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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Friday, March 16, 1962

40-Across : Molecular property.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,627
Across
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Counterbalances. : OFFSETS
8
Detonates. : SETSOFF
15
Chef-___. : DOEUVRE
16
Railroad tie. : SLEEPER
17
Giant in "Pilgrim's Progress." : DESPAIR
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Divided by membranes. : SEPTATE
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Feminine suffix. : ETTE
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Flower garden. : BED
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Rang out. : PEALED
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Fish delicacy. : ROE
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Ornamental plume. : PANACHE
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Name for a vivacious girl. : ALLEGRA
27
Three. : III
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Rear. : RAISE
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One kind of policy. : HANDSOFF
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Extempore. : OFFHAND
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Sicilian landmark. : MTAETNA
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Molecular property. : COHESION
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Of thought, perhaps. : TRAIN
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O.T. book: Abbr. : GEN
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Spanish nobleman. : GRANDEE
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Glenn's forerunner. : SHEPARD
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Wall Street term. : PAR
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Café ___. : AULAIT
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Arab's garment. : ABA
56
Wing: Fr. : AILE
57
___ tree (decorate for Christmas). : TRIMTHE
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Range of Yukon's Mackenzie Mts. : OGILVIE
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Unconventional. : OFFBEAT
62
Repel by force. : BEATOFF
63
Contemporary of Rouault. : MATISSE
64
Legislative bodies. : SENATES
Down
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Stranger. : ODDER
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Enemy of. : FOETO
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Olivia's clown. : FESTE
4
Mob scene man. : SUPE
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Stowe girl. : EVA
6
Of the clan. : TRIBAL
7
Above the strife. : SERENE
8
Draft system. : SSS
9
Babar, for one. : ELEPHANT
10
Home of the brave. : TEPEE
11
Stiff hair. : SETA
12
Milky white gem. : OPAL
13
Entertain. : FETE
14
Fritz. : FRED
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Hill, in Turkey. : DAGH
24
Courtroom statements. : PLEAS
25
Pack tight. : CRAM
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Gray. : ASHEN
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Grenoble's river. : ISERE
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Greek letter. : IOTA
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Spanish enclave in Morocco. : IFNI
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Mythical bird. : ROC
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In ___ (confused). : AFOG
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"___ hollers, let him go ... " : IFHE
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Passé. : DATED
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Devotee. : FAN
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"The ___ a thousand eyes ... " : NIGHTHAS
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Movie producer Schary. : DORE
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Glove leather. : NAPA
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Moguls. : NABOBS
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Sugarplum: Fr. : DRAGEE
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Real estate. : SITES
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Central point. : PIVOT
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"___ on the ocean wave ... " : ALIFE
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Reduces sails. : REEFS
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Particle. : ATOM
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City in Turkey. : URFA
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Ski ___. : LIFT
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Both: Prefix. : AMBI
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Canadian province: Abbr. : ALTA
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French season. : ETE
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Scotsman's name. : IAN

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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