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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Friday, April 3, 1964

43-Across : Chatters: Colloq.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { K }, Scrabble score: 321 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,360
Across
1
Shade of green. : JADE
5
Facial decor. : JOWLS
10
Gil ___, Le Sage hero. : BLAS
14
Ellipse. : OVAL
15
Of a part of the eye. : UVEAL
16
Streamlet. : RILL
17
Viaud's pen name. : LOTI
18
Minestrone ingredient. : VERMICELLI
20
Adjective for a tyro. : INEXPERT
22
Resounded. : PEALED
23
Legal claims. : LIENS
24
Wringing wet. : SODDEN
25
Meadowsweet. : SPIREA
27
Bright star of Cygnus. : DENEB
28
Coffee server. : URN
29
Cross-barred patterns. : PLAIDS
31
"For the life ___ ... " : OFME
35
Nourishes. : FEEDS
37
Baggage's partner. : BAG
38
Established principle. : AXIOM
39
___ dixit. : IPSE
40
Of a valley of anc. Greece. : NEMEAN
42
___ de guerre. : NOM
43
Chatters: Colloq. : CHINS
45
Prayer beads. : ROSARY
47
Ancient. : AGEOLD
49
Thin porridge. : GRUEL
50
Items in 10 Down. : CRUMBS
51
Topping. : CRESTING
54
Ballet positions. : ARABESQUES
56
Emperor: Var. : TZAR
57
Man's nickname. : DAVE
58
___ elbows. : OUTAT
59
Son of Jacob. : LEVI
60
Munich's river. : ISAR
61
Retreats. : NESTS
62
Paradise. : EDEN
Down
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Pretty: Fr. : JOLI
2
Warwickshire's river. : AVON
3
Part of the news. : DATELINES
4
Tincture. : ELIXIR
5
Roman satirical poet. : JUVENAL
6
Surpluses. : OVERS
7
Poetic verb form. : WERT
8
Book of the Bible: Abbr. : LAM
9
Sweaters. : SLIPONS
10
Container of a sort. : BREADBOX
11
City of France. : LILLE
12
American author. : ALLEN
13
Glided. : SLID
19
Admit. : CEDE
21
Hatchery sounds. : PEEPS
24
Marsh grass. : SEDGE
25
Moslem of Persia. : SUFI
26
Kind of school. : PREP
27
Measurements across: Abbr. : DIAMS
30
Evening, in Bonn. : ABEND
32
Completed, modern style. : FINALIZED
33
Bleak locale. : MOOR
34
TV statuette. : EMMY
36
Winter time. : DECEMBER
38
Ours: Fr. : ANOUS
40
Swedish soprano. : NILSSON
41
Stops. : ARRESTS
44
___ Sound, Florida resort. : HOBE
46
Put in order. : SETTLE
47
Tapestry. : ARRAS
48
Tropical fruit. : GUAVA
49
Eminent. : GREAT
50
Moslem judge. : CADI
51
Cold ___. : CUTS
52
Church area. : NAVE
53
Facial expression. : GRIN
55
Part of Canada: Abbr. : QUE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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