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Louise Earnest
New York Times, Thursday, April 14, 1966
Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 34.6
Grid has duplicate clues.
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 R | 2 I | 3 F | 4 T | 5 H | 6 I | 7 P | 8 S | 9 W | 10 I | 11 P | 12 E | 13 S |
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14 I | L | L | A | 15 A | T | O | I | 16 E | F | L | A | T |
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17 C | O | U | N | 18 T | D | O | W | N | 19 L | A | U | R | A |
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20 E | V | E | 21 O | I | L | W | E | 22 L | L | 23 S | L | Y |
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24 R | E | S | 25 E | T | 26 O | S | I | R | 27 I | S | ||||
28 R | E | 29 N | 30 E | W | 31 G | E | N | I | 32 A | 33 L |
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34 H | 35 E | 36 R | R | 37 E | S | S | 38 H | A | G | G | L | E |
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39 A | T | E | A | 40 C | U | P | 41 S | T | D | E | N | I | S |
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42 W | A | L | N | U | T | 43 T | O | E | 44 S | S | E | S |
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45 S | L | I | D | E | R | 46 H | U | R | 47 S | T | ||||
48 E | S | C | A | 49 P | E | 50 A | S | 51 K | 52 E | 53 W |
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54 E | 55 L | F | 56 A | L | L | O | 57 V | 58 E | R | 59 O | L | E |
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60 R | U | M | 61 O | R | 62 O | R | A | N | G | 63 E | A | D | E |
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64 I | N | A | N | D | 65 W | E | S | T | 66 B | L | E | D |
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67 C | A | P | E | S | 68 S | M | E | E | 69 B | A | R | S |
© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,088
Across
1
Break. : RIFT
5
Fruit of the rosebush. : HIPS
9
Helps with the dishes. : WIPES
14
That one: Lat. : ILLA
15
Thine: Fr. : ATOI
16
Piano key. : EFLAT
17
Prelude at Kennedy. : COUNTDOWN
19
Lady of sonnets and canzoni. : LAURA
20
Poetic time of day. : EVE
21
Bonanza. : OILWELL
23
Foxy. : SLY
24
Job for a jeweler. : RESET
26
God of the Nile. : OSIRIS
28
Begin again. : RENEW
31
Cordial. : GENIAL
34
Masculine title. : HERR
37
Letter. : ESS
38
Argue about price. : HAGGLE
39
A storm in ____. : ATEACUP
41
Name in the world of dance. : STDENIS
42
Relative of the shagbark. : WALNUT
43
Digit. : TOE
44
Compass points. : SSES
45
Pitcher's forte. : SLIDER
46
American novelist. : HURST
48
Thrilling episode. : ESCAPE
50
On one side. : ASKEW
54
Eleven: Ger. : ELF
56
Kind of fabric design. : ALLOVER
59
Chemical suffix. : OLE
60
One product of the grapevine. : RUMOR
62
Popular refreshment. : ORANGEADE
64
___ out. : INAND
65
Direction. : WEST
66
Resort lake in Yugoslavia. : BLED
67
May and Ann. : CAPES
68
Capt. Hook's aide. : SMEE
69
Stars' partner. : BARS
Down
1
Kitchen utensil. : RICER
2
Words on a valentine. : ILOVE
3
Chimneys. : FLUES
4
Brownish. : TAN
5
"___ but known!" : HADI
6
Chemical suffix. : ITOL
7
Confabs. : POWWOWS
8
Mathematical ratios. : SINES
9
Like a bookworm. : WELLREAD
10
"___ man answers, hang up." : IFA
11
Positive symbols. : PLUSSIGNS
12
Snowdon. : EARL
13
Postponement. : STAY
18
Handbag, modern style. : TOTE
22
Dashboard gadget. : LIGHTER
25
Chores of a kind. : ERRANDS
27
Takes food. : INGESTS
29
Unaligned. : NEUTRAL
30
Sixth sense, for short. : ESP
32
What Byron calls "the truth in masquerade." : ALIE
33
Minus. : LESS
34
Teamsters' calls. : HAWS
35
Relative of etc. : ETAL
36
Item in a classroom. : RELIEFMAP
40
Studio props. : CUECARDS
41
Old coin. : SOU
43
Proposition in geometry. : THEOREM
47
Marionette man. : SARG
49
Sod breakers. : PLOWS
51
Marsupial. : KOALA
52
Common shrub. : ELDER
53
Common plants. : WEEDS
54
Norse name. : ERIC
55
Kind of moth. : LUNA
57
Decorative container. : VASE
58
Being: Sp. : ENTE
61
Unit. : ONE
63
Decline. : EBB
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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