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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Thursday, July 21, 1966

51-Across : Standard of thread weight.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, 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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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,186
Across
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"Balancing" experts. : CPAS
5
___ and for all. : ONCE
9
Conveyance of a sort. : PRAM
13
Constellation through which the Milky Way passes. : ARGO
14
Customs. : MORES
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V. P. Morton. : LEVI
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Specialty of the two-faced. : DOUBLETALK
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City N of Des Moines. : AMES
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Excellent, to a Britisher. : SMASHING
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Suffixes with log and stat. : ISTICS
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New Mexican Indian. : TANO
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Unites. : KNITS
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Farewell. : ADIOS
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Characteristic of flaming youth. : WILDNESS
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Cheer. : HURRAH
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City on the Orne. : CAEN
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Call ___ day. : ITA
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Island in Taiwan Strait. : AMOY
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All together. : ASONE
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Neckwear. : BOAS
40
Prohibition. : BAN
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Colonial patriot. : OTIS
42
Complexes of buildings. : PLANTS
44
Item for the stewpan. : SHORTRIB
47
City on the Ruhr. : ESSEN
48
Mountains. : ANDES
49
Sister of Ares. : ERIS
51
Standard of thread weight. : DENIER
53
What a pitcher dreams of. : SHUTOUTS
57
Cancel. : UNDO
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Musicians' term. : ANTIPHONIC
60
Sir Anthony. : EDEN
61
Play part. : SCENE
62
Boy from Madrid. : NINO
63
Small green bird with red throat. : TODY
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Wave: Fr. : ONDE
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Type of photo. : STAT
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Nasty fellows. : CADS
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Social event. : PROM
3
Water: Sp. : AGUA
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One type of reportage. : SOBSTORY
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"___ Papa." : OMEIN
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Some other time. : NOTNOW
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Rough broken cliff. : CRAG
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Fish. : EEL
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Tributary of the Missouri. : PLATTE
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Pardons. : REMISSIONS
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With: Fr. : AVEC
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Pass over. : MISS
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Superficial. : SKINDEEP
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Holy city of Tibet. : LHASA
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___ Fein. : SINN
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Group in headlines. : KLAN
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Captain of the Pequod. : AHAB
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French dramatist. : DUMAS
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Very strict. : IRONHANDED
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Twenty: Prefix. : ICOSI
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Alaska. : STATE
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Cape. : HATTERAS
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NAM, for one. : ASSN
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Men of rank. : SIRS
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Wood winds. : BASSOONS
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Gen. Wingate. : ORDE
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Part of Edinburgh. : LEITH
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Having a certain flavor. : ONIONY
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After. : BEHIND
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Coin of Karachi. : RUPEE
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Piece of music. : DUET
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Within: Prefix. : ENDO
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Relative of a Bren. : STEN
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Monetary ___. : UNIT
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Girl's nickname. : TINA
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Kiltie. : SCOT
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Sarge. : NCO

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

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