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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Saturday, February 15, 1964

19-Across : Big balloon satellite.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,312
Across
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Substance akin to kindling. : TINDER
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Under most favorable conditions. : ATBEST
13
Political expedient. : GAGRULE
14
Investigate cautiously. : FEELOUT
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Without strings. : UNLACED
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Figure in "Uncle Remus" story. : TARBABY
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Past. : AGO
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Big balloon satellite. : ECHO
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Lab container. : BEAKER
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Farm sounds. : MOOS
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Pad. : TABLET
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More palatable. : TASTIER
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Former Seoul name. : RHEE
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Dairy item. : CHURN
35
Chapel Hill dwellers. : TARHEELS
37
Revokes. : REPEALS
40
Village on the Cape. : HYANNIS
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British actor Cooke. : ALISTAIR
43
Rope. : LASSO
44
Receptacles. : BINS
45
Develop favorably. : BLOSSOM
48
___ l'oeil (deception of the eye), in paintings. : TROMPE
49
This: Sp. : ESTE
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Classifications. : GENERA
57
Opera highlight. : ARIA
59
Halloo! : HEY
60
Menu term. : ALAMODE
62
Set aside for the future. : INSTORE
64
Victimized. : PUTUPON
65
Novelty. : NEWNESS
66
Unlucky players. : LOSERS
67
Fly. : TSETSE
Down
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Piece of dance music. : TANGO
2
Home in 38 Down. : IGLOO
3
Blue Eagle's letters. : NRA
4
Leader: It. : DUCE
5
Chooses. : ELECTS
6
Cardinal. : REDHAT
7
Fore's partner. : AFT
8
Wintergreen. : TEABERRY
9
Relative of a chapeau. : BERET
10
Italian island. : ELBA
11
Drench. : SOAK
12
TV part. : TUBE
13
Largest of the Marianas. : GUAM
15
Son of Odin. : TYR
20
News item. : OBIT
23
Feminine suffix. : STRESS
25
Jacob's wife. : LEAH
27
Science course: Abbr. : ANAT
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Give a new title. : RENAME
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Layers. : HENS
30
Region of ancient Greece. : ELIS
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It, in Italy. : ESSO
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Zodiac sign. : CRAB
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Sun: Prefix. : HELI
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___ the air. : UPIN
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Atmospheric spectacle. : HALO
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Where Goose Bay is. : LABRADOR
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Farm structure. : SILO
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The Eternal City. : ROMA
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Run at full speed. : SPRINT
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Nets. : SEINES
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Figure of speech. : TROPE
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Flats. : SHOES
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Not prolix. : TERSE
52
Hooks' partners. : EYES
53
Hiatus. : GAP
54
Hebrew month. : ELUL
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SHAPE's relative. : NATO
56
Cousins of the ostrich. : EMUS
58
"___ forgive our debtors." : ASWE
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Subordinate to Lt. (j. g.). : ENS
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Explosive. : TNT

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1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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