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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Friday, June 30, 1961

5-Across : Rural residence.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,368
Across
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___ voce. : VIVA
5
Rural residence. : VILLA
10
President's aide: Colloq. : VEEP
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Equal: Fr. : EGAL
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Covered with vines. : IVIED
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Assert. : AVER
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Endured successfully (with "out"). : RODE
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Electrical unit. : VOLTAMPERE
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Prayer book. : BREVIARY
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New Zealand natives. : MAORIS
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Diminutive of a girl's name. : MILLY
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Father of Odysseus. : LAERTES
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Made level. : EVENED
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Thus: Fr. : AINSI
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Old ___. : VIC
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Strip. : DIVEST
31
Pueblo dweller in New Mexico. : ZUNI
35
Musical exercise. : ETUDE
37
Baseball great. : OTT
38
Legislative body: Fr. : SENAT
39
Santha ___ Rau, Indian writer. : RAMA
40
Chief Justice of the U. S., 1946-53. : VINSON
42
Time of day: Poet. : EVE
43
Behold: Fr. : VOILA
45
More extensive. : VASTER
47
Sheer fabric. : BATISTE
50
Biblical coin, 1/20 of a shekel. : GERAH
51
Dweller. : ABIDER
52
Describing a runcible spoon. : FORKLIKE
55
Sorts and labels. : CLASSIFIES
57
Shaped like a pocket. : UCUT
58
Mackerellike fish. : CERO
59
Hold forth on the rostrum. : ORATE
60
Dessert. : TART
61
Asiatic kingdom. : IRAN
62
Machine shop item. : LATHE
63
Robert ___. : ELEE
Down
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Part of speech. : VERB
2
Composer Stravinsky. : IGOR
3
Indispensable handbook. : VADEMECUM
4
Newly hatched salmon. : ALEVIN
5
Italian composer of concerti grossi. : VIVALDI
6
Kind of tower. : IVORY
7
Trumpet-shaped flower. : LILY
8
Rent. : LET
9
Stony. : ADAMANT
10
Change into gaseous form. : VAPORIZE
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Turn outward. : EVERT
12
Uncanny. : EERIE
13
Fourth estate. : PRESS
19
West and others. : MAES
21
___ France. : ILEDE
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Inventories. : LISTS
25
Repeatedly. : EVER
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"La Dolce ___." : VITA
27
Sicilian landmark. : AETNA
30
Sheer fabric. : VOILE
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Not according to professional standards. : UNETHICAL
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Part of a church. : NAVE
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Roman road. : ITER
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American sculptor. : DAVIDSON
38
Imaginary animal in Lewis Carroll poem. : SNARK
40
Sulfuric acid. : VITRIOL
41
Supervise. : OVERSEE
44
Suffixes meaning "full of." : OSES
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Gesture of welcome, honor, etc. : SALUTE
47
Word element meaning "berry." : BACCI
48
Better qualified. : ABLER
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Diadem. : TIARA
50
"Pride ___ before destruction." : GOETH
52
Decree. : FIAT
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Honshu city. : KURE
54
Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
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Brother. : FRA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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