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Louise Earnest
New York Times, Thursday, August 17, 1961
Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 11.6
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 G | 2 I | 3 R | 4 T | 5 A | 6 F | 7 E | 8 W | 9 A | 10 S | 11 T | 12 R | 13 A |
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14 O | D | E | S | 15 L | O | C | I | 16 S | C | O | O | P |
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17 V | I | C | K | 18 S | B | U | R | G | 19 S | E | N | S | E |
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20 S | O | U | 21 A | I | N | U | 22 B | U | N | G | E | D |
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23 M | T | 24 H | O | O | D | 25 B | O | R | I | |||||
26 I | N | N | 27 S | E | L | E | C | 28 T | 29 S | |||||
30 L | 31 E | 32 D | G | E | 33 S | O | F | T | D | R | I | N | 34 K |
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35 A | M | A | H | 36 M | A | N | O | S | 37 O | L | I | O |
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38 D | U | F | F | 39 L | E | B | A | G | 40 G | U | L | P | S |
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41 S | T | A | I | N | E | R | 42 C | O | T | |||||
43 L | O | U | R | 44 R | A | R | E | 45 S | 46 T | |||||
47 C | 48 A | 49 J | U | N | S | 50 J | U | N | G | 51 H | U | 52 T |
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53 O | R | A | T | E | 54 P | O | S | T | E | 55 R | I | T | Y |
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56 M | A | V | I | S | 57 A | L | S | O | 58 P | R | O | P |
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59 P | L | A | N | S | 60 Z | I | O | N | 61 M | E | R | E |
© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,416
Across
1
Encircled. : GIRT
5
A small number. : AFEW
9
Ad ___ per aspera. : ASTRA
14
Poet's work. : ODES
15
Places. : LOCI
16
Small shovel. : SCOOP
17
Tourist mecca in Mississippi. : VICKSBURG
19
Touch is one. : SENSE
20
Part of a franc. : SOU
21
Early Japanese. : AINU
22
Bruised (with "up"). : BUNGED
23
Oregon sight. : MTHOOD
25
Former Met. star. : BORI
26
Tabard ___. : INN
27
Makes a choice. : SELECTS
30
Raised edging. : LEDGE
33
Summer cooler. : SOFTDRINK
35
Indian nanny. : AMAH
36
Hands: Sp. : MANOS
37
Miscellany. : OLIO
38
Traveler's carryall: Var. : DUFFLEBAG
40
Large draughts. : GULPS
41
Furniture finisher. : STAINER
42
Camper's item. : COT
43
Scowl, old style. : LOUR
44
Most unusual. : RAREST
47
Acadians in Lousiana. : CAJUNS
50
Swiss psychologist. : JUNG
51
Cabin. : HUT
53
Hold forth. : ORATE
54
Future generations. : POSTERITY
56
Song thrush. : MAVIS
57
Besides. : ALSO
58
Support. : PROP
59
Blueprints. : PLANS
60
Part of Jerusalem. : ZION
61
Maman. : MERE
Down
1
State officials: Abbr. : GOVS
2
Common usage. : IDIOM
3
Split the deck again. : RECUT
4
Tongue-clucking sound. : TSK
5
Britannia. : ALBION
6
Happened on. : FOUND
7
Linen color. : ECRU
8
Peruke. : WIG
9
Confident. : ASSURED
10
Tourist's pleasure. : SCENICROUTE
11
Chinese society. : TONG
12
Shade of red. : ROSE
13
Copied. : APED
18
River through Burgundy. : SAONE
22
Gulps down. : BOLTS
24
Pretentious: Colloq. : HIGHFALUTIN
25
Confuse. : BEFOG
27
Navigation device. : SONAR
28
Cultivate. : TILL
29
Scissor. : SNIP
30
Youngster. : LAD
31
Nonflying birds. : EMUS
32
Silly. : DAFT
33
Side arm. : SABER
34
Ring decisions. : KOS
36
Hostess' concern. : MENUS
39
Elsa, for one. : LIONESS
40
Mountain pass. : GORGE
42
Chinese port. : CANTON
44
___-Japanese War. : RUSSO
45
County. : SHIRE
46
Instruct. : TUTOR
47
Chemical substance. Abbr. : COMP
48
Sea in Asia. : ARAL
49
Neighbor of Borneo. : JAVA
50
Pretty: Fr. : JOLI
52
Old English, for example. : TYPE
54
La ___, Bolivia. : PAZ
55
Wheel speed: Abbr. : RPM
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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