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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Wednesday, August 27, 1958

18-Across : Reversed.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { B Q X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 46.2
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,347
Across
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Closes. : SHUTS
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Greek letters. : PHIS
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First word of the Aeneid. : ARMA
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Rabbit fur. : LAPIN
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Gay rakes. : LOTHARIOS
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Perplexed. : ATSEA
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Reversed. : INSIDEOUT
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"With ___, I thee wed." : THISRING
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Brother: Lat. : FRATER
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Obtusely. : DULLY
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___ away. : STOW
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Be resistant to. : REPEL
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Of a continent. : ASIATIC
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Not charged: Abbr. : COD
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___ Lama, high priest of Tibet. : DALAI
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Innsbruck's province. : TYROL
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Hebrew prophet. : AMOS
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Discloses. : TELLS
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This ___ up. : SIDE
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Taken again. : REWON
41
Indian state. : ASSAM
43
Another version of Ltd. : LIM
44
Philanderer. : DONJUAN
46
Prize-winning director. : KAZAN
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Kiln for hops. : OAST
49
Worth. : MERIT
50
People of Acadian French descent. : CAJUNS
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Obscurity. : DARKNESS
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Surmounts. : OVERCOMES
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Become a member. : ENROL
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Food processing plants. : CANNERIES
60
Coronet. : TIARA
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Dear me! : ALAS
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White-walled item. : TIRE
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Piquant. : SALTY
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Thin, narrow bar. : SLAT
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Archaic verb form. : HATH
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Topsy-turvy. : UPSIDEDOWN
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Hinders from action. : TIESUP
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Confused. : SNARLED
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Roman naturalist. : PLINY
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Factory in China. : HONG
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"___ a boy!" : ITS
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Changes gears. : SHIFTS
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Basement entrances. : AREAWAYS
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Brilliant display. : RIOT
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Pouting grimace. : MOUE
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A science: Abbr. : ASTR
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Expert. : ADROIT
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___ ease (uncomfortable). : ILLAT
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Square, fore-and-aft, etc. : SAILS
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Son of Montague. : ROMEO
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Three-sided. : TRILATERAL
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Familiar tincture. : IODIN
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Attlee's nickname. : CLEM
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Deuce. : CARD
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Relied (on). : LEANT
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Capp and others. : ALS
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Visits. : SOJOURNS
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Falcon used in hunting. : SAKER
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Shade of expression. : NUANCE
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Outlets. : MARKETS
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Classify. : ASSORT
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Indiana state flower. : ZINNIA
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Billiard stroke. : MASSE
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TV's Imogene. : COCA
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Of grandparents. : AVAL
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German city, site of Napoleonic victory. : JENA
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Bambi's family. : DEER
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Kind. : SORT
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Dispatch. : SLAY
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Early in the 11th century. : MII

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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