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Louise Earnest
New York Times, Tuesday, July 14, 1970
Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { B J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 34.3
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 W | 3 I | 4 N | 5 S | 6 E | 7 T | 8 S | 9 F | 10 A | 11 M | 12 E | 13 D |
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14 H | A | L | O | 15 O | T | R | A | 16 L | I | E | T | O |
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17 O | V | E | R | 18 R | A | T | E | D | 19 A | R | D | E | N |
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20 N | E | D | 21 O | P | E | N | I | 22 N | G | 23 I | S | T |
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24 G | R | E | 25 E | T | 26 T | E | A | P | 27 O | T | ||||
28 P | I | 29 C | 30 R | O | 31 T | O | Y | A | 32 M | 33 A |
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34 T | 35 A | I | 36 H | U | N | 37 U | L | S | T | E | R |
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38 R | I | N | G | 39 L | E | T | 40 G | R | E | T | E | L | S |
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41 I | N | G | R | E | S | 42 C | O | E | 43 E | S | T | |||
44 A | T | L | A | S | T | 45 A | D | D | 46 E | R | ||||
47 E | M | E | E | 48 R | S | 49 R | S | 50 V | 51 P | 52 S |
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53 M | 54 O | W | 55 T | R | I | P | 56 O | 57 D | S | 58 O | U | I |
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59 A | G | O | 60 R | A | 61 N | I | G | H | T | 62 O | W | L | S |
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63 A | R | R | E | T | 64 G | A | L | A | 65 H | E | S | A |
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66 M | E | M | O | S | 67 A | N | E | W | 68 O | R | E | L |
© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,640
Across
1
Minnesotan : TWIN
5
Scenery : SETS
9
Noted : FAMED
14
Nimbus : HALO
15
Other: Sp. : OTRA
16
Hold position, as a ship : LIETO
17
Too highly touted : OVERRATED
19
Shakespearean forest : ARDEN
20
Man's nickname : NED
21
Occasion for good-luck wreaths : OPENING
23
Doer: Suffix : IST
24
Hail : GREET
26
Place for darjeeling : TEAPOT
28
Bitter: Prefix : PICRO
31
Honshu city : TOYAMA
34
Pacific porgy : TAI
36
Attila : HUN
37
Overcoat : ULSTER
38
Curl : RINGLET
40
Namesakes of fairy-tale girl : GRETELS
41
French painter : INGRES
42
College in Iowa : COE
43
Timetable abbr. : EST
44
Finally : ATLAST
45
Snake : ADDER
47
Eastern V.I.P.'s : EMEERS
49
Endings for invitations : RSVPS
53
Cut : MOW
55
Photographers' gear : TRIPODS
58
French affirmative : OUI
59
Market place : AGORA
61
Late-show watchers : NIGHTOWLS
63
Stop: Fr. : ARRET
64
Festive : GALA
65
"For ___ jolly good ... " : HESA
66
Notes : MEMOS
67
Over : ANEW
68
Russian city : OREL
Down
1
Sandal part : THONG
2
Vacillate : WAVER
3
___ France : ILEDE
4
Connective : NOR
5
Some is soft : SOAP
6
Diminutive ending : ETTE
7
Battle site in 1776 : TRENTON
8
Girl in "Rain" : SADIE
9
Standard bearer : FLAGPOLE
10
Service station giveaway : AIR
11
Muses : MEDITATES
12
French seasons : ETES
13
Word to children : DONT
18
Roast: Fr. : ROTI
22
Word with good or bad : NATURED
25
Bon mot : EPIGRAM
27
Stew items : OYSTERS
29
Bowles : CHESTER
30
In a ___ : RUT
32
Prepare butter for lobster : MELT
33
___ poetica : ARS
34
Hue : TINT
35
Bait : ANGLEWORM
38
Estuary : RIA
39
___ Unis : LESETATS
40
Deity : GOD
42
Asian sea : CASPIAN
46
Formerly, old style : ERST
48
___bell : RINGA
50
One who promises : VOWER
51
Beat : PULSE
52
Cordage fiber : SISAL
53
Word to a lady : MAAM
54
Villain : OGRE
56
Eye : OGLE
57
Old word for pruning knife : DHAW
60
Early auto : REO
62
Exclamation : OHO
Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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