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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Monday, April 4, 1966

15-Across : Flora's partner.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, 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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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,078
Across
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Part of the research picture. : LABS
5
View: Suffix. : OPSIS
10
Expand. : GROW
14
Hassan of Bagdad. : ABOU
15
Flora's partner. : FAUNA
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Calcium oxide. : LIME
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Duplicate. : CARBONCOPY
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Levantine port. : ACRE
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Paris season. : ETE
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Luau food. : POI
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The Shenandoah was one. : AIRSHIP
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Rushlike plant. : SEDGE
26
Supreme Court Justice. : FORTAS
28
Get (the help of). : ENLIST
30
Duffer. : CHUMP
34
Shortened form, shortened. : ABBR
37
Ophidian. : ASP
38
Illinois city. : PEORIA
39
Sea: Ger. : MEER
40
Fine line. : STRIA
42
Marine initials. : USSS
43
Perform halfheartedly. : PLAYAT
45
Man's nickname. : ERN
46
Answer back: Slang. : SASS
47
Make campaign speeches. : STUMP
48
Iron sulfide. : PYRITE
50
Umbrian town. : ASSISI
52
Celtic name. : OSCAR
56
Far ___. : ANDNEAR
59
Type of hill. : TOR
61
Flurry. : ADO
62
Urge on. : GOAD
63
Whirling dance. : TARANTELLA
66
Name meaning grace. : ANNE
67
Make up for. : ATONE
68
Gil ___. : BLAS
69
Zoo sound. : ROAR
70
Semiaquatic animals. : NEWTS
71
Menhaden. : BAIT
Down
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Guipures. : LACES
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Lessen. : ABATE
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Tired of it all. : BORED
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Stand-in, for short. : SUB
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Point ___ return. : OFNO
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One of the "doves." : PACIFIST
7
His: It. : SUO
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To a certain degree. : INPART
9
"___ Isn't So." : SAYIT
10
Proverbial dwellings. : GLASSHOUSES
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Abundant. : RICH
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Ahab's father. : OMRI
13
Lapwing. : WEEP
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Aboveboard. : OPEN
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Slipstream. : RACE
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Finagle for political advantage. : GERRYMANDER
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Fish hawks. : OSPREYS
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Shoemaker's form. : LAST
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She-bear: Lat. : URSA
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Escape. : MISS
33
Hand to another. : PASS
34
Electrical units: Abbr. : AMPS
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Region. : BELT
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Dandy. : BEAU
38
Mrs., in Poland. : PANI
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Galling. : IRRITANT
44
Church part. : APSE
48
Blackbeard. : PIRATE
49
Legal term. : TORT
51
Character in "Paradise Lost." : SATAN
53
Large lily. : CALLA
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U.N. name. : ADLAI
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Pièce de résistance. : ROAST
56
Chinese gelatin. : AGAR
57
Admonition to a tot. : NONO
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American author. : DANA
60
Figures. : ONES
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Something to hoe. : ROW
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Type of tide. : EBB

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1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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