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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Thursday, November 19, 1964

50-Across : Moslem weight units.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,590
Across
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Campus building. : DORM
5
Medieval helmet. : ARMET
10
Think nothing ___. : OFIT
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Have ___ in one's bonnet. : ABEE
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Religious art piece. : PIETA
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Southern France. : MIDI
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Neither right nor left. : DEADCENTER
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Inert gas. : NEON
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Jordan's neighbor. : SYRIA
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Draftees. : GIS
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Grinders. : MILLS
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Humble. : ABASE
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Turnpike. : ROAD
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Nautical bumper. : MAT
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Boxed. : SPARRED
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Youth group. : GSA
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His: Fr. : ALUI
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Deferential. : OBSEQUIOUS
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Bodice. : CORSAGE
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Keep going. : SUSTAIN
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Poe poem. : ANNABELLEE
43
Voice. : ALTO
44
Tiny. : WEE
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Permit to be issued. : RELEASE
47
Institute. : SET
48
Place for the speaker. : DAIS
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Moslem weight units. : ARTAL
52
Items in the fire. : IRONS
54
Letterhead abbreviation. : INC
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Spiritual leader. : RABBI
59
Shade of gray. : DOVE
60
Pan handlers. : POTHOLDERS
62
Constant. : EVEN
63
Maguey plants. : ALOES
64
Nautical term. : YARE
65
Spanish painter. : SERT
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Cup: Fr. : TASSE
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Confident. : SURE
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PTA members. : DADS
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Follow orders. : OBEY
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Opposite of the van. : REAR
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Madison Avenue term. : MEDIA
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Simian. : APE
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Calls up memory of. : RINGSABELL
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Trades. : METIERS
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French seasons. : ETES
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No landlubber he. : TAR
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___ vincit amor. : OMNIA
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Gridiron sights. : FIELDGOALS
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Apple of one's eye. : IDOL
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Containers. : TINS
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Part of the street scene. : CABS
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___ vivendi. : MODUS
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Statistics for satellite trackers. : APOGEES
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Ask. : REQUEST
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Colorful bird. : MACAW
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Solus. : ALONE
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Thought about carefully. : TURNEDOVER
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Investigates systematically. : RESEARCHES
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Series of musical works. : SUITE
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Like ___. : ASNOT
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Book of the Bible: Abbr. : ISA
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Call ___ day. : ITA
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Shelters. : ABRIS
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Shelters. : LEANTOS
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Countess' husband. : EARL
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Concerning. : ANENT
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___ man. : LADYS
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March time. : IDES
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Ramble. : ROVE
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Kansas city. : IOLA
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Steady, old style. : BEAU
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Wintry sound effect. : BRRR
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Words of understanding. : ISEE
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Timely. : PAT
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Adjective suffix. : OSE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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