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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Wednesday, June 18, 1969

48-Across : Baffles.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,249
Across
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Alan. : LADD
5
Stirred. : WOKE
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Professional men: Abbr. : ATTS
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Sweet spire. : ITEA
14
Pitches. : HURLS
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Yonkers event. : TROT
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Certain pay. : DOUBLETIME
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Get in under the ___. : WIRE
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Time at sea. : SIXBELLS
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Contribute. : CHIPIN
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Superior. : LAKE
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In any way. : ATALL
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Heavy reading matter. : TOMES
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Light reading matter. : THRILLER
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Habituates. : INURES
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Hebrew prophet. : AMOS
34
Taro paste. : POI
36
Damon and Pythias, in the vernacular. : PALS
37
Polytheist. : PAGAN
39
Ardor. : ELAN
40
Convene. : SIT
41
African tree. : COLA
42
Patron of Venice. : STMARK
44
Important adjunct. : RIGHTARM
47
Primal chaos. : ABYSS
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Baffles. : FOILS
49
Hindu fire god. : AGNI
51
Mention (with "to"). : ALLUDE
53
Defarge and others. : KNITTERS
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Crucifix. : ROOD
58
Wagon part. : SINGLETREE
60
Pentateuch. : TORA
61
Mount. : STEED
62
German article. : EINE
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Baths. : SPAS
64
Watery fluids. : SERA
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Instrument. : REED
Down
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Hats: Colloq. : LIDS
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Thine: Fr. : ATOI
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French numeral. : DEUX
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Dilettantes. : DABBLERS
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Spiral-shelled snail. : WHELK
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Type of store. : OUTLET
7
Malay dagger. : KRIS
8
Tree. : ELM
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Freely. : ATWILL
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Diamond thriller. : TRIPLEPLAY
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Column trims. : TORI
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British gun. : STEN
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Stadium areas. : SECTIONS
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Contract. : LEASE
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Dutch painter. : HALS
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First word of the Aeneid. : ARMA
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Expense account item. : TIPS
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Walking ___. : ONAIR
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Kind of rose. : MULTIFLORA
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Ishmael's mother. : HAGAR
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Zoo sounds. : ROARS
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Irreproachable. : SPOTLESS
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Printer's needs. : INKS
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Lamentation sound. : ALAS
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Exacerbate. : EMBITTER
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Rebuked. : CHID
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Parisienne. : TANTE
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Cheeses. : GOUDAS
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Barn feature. : MANGER
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Rigoletto's daughter. : GILDA
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Study course. : ARTS
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Chicago area. : LOOP
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Patella. : KNEE
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Indian. : ERIE
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Descartes. : RENE
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Germ. : SEED
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___ a deal. : ITS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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