | E | R | 37 S | A | T | D | O | W | N |
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38 G | R | O | T | O | N | 39 S | C | R | E | E | N | E | D |
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40 S | Y | N | 41 M | I | 42 R | T | H | 43 D | L | S | ||||
44 C | A | N | A | P | E | 45 S | 46 A | S | 47 T | 48 R |
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49 A | 50 T | 51 U | R | N | 52 R | E | R | A | 53 N | 54 H | A | E |
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55 G | U | R | U | 56 F | I | T | Z | G | E | 57 R | A | L | D |
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58 E | L | B | E | 59 A | T | E | O | 60 B | E | R | K | S |
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61 R | E | S | T | 62 T | Y | R | 63 O | B | E | Y |
© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,075
Across
1
Flying jib. : SAIL
5
Margery's name. : DAW
8
Biblical preposition. : UNTO
12
Twilled fabric. : CHINO
13
Hindu sacred literature. : VEDA
14
Time of day. : NOON
15
Tough: Colloq. : HARDBOILED
17
Mollusk. : CLAM
18
Quadrant. : ARC
19
Time of day. : SUNUP
20
Trombone part. : SLIDE
21
German: Abbr. : TEUT
23
Official inefficiency. : REDTAPE
25
St. Mary's River area (with "the"). : SOO
27
Plaster base. : GESSO
28
Place to experiment. : LAB
31
Buddhism's holy men. : MAHATMAS
34
French strawberry. : FRAISE
36
Weather freak. : TWISTER
37
Entered into conference. : SATDOWN
38
New London's neighbor. : GROTON
39
Presented as a movie. : SCREENED
40
Opposite of ant. : SYN
41
Merriment. : MIRTH
43
Librarian's degree. : DLS
44
Party food. : CANAPES
46
Important science: Abbr. : ASTR
49
Done to ___. : ATURN
52
Presented again, as a film. : RERAN
54
Scot's verb. : HAE
55
Teacher of 13 Across. : GURU
56
American author. : FITZGERALD
58
Dresden's river. : ELBE
59
Polynesian god. : ATEO
60
English county, for short. : BERKS
61
Be still. : REST
62
Son of Odin. : TYR
63
Mind. : OBEY
Down
1
Take part in. : SHARE
2
Chair accessory. : AIRCUSHION
3
Kind of voter: Abbr. : IND
4
Court plays. : LOBS
5
Misleads. : DELUDES
6
Experts. : ADEPTS
7
Small bundle. : WAD
8
Relative. : UNCLE
9
___ me tangere. : NOLI
10
"Wind in the Willows" character. : TOAD
11
This one's ___. : ONME
12
Fireside ___. : CHAT
13
See 44 Down. : VINEGAR
16
Pronoun. : OUR
20
Wore in a showy manner. : SPORTED
22
Breakfast item. : TOAST
24
___ as possible. : ASFAR
26
Turk. : OTTOMAN
28
The biggest or best portion. : LIONSSHARE
29
" ... ___ forgive our debtors." : ASWE
30
Turn. : BEND
31
Get-togethers: Abbr. : MTGS
32
Out of plumb. : AWRY
33
___ blue. : MENIN
35
Girl's name. : ADELA
37
Musical frolic. : SCHERZO
39
Patron of fishermen. : STPETER
42
Collector's item. : RARITY
44
Container for 13 Down. : CRUET
45
Droop. : SAG
47
Loquacious. : TALKY
48
Seasonal colors. : REDS
49
Field: Lat. : AGER
50
Cattail. : TULE
51
City: Lat. : URBS
53
Biblical peak. : NEBO
56
Mrs. Sprat's dish. : FAT
57
Jewish term of address. : REB
Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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