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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Tuesday, February 21, 1967

28-Across : Improvises: Colloq.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,401
Across
1
Bye-bye. : TATA
5
Gem. : OPAL
9
Time interlock, TV style. : SYNC
13
Prophetess. : SIBYL
14
Farm dog of Hungarian breed. : PULI
15
Marmalade ingredient. : PEEL
16
Kind of evidence. : PRIMAFACIE
18
Excellent. : RARE
19
Whodunit prerequisite. : CORPSE
20
Wallaby. : KANGAROO
22
Former opera star. : ALDA
23
Govt. agency. : USIS
25
Tool. : AWL
26
Nest. : NIDUS
28
Improvises: Colloq. : ADLIBS
31
Gold. : AURUM
34
Sound in the stadium. : CHEER
36
Born. : NEE
37
Member of a combo. : DRUMMER
39
Foils, stage style. : STOOGES
41
Representative: Abbr. : AGT
42
Vote in. : ELECT
44
Ejects. : OUSTS
45
Pines. : YEARNS
47
Habitat. : HAUNT
49
Part of the street scene. : BUS
50
Breathy sound. : GASP
51
Faction. : SIDE
55
Swings. : TRAPEZES
58
Assyrian goddess of love. : ISHTAR
60
Storm. : RAGE
61
Purpose in regard to marriage. : INTENTIONS
63
Type of rolled metal unit. : IBAR
64
Something of lyric beauty. : POEM
65
Body of water. : INLET
66
Weather word. : MIST
67
Without: Poet. : SANS
68
Sunrise hues. : REDS
Down
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Alpine region. : TIROL
2
"___ in the hand ... " : ABIRD
3
Item for 37 Across. : TYMPANUM
4
Woe is me! : ALAS
5
W. W. II agency. : OPA
6
Mischievous. : PUCKISH
7
Otherwise. : ALIAS
8
Claim. : LIEN
9
Urban ___. : SPRAWL
10
Certain animals. : YEARLINGS
11
One of the Wolfes. : NERO
12
Movie queen. : CLEO
13
Humane group. : SPCA
17
Bitter quarrel. : FEUD
21
Beaded edge. : GADROON
24
Legal capital of Bolivia. : SUCRE
27
Very far reaching. : IMMENSE
28
Aged: Lat. abbr. : AET
29
Sugar source. : BEET
30
Meeting: Abbr. : SESS
31
Call it ___. : ADAY
32
Drive. : URGE
33
Swedish turnips. : RUTABAGAS
35
These: Sp. : ESTAS
38
Some railways. : ELS
40
Put in the shade. : OUTSHINE
43
Take down a peg. : CHASTEN
46
Poet Brooke. : RUPERT
48
___ the air. : UPIN
50
Chief Italian port. : GENOA
52
"___ every little star ... " : ITOLD
53
Jutlanders. : DANES
54
Formerly, old style. : ERST
55
Orderly. : TRIM
56
Noted physicist. : RABI
57
Moves with speed: Colloq. : ZIPS
59
Commotion. : STIR
62
River of Germany. : EMS

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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