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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Saturday, October 26, 1963

62-Across : Soaks through.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,200
Across
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Audit experts. : CPAS
5
Colors. : TINTS
10
Four-in-hand. : TEAM
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Street sound. : HONK
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Color. : IVORY
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Within: Prefix. : ENTO
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Used up. : GONE
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Merchandising gimmicks. : TIEINSALES
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Bathed. : SHOWERED
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Unguent. : CERATE
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State. : TEXAS
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Aquarium fishes. : MOLLIES
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Color. : CLARET
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Tree. : MAPLE
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Rent. : LET
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Feast. : REGALE
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Without. : SANS
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Open. : OVERT
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Established mode of procedure. : RUT
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Like ___ (probably): Colloq. : ASNOT
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Queen of Carthage. : DIDO
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Pundit. : SAVANT
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___ fare-thee-well. : TOA
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Woman in white. : BRIDE
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Intense. : ARDENT
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Quarrel. : DISPUTE
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Saw. : SPIED
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Most unfriendly. : ICIEST
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Supersede. : SUPPLANT
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Obey to the letter. : TOETHELINE
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Thine: Fr. : ATOI
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Nine: Prefix. : ENNE
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Come up again. : RECUR
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Character in "Quo Vadis?" : NERO
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Rise. : SOAR
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Soaks through. : SEEPS
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Bettor's concern. : ODDS
Down
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Costs: Abbr. : CHGS
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Winnie. : POOH
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With written commentaries. : ANNOTATED
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Wooden pin. : SKEWER
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Analyze by a chemical process. : TITRATE
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Climbing vines. : IVIES
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Gave a negative answer. : NOED
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Numerical prefix. : TRI
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Word contraction. : SYNCOPE
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Dry-eyed. : TEARLESS
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Part of a Chinese name. : ENLAI
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Tete-___. : ATETE
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Well-known artist. : MOSES
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Peddle. : SELL
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Put forth, as power. : EXERT
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Island S of Sicily. : MALTA
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Lump. : CLOD
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Jacob's son. : LEVI
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Color. : MAUVE
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Degree. : GRADE
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Preceded in time. : ANTEDATED
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Time of day. : NOON
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Office copy, for short. : STAT
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One way to "pay Paul." : ROBPETER
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Anchor position. : ATRIP
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Mothers' helpers. : SITTERS
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Dozers. : NAPPERS
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Kind of order. : RUSH
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Presidential middle name. : DELANO
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"___ moi pourquoi ... " : DITES
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Image: Prefix. : ICONO
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City of Tuscany. : SIENA
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Time of day. : SUNUP
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Number on a die. : SICE
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French department. : NORD
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Spanish uncles. : TIOS
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Shelter. : LEE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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