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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Tuesday, May 7, 1968

38-Down : Plural endings.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 42.0
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,842
Across
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Vexation. : BANE
5
Suffix with adapt or port. : ABLE
9
Bit of news. : ITEM
13
Staff men. : AIDES
14
A Pleiad. : MAIA
15
1949 pact. : NATO
16
Fundamentals: Colloq. : BRASSTACKS
18
Josip Broz. : TITO
19
Man of letters. : EDITOR
20
Early listening devices. : KEYHOLES
22
Erato's symbol. : LYRE
23
Store sign. : OPEN
25
Suspended, Cockney style. : UNG
26
One of the Bowls. : GATOR
28
Sermonize. : PREACH
31
"___ of the times." : ASIGN
34
Member of the wedding. : USHER
36
Very. : TOO
37
Seasonal wind. : MONSOON
39
Schoolroom items. : ERASERS
41
Greek letters. : MUS
42
Prize. : MEDAL
44
Seed coverings. : HUSKS
45
First things. : ALPHAS
47
Living matter. : PLASM
49
Adjective suffix. : IAL
50
Proceed. : GOON
51
Bulletin board item. : MEMO
55
Duffel bag's cousin. : CARRYALL
58
Essential. : NEEDED
60
Tel ___. : AVIV
61
Ancient precept. : GOLDENRULE
63
Dandy's partner. : FINE
64
Slangy suffix. : EROO
65
Furnishings, color scheme, etc. : DECOR
66
Irritable. : EDGY
67
Method: Abbr. : SYST
68
Poems. : ODES
Down
1
Abounding in quail, etc. : BIRDY
2
Robin of song. : ADAIR
3
Savings. : NESTEGGS
4
He, in Italia. : ESSO
5
G. P.'s group. : AMA
6
Angels of a kind. : BACKERS
7
Compare. : LIKEN
8
Effortless. : EASY
9
Chant. : INTONE
10
Wagon appendages. : TAILGATES
11
Feminine suffix. : ETTE
12
Farm sounds. : MOOS
13
Tasman. : ABEL
17
Jog. : TROT
21
Shouts of joy. : HURRAHS
24
Ezra. : POUND
27
Cold day in July, for example. : ANOMALY
28
Through. : PER
29
Tree product. : CORK
30
Cowpoke's mount. : HOSS
31
Abbess. : AMMA
32
Person. : SOUL
33
Like some exhortations. : INSPIRING
35
Greeting. : HELLO
38
Plural endings. : OES
40
Spent the hot months. : SUMMERED
43
Handsome ones. : APOLLOS
46
Stage rabbit. : HARVEY
48
Princess. : ANNE
50
Morning ___. : GLORY
52
Draw out. : EDUCE
53
Island in the Aegean. : MELOS
54
Stettin's river. : ODER
55
Coffeehouse. : CAFE
56
Eager. : AVID
57
30, et al. : AGES
59
Within: Prefix. : ENDO
62
Period. : DOT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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