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Louise Earnest
New York Times, Tuesday, December 24, 1963
27-Across : Vieux ___, part of New Orleans.
Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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14 P | U | N | A | 15 A | N | N | E | 16 C | U | R | I | O |
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17 I | N | T | R | 18 B | E | S | T | 19 T | H | I | N | G | S |
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20 S | A | H | I | 21 B | S | 22 E | R | R | 23 S | O | A | S |
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24 R | E | N | I | 25 S | T | O | O | 26 P | S | |||||
27 C | A | R | 28 R | E | 29 P | U | L | A | 30 S | 31 K | 32 I |
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33 T | 34 V | A | 35 D | O | L | 36 L | 37 P | I | N | C | E | R |
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38 B | I | R | 39 D | S | O | F | A | 40 F | E | A | T | H | E | R |
41 A | N | D | R | O | S | 42 T | U | R | N | 43 O | N | A |
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44 R | E | S | E | N | T | 45 S | 46 A | S | T | 47 R | O | |||
48 A | G | E | O | 49 L | D | 50 L | U | L | 51 L | |||||
52 B | 53 O | 54 O | M | 55 R | O | E | 56 C | Y | M | B | A | 57 L |
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58 U | N | D | E | 59 R | S | T | A | 60 T | E | 61 P | O | K | E |
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62 S | T | O | R | Y | 63 E | V | E | N | 64 L | Y | E | S |
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65 H | O | R | S | E | 66 D | E | N | T | 67 E | S | S | E |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,259
Across
1
Arabic letter. : ALIF
5
Better than average. : GOOD
9
Fun. : SPORT
14
Andes plateau. : PUNA
15
Daughter of James II. : ANNE
16
Bibelot. : CURIO
17
Before Chap. 1. : INTR
18
"The ___ in life are free." : BESTTHINGS
20
Europeans in India. : SAHIBS
22
Slip. : ERR
23
In such a way that. : SOAS
24
Italian painter. : RENI
25
Bows. : STOOPS
27
Vieux ___, part of New Orleans. : CARRE
29
Revolutionary general. : PULASKI
33
Wilson Dam owner. : TVA
35
Item in Santa's pack. : DOLL
37
Pinch, as with pliers. : PINCER
38
Kindred souls. : BIRDSOFAFEATHER
41
Island in the Aegean. : ANDROS
42
Right, left, or U. : TURN
43
___ shoestring. : ONA
44
Takes umbrage. : RESENTS
46
Star: Prefix. : ASTRO
48
Ancient. : AGEOLD
50
Letup. : LULL
52
Derrick pole. : BOOM
55
Fish dish. : ROE
56
Percussion piece. : CYMBAL
58
Play down. : UNDERSTATE
61
Bonnet brim. : POKE
62
One kind of book. : STORY
63
Constant. : EVEN
64
Strong alkaline solutions. : LYES
65
Pinto. : HORSE
66
Surface mark. : DENT
67
Latin verb. : ESSE
Down
1
Sacred bull of Egypt. : APIS
2
Of the moon. : LUNAR
3
Likely to happen: Colloq. : INTHECARDS
4
Breakfast food. : FARINA
5
Chatters. : GABS
6
The year ___. : ONE
7
Beginning. : ONSET
8
Superfluous: Fr. : DETROP
9
Ship: Abbr. : SCH
10
Powerful. : PUISSANT
11
Whether ___. : ORNO
12
Latvian seaport. : RIGA
13
Partner of 42 Across. : TOSS
19
Thespians. : TROUPERS
21
Rustic serenade. : BIRDSONG
25
Ego. : SELF
26
With flexibility. : PLIANTLY
28
Chanticleers. : ROOSTERS
30
Children. : SCHOOLBOYS
31
Biting. : KEEN
32
Babylonian war god. : IRRA
33
Construction item. : TBAR
34
Creeper. : VINE
36
Map abbreviation. : LAT
39
Air-castle builders. : DREAMERS
40
Former king of Egypt. : FUAD
45
Besmudged. : SOOTED
47
Tousle. : RUMPLE
49
Vacation of a sort. : LEAVE
51
Como and others. : LAKES
52
Lilac, for one. : BUSH
53
Preposition. : ONTO
54
Bouquet. : ODOR
56
Coin. : CENT
57
___ majesty. : LESE
59
Important crop. : RYE
60
Midmorning. : TEN
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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