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Louise Earnest
New York Times, Thursday, August 13, 1964
Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 27.9
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 M | 4 B | 5 O | 6 O | 7 S | 8 P | 9 O | 10 O | 11 L | 12 S |
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13 I | G | U | A | N | A | 14 M | 15 A | T | E | R | N | A | L |
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16 G | O | R | G | E | S | 17 E | L | O | N | G | A | T | E |
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18 B | U | M | 19 R | I | 20 P | C | O | R | D | 21 P | E | U |
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22 E | T | A | 23 L | 24 S | U | C | R | E | 25 G | A | N | T |
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26 N | I | N | A | 27 S | 28 R | A | S | 29 W | O | R | T | H |
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30 E | S | T | A | 31 T | E | S | 32 M | I | L | |||||
33 S | K | E | W | E | R | 34 L | A | N | D | 35 O | 36 F | |||
37 R | E | X | 38 S | I | D | E | C | A | R | |||||
39 A | 40 S | 41 T | A | R | 42 Y | A | K | 43 D | U | K | E | 44 S |
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45 G | A | O | L | 46 P | I | N | E | 47 D | 48 P | R | E | P |
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49 A | U | T | 50 C | H | E | E | S | E | 51 S | 52 I | W | A |
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53 T | R | E | 54 F | O | I | L | S | 55 P | U | 56 N | D | I | T |
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57 H | U | M | B | O | L | D | T | 58 T | I | N | G | L | E |
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59 A | S | S | I | S | I | 60 S | T | E | E | L | S |
© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,492
Across
1
Kind of curtain, Oriental style. : BAMBOO
7
Bobbins. : SPOOLS
13
Lizard. : IGUANA
14
Of a parent. : MATERNAL
16
Rock-bound stream beds. : GORGES
17
Lengthen. : ELONGATE
18
Of poor quality: Colloq. : BUM
19
Chute opener. : RIPCORD
21
Little: Fr. : PEU
22
Relative of etc. : ETAL
24
About 5c, in Quito. : SUCRE
25
Thomas Wolfe hero. : GANT
26
Spanish girls. : NINAS
28
Naval officers: Abbr. : RAS
29
Value. : WORTH
30
Large farms or plantations. : ESTATES
32
.001 inch. : MIL
33
Butcher's pin. : SKEWER
34
___ Promise. : LANDOF
37
King: Lat. : REX
38
Cycle appurtenance. : SIDECAR
39
"There was ___ danced ... " : ASTAR
42
Ox of Asia. : YAK
43
Noblemen. : DUKES
45
Reading, for one. : GAOL
46
Languished. : PINED
48
One kind of school. : PREP
49
Self: Prefix. : AUT
50
Buffet choices. : CHEESES
52
Hawaiian frigate bird. : IWA
53
Clovers. : TREFOILS
55
Learned one. : PUNDIT
57
River in Nevada. : HUMBOLDT
58
Prickly sensation. : TINGLE
59
St. Francis' birthplace. : ASSISI
60
Stock market term. : STEELS
Down
1
London striker. : BIGBEN
2
Guinea pigs' cousins. : AGOUTIES
3
Arctic port. : MURMANSK
4
Hunter's take. : BAG
5
Winner: Slang. : ONER
6
Desert place. : OASIS
7
Cache. : STORE
8
Await decision. : PEND
9
Consolidated group: Abbr. : ORG
10
___ with (equal to). : ONAPAR
11
As yet concealed. : LATENT
12
Whodunit character. : SLEUTH
14
Places visited by many people. : MECCAS
15
Then: Fr. : ALORS
20
Clearer. : PURER
23
Sideways. : LATERAL
25
Bright yellow flower. : GOLDCUP
27
Carpenter, for instance. : SAWER
29
Regaled. : WINED
31
Nickname for a cowboy. : TEX
32
___ Hatter. : MAD
34
Preferences. : LIKES
35
Center near Knoxville. : OAKRIDGE
36
Opposite of determinism. : FREEWILL
38
Most rational. : SANEST
39
Author Christie. : AGATHA
40
Suffix meaning lizard. : SAURUS
41
Symbolic images. : TOTEMS
42
Output. : YIELD
44
Freshets. : SPATES
46
Where Quezon City is: Abbr. : PHILI
47
Divisions: Abbr. : DEPTS
50
Cote sounds. : COOS
51
Hearts, for one. : SUIT
54
Washington letters. : FBI
56
Compass point. : NNE
Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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