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Louise Earnest
New York Times, Thursday, June 14, 1962
9-Across : Capital of Côte-d'Or.
Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Clue for 20-Across was "Cogito, Ergo ___." Changed it to "Cogito, ergo ___."
1 T | 2 O | 3 G | 4 O | 5 L | 6 U | 7 F | 8 F | 9 D | 10 I | 11 J | 12 O | 13 N |
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14 A | F | A | R | 15 E | B | O | E | 16 I | N | A | N | E |
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17 T | O | M | B | 18 S | T | O | N | E | 19 A | S | K | E | W |
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20 S | U | M | 21 T | O | A | D | 22 F | L | I | E | R | S |
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23 R | A | 24 G | O | U | T | 25 S | A | I | D | |||||
26 A | R | T | 27 V | I | G | N | E | 28 T | 29 T | 30 E |
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31 B | 32 E | 33 R | R | Y | 34 F | I | L | I | G | R | E | E | D |
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35 A | R | I | D | 36 S | I | D | O | N | 37 O | R | E | G |
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38 S | I | D | E | 39 L | I | N | E | S | 40 S | O | M | M | E |
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41 S | C | E | N | A | R | I | O | 42 H | U | M | ||||
43 P | I | E | S | 44 S | A | M | S | 45 O | 46 N | |||||
47 H | 48 A | 49 R | A | S | S | 50 G | I | L | A | 51 R | I | 52 O |
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53 A | L | O | R | S | 54 U | N | D | E | C | 55 I | D | E | D |
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56 L | O | T | T | E | 57 P | A | L | S | 58 M | I | C | E |
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59 S | T | C | Y | R | 60 A | W | E | T | 61 P | E | E | R |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,717
Across
1
Phrase used for certain orders of food. : TOGO
5
Sailing term. : LUFF
9
Capital of Côte-d'Or. : DIJON
14
At a distance. : AFAR
15
Central American tree. : EBOE
16
Silly. : INANE
17
Arizona city. : TOMBSTONE
19
Out of line. : ASKEW
20
Cogito, ergo ___. : SUM
21
Amphibian. : TOAD
22
Members of S. A. C. : FLIERS
23
Stew. : RAGOUT
25
Announced. : SAID
26
Museum material. : ART
27
Literary sketch. : VIGNETTE
31
Tomato, for one. : BERRY
34
With lacy ornamental work. : FILIGREED
35
Desertlike. : ARID
36
Ancient Phoenician city. : SIDON
37
State: Abbr. : OREG
38
Place for a benchwarmer. : SIDELINES
40
Amiens' river. : SOMME
41
Hollywood item. : SCENARIO
42
Drone. : HUM
43
Baked dishes. : PIES
44
Strong man. : SAMSON
47
Torment. : HARASS
50
___ monster. : GILA
51
Mexican waterway. : RIO
53
Then: Fr. : ALORS
54
On the fence. : UNDECIDED
56
Singer Lehmann. : LOTTE
57
Buddies. : PALS
58
Gnawing problems. : MICE
59
De Gaulle's alma mater. : STCYR
60
Mad as ___ hen. : AWET
61
Equal. : PEER
Down
1
Gunny cloths. : TATS
2
In the year ___ Lord. : OFOUR
3
Greek letter. : GAMMA
4
Globe. : ORB
5
Ease, as a seam. : LETOUT
6
W. W. I craft. : UBOAT
7
Loving. : FOND
8
Retainer. : FEE
9
Long-distance activity. : DIALING
10
Certain accommodations. : INSIDEROOMS
11
First-rate: Slang. : JAKE
12
Individualist: Slang. : ONER
13
Reporter's aim. : NEWS
18
See 13 Down. : STORY
22
Dickensian villain. : FAGIN
24
Summer affair. : GARDENPARTY
25
Pits of missiles. : SILOS
27
I see: Lat. : VIDEO
28
Period. : TERM
29
Abound. : TEEM
30
Apply a border. : EDGE
31
Fish. : BASS
32
Norse name. : ERIC
33
Outing of a sort. : RIDE
34
The last word. : FINIS
36
Forefathers. : SIRES
39
To allow: Fr. : LAISSER
40
Poisonous shrub. : SUMAC
42
Soundest. : HALEST
44
Edge along. : SIDLE
45
Do-___. : ORDIE
46
Relative. : NIECE
47
Dutch painter. : HALS
48
A great deal. : ALOT
49
Campus group. : ROTC
50
Chew at. : GNAW
52
River of Poland. : ODER
54
___ tree. : UPA
55
Devil's helper. : IMP
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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