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Louise Earnest
New York Times, Wednesday, January 25, 1967
26-Across : Investigates.
Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 I | 4 S | 5 A | 6 D | 7 I | 8 S | 9 H | 10 B | 11 A | 12 K | 13 E |
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14 I | T | C | H | 15 L | A | C | T | O | 16 E | M | I | T |
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17 F | L | E | A | 18 M | A | R | K | E | T | 19 A | B | E | R |
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20 A | I | S | L | E | 21 T | E | N | T | 22 A | T | I | V | E |
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23 L | L | 24 M | 25 S | T | E | I | N | |||||||
26 P | 27 R | O | B | E | 28 S | 29 O | R | D | I | 30 N | 31 A | 32 L |
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33 T | E | A | T | A | S | T | 34 E | R | 35 S | K | A | T | E |
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36 A | R | I | 37 A | R | R | I | 38 S | 39 D | R | S |
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40 L | I | N | 41 E | 42 S | 43 O | R | A | T | 44 O | 45 R | I | O | S |
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46 E | L | Y | S | I | 47 A | N | 48 N | O | P | A | R | T | ||
49 S | A | R | G | 50 E | 51 P | E | T | |||||||
52 B | 53 O | 54 H | E | M | I | A | N | 55 S | 56 R | I | 57 G | 58 H | 59 T |
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60 E | R | I | N | 61 O | S | A | Y | 62 C | A | N | Y | O | U |
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63 T | A | L | C | 64 S | A | C | R | A | 65 G | R | O | G |
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66 A | L | O | E | 67 O | N | T | A | P | 68 S | E | T | S |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,374
Across
1
But: Fr. : MAIS
5
"___ for the gods." : ADISH
10
Do some cooking. : BAKE
14
Hankering. : ITCH
15
Milk: Prefix. : LACTO
16
Send out. : EMIT
17
Place for bargain hunters. : FLEAMARKET
19
But: Ger. : ABER
20
Bridal path. : AISLE
21
Provisional. : TENTATIVE
23
Degree in law. : LLM
25
Gertrude. : STEIN
26
Investigates. : PROBES
29
First or second. : ORDINAL
33
Connoisseur of a sort. : TEATASTER
35
Engage in a sport. : SKATE
36
Biblical lion. : ARI
37
Edge in architectural molding. : ARRIS
39
G.P.'s. : DRS
40
Word with side or by. : LINES
43
"Messiah" and others. : ORATORIOS
46
Blissful. : ELYSIAN
48
Want ___ of. : NOPART
49
Noncom. : SARGE
51
Term of endearment. : PET
52
Relatives of 10 Down. : BOHEMIANS
56
Suitable. : RIGHT
60
___ go brath. : ERIN
61
Famous first words. : OSAYCANYOU
63
Cosmetic base. : TALC
64
Dorsal bones. : SACRA
65
Sailor's tipple. : GROG
66
Lily plant. : ALOE
67
Ready for use. : ONTAP
68
Descends. : SETS
Down
1
Do, re, ___ ... : MIFA
2
Gudrun's victim. : ATLI
3
Refreshments. : ICES
4
Scallion. : SHALLOT
5
State: Abbr. : ALA
6
Tapered seam. : DART
7
U.S. Cabinet member, 1933-1946. : ICKES
8
Very loud. : STENTORIAN
9
More highly seasoned. : HOTTER
10
Rebel, modern style. : BEATNIK
11
Both: Prefix. : AMBI
12
City on the Dnieper. : KIEV
13
French verb. : ETRE
18
Dame Nellie. : MELBA
22
Lends a hand. : AIDS
24
Tableland. : MESA
26
Jeopardy. : PERIL
27
Wet. : RAINY
28
___ ox. : STRONGASAN
30
Point opposite the zenith. : NADIR
31
Use ___ (crib). : ATROT
32
Minus. : LESS
33
Story. : TALE
34
Slip up. : ERR
38
Street sign. : STOP
41
Intrinsic nature. : ESSENCE
42
Thailand. : SIAM
44
Saturday radio treat. : OPERA
45
Grades, as of enlisted men. : RATINGS
47
Melodious. : ARIOSO
50
Vote into law. : ENACT
52
Second brightest star. : BETA
53
Spoken. : ORAL
54
Hawaiian port. : HILO
55
Island of the Cyclades: Var. : SYRA
57
Jabberwocky word. : GYRE
58
Bird sound. : HOOT
59
Boats. : TUGS
62
Glengarry. : CAP
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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