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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Thursday, October 18, 1962

40-Across : Wastes away.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { B F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,843
Across
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Surprised exclamation. : WHAT
5
Sun. : STAR
9
Namely. : TOWIT
14
Top quality. : AONE
15
Mule team. : ARMY
16
Period. : EPOCH
17
Man-made phenomenon. : SATELLITE
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Quay. : LEVEE
20
Depot abbreviation. : ARR
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Provender. : OATS
22
City on the Rio Grande. : LAREDO
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Beguile. : DELUDE
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Prima donna. : DIVA
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Good times. : UPS
27
Study of Arabic, Hebrew, etc. : SEMITICS
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"For ___ house is his castle ... " : AMANS
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Town near Nancy. : LUNEVILLE
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Constellation. : LYRA
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World Series star. : MARIS
37
Olive genus. : OLEA
38
Daydreams. : STARGAZES
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Wastes away. : GNAWS
41
Electrical measuring device. : OHMMETER
42
___ degree (somewhat). : TOA
43
Digits. : ONES
44
Pooh's friend. : PIGLET
47
Italian title. : SIGNOR
50
Storage place. : SILO
51
___-a-vis. : VIS
53
Typewriter type. : ELITE
54
Cocktail party babble. : SMALLTALK
56
Hindu maids. : AYAHS
57
Ancient inscription. : RUNE
58
Supposition. : IDEA
59
Parsonage. : MANSE
60
First name in music. : IGOR
61
Aphid, for instance. : PEST
Down
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"I ___ King in Babylon ... " : WASA
2
Cache. : HOARD
3
Cave: Poet. : ANTRE
4
Golfer's peg. : TEE
5
Greens. : SALADS
6
Shopworn. : TRITE
7
Totals: Abbr. : AMTS
8
Grain. : RYE
9
City in the Levant. : TELAVIV
10
Ready for a destined function. : OPERATIONAL
11
Loomed. : WOVE
12
Glacé. : ICED
13
Aaron Burr's daughter. : THEO
18
Masks. : LOUPS
22
Citrus fruit. : LIMES
24
Time periods. : LUNARMONTHS
25
France's saint. : DENIS
27
More certain. : SURER
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That: Lat. : ILLA
29
Lower corner of a sail. : CLEW
30
High ___. : SEAS
31
Besides. : ALSO
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Bulfinch's topic. : MYTH
33
Biblical plain. : ARAM
34
Idles. : LAZES
36
Eton boy's mother. : MATER
39
Columbus, for one. : GENOESE
40
Russian writer. : GOGOL
42
Steering device. : TILLER
44
Spinet. : PIANO
45
Dodge. : EVADE
46
Delft specialty. : TILES
47
Furrow. : SEAM
48
There is: Fr. : ILYA
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Menotti's first name. : GIAN
50
Self-satisfied. : SMUG
52
Card game. : SKAT
54
Hindu title. : SRI
55
Apex. : TIP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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