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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Thursday, August 17, 1961

41-Across : Furniture finisher.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,416
Across
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Encircled. : GIRT
5
A small number. : AFEW
9
Ad ___ per aspera. : ASTRA
14
Poet's work. : ODES
15
Places. : LOCI
16
Small shovel. : SCOOP
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Tourist mecca in Mississippi. : VICKSBURG
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Touch is one. : SENSE
20
Part of a franc. : SOU
21
Early Japanese. : AINU
22
Bruised (with "up"). : BUNGED
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Oregon sight. : MTHOOD
25
Former Met. star. : BORI
26
Tabard ___. : INN
27
Makes a choice. : SELECTS
30
Raised edging. : LEDGE
33
Summer cooler. : SOFTDRINK
35
Indian nanny. : AMAH
36
Hands: Sp. : MANOS
37
Miscellany. : OLIO
38
Traveler's carryall: Var. : DUFFLEBAG
40
Large draughts. : GULPS
41
Furniture finisher. : STAINER
42
Camper's item. : COT
43
Scowl, old style. : LOUR
44
Most unusual. : RAREST
47
Acadians in Lousiana. : CAJUNS
50
Swiss psychologist. : JUNG
51
Cabin. : HUT
53
Hold forth. : ORATE
54
Future generations. : POSTERITY
56
Song thrush. : MAVIS
57
Besides. : ALSO
58
Support. : PROP
59
Blueprints. : PLANS
60
Part of Jerusalem. : ZION
61
Maman. : MERE
Down
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State officials: Abbr. : GOVS
2
Common usage. : IDIOM
3
Split the deck again. : RECUT
4
Tongue-clucking sound. : TSK
5
Britannia. : ALBION
6
Happened on. : FOUND
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Linen color. : ECRU
8
Peruke. : WIG
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Confident. : ASSURED
10
Tourist's pleasure. : SCENICROUTE
11
Chinese society. : TONG
12
Shade of red. : ROSE
13
Copied. : APED
18
River through Burgundy. : SAONE
22
Gulps down. : BOLTS
24
Pretentious: Colloq. : HIGHFALUTIN
25
Confuse. : BEFOG
27
Navigation device. : SONAR
28
Cultivate. : TILL
29
Scissor. : SNIP
30
Youngster. : LAD
31
Nonflying birds. : EMUS
32
Silly. : DAFT
33
Side arm. : SABER
34
Ring decisions. : KOS
36
Hostess' concern. : MENUS
39
Elsa, for one. : LIONESS
40
Mountain pass. : GORGE
42
Chinese port. : CANTON
44
___-Japanese War. : RUSSO
45
County. : SHIRE
46
Instruct. : TUTOR
47
Chemical substance. Abbr. : COMP
48
Sea in Asia. : ARAL
49
Neighbor of Borneo. : JAVA
50
Pretty: Fr. : JOLI
52
Old English, for example. : TYPE
54
La ___, Bolivia. : PAZ
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Wheel speed: Abbr. : RPM

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

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