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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Wednesday, February 23, 1966

5-Across : Sailor's need.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J K Q V X }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 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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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,038
Across
1
Weather word. : RAIN
5
Sailor's need. : TARP
9
Commonplace. : BANAL
14
Being: Fr. : ETRE
15
A kind of code. : AREA
16
Friend. : AMIGO
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Lookout. : CROWSNEST
19
Repeat sign, in music. : SEGNO
20
Department of France. : AIN
21
Quibbler. : CASUIST
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Sell-out. : HIT
24
Eastern title. : PASHA
26
Opposite of a pluralist, in philosophy. : MONIST
28
Excessive. : UNDUE
31
Rose of Sharon. : ALTHEA
34
Blarney. : FLAM
37
Women of high profession. : RNS
38
Be the wish of. : PLEASE
39
Interweaves. : RADDLES
41
Becomes available for. : OPENSTO
42
N. Atlantic archipelago. : AZORES
43
Brew. : ALE
44
City of Normandy. : CAEN
45
Some are soothing. : SYRUPS
46
Vive ___! : LEROI
48
Picardy city. : AMIENS
50
Girlish glow of the good old days. : BLUSH
54
Pillbox. : HAT
56
Sank down. : DROOPED
59
Luau ornament. : LEI
60
Type of acids. : AMINO
62
What the doctor ordered. : TREATMENT
64
Vessel of a kind. : UBOAT
65
Relative of agate. : SARD
66
Not pro. : ANTI
67
Color. : TINGE
68
Some things. : ONES
69
Coup d'___. : ETAT
Down
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Tire. : RECAP
2
Entrance courts. : ATRIA
3
Golf clubs. : IRONS
4
Untried. : NEW
5
African lake. : TANA
6
Mars. : ARES
7
Summaries. : RESUMES
8
Ranch house adjunct. : PATIO
9
Symbol of July 14th. : BASTILLE
10
Soul: Fr. : AME
11
"The ___ thousand eyes ... " : NIGHTHASA
12
Lambs: Lat. : AGNI
13
Spoils. : LOOT
18
Glance at quickly: Colloq. : SCAN
22
Item on the fish menu. : SNAPPER
25
Monotonous. : HUMDRUM
27
Copying device. : STENCIL
29
Bureau. : DRESSER
30
German pronoun. : UNS
32
Spanish pronoun. : ESTE
33
Eternity. : AEON
34
Fathers' colleagues. : FRAS
35
Not eager to work. : LAZY
36
Act of the Magi. : ADORATION
40
Scaly, to a botanist. : LEPIDOTE
41
Bravo for 16 Across. : OLE
43
Loser. : ALSORAN
47
Yr. ___ servt. : OBDT
49
Untrue. : NOTSO
51
Full of: Suffix. : ULENT
52
Wagner role. : SENTA
53
___ off. : HITIT
54
Summit: Fr. : HAUT
55
Both: Prefix. : AMBI
57
Marquette. : PERE
58
American engineer. : EADS
61
Equine. : NAG
63
West. : MAE

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

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