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Louise Earnest
New York Times, Friday, March 14, 1969
16-Down : "For want of ___ ... "
Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 O | 3 R | 4 A | 5 L | 6 A | 7 M | 8 A | 9 S | 10 E | 11 A | 12 V | 13 E |
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14 A | N | I | S | E | 15 W | I | G | W | 16 A | G | G | E | D |
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17 D | I | C | T | A | 18 A | R | R | A | N | G | I | N | G |
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19 S | T | E | E | D | 20 K | O | A | L | A | 21 L | I | E |
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22 P | R | I | 23 M | E | 24 L | I | 25 N | E | R | S |
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26 J | 27 E | A | N | N | E | 28 A | 29 S | O | L | D | ||||
30 A | L | D | 31 S | A | 32 L | L | O | W | 33 A | 34 L | 35 E | 36 F |
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37 M | I | D | 38 I | 39 D | I | D | N | T | 40 K | O | L | A |
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41 B | A | Y | H | 42 O | M | E | G | A | 43 S | 44 V | A | T |
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45 A | 46 S | W | A | N | 47 I | O | 48 D | I | N | E |
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49 M | 50 E | 51 N | D | E | L | 52 A | L | L | E | N | ||||
53 A | L | A | 54 D | A | 55 M | 56 O | N | 57 E | R | G | 58 O | 59 T |
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60 R | I | C | 61 H | A | R | D | I | I | 62 R | I | C | A | N |
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63 S | H | R | I | N | K | I | N | G | 64 A | D | U | S | T |
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65 H | U | E | S | 66 S | I | K | H | 67 S | E | P | T | S |
© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,153
Across
1
Sea. : CORAL
6
Latin grammar word. : AMAS
10
Roof part. : EAVE
14
Flavorful seed. : ANISE
15
Signalled, in a way. : WIGWAGGED
17
Words of wisdom. : DICTA
18
Putting in order. : ARRANGING
19
Pegasus. : STEED
20
Australian tree-dweller. : KOALA
21
Former U.N. name. : LIE
22
First-rate. : PRIME
24
United States and others. : LINERS
26
Name for a Parisienne. : JEANNE
28
___ as the hills. : ASOLD
30
Municipal officer: Abbr. : ALD
31
Goat willow. : SALLOW
33
Hebrew letter. : ALEF
37
Area of France. : MIDI
39
Common contraction. : DIDNT
40
African tree. : KOLA
41
Senator from Indiana. : BAYH
42
Greek letters. : OMEGAS
44
Distillery item. : VAT
45
Egyptian city. : ASWAN
47
Medicine chest item. : IODINE
49
Father of genetics. : MENDEL
52
Woody or Mel. : ALLEN
53
In the manner of. : ALA
54
Runyon. : DAMON
57
Rye fungus. : ERGOT
60
A Plantagenet. : RICHARDII
62
Puerto ___. : RICAN
63
Like some violets. : SHRINKING
64
Dried up. : ADUST
65
Colors. : HUES
66
Hindu. : SIKH
67
Clans. : SEPTS
Down
1
Bounders. : CADS
2
Step ___. : ONIT
3
Part of the Asian landscape. : RICEPADDY
4
Abaft. : ASTERN
5
Certain wires. : LEADINS
6
Alert. : AWAKE
7
Spanish painter. : MIRO
8
Indian city. : AGRA
9
Butterfly. : SWALLOWTAIL
10
Breakfast item. : EGG
11
Spry. : AGILE
12
Arrive, in France. : VENIR
13
Borders. : EDGES
16
"For want of ___ ... " : ANAIL
23
Rural songsters. : MEADOWLARKS
25
Western state: Abbr. : NDAK
26
Door post. : JAMB
27
Kazan. : ELIA
28
Standish stand-in. : ALDEN
29
For a ___. : SONG
32
City in Ohio. : LIMA
34
Trophy. : LOVINGCUP
35
Enthusiasm. : ELAN
36
Lot. : FATE
38
"___ a little nut tree ... " : IHAD
43
Vintage sherries. : SOLERAS
46
Body style. : SEDAN
48
Mock. : DERIDE
49
Lowland. : MARSH
50
Root. : ELIHU
51
Mother-of-pearl. : NACRE
52
Near to, old style. : ANIGH
55
Renaissance date. : MDII
56
Farm sound. : OINK
58
Oven. : OAST
59
Explosives. : TNTS
61
Pronoun. : HIS
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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