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Louise Earnest
New York Times, Friday, August 23, 1968
25-Across : Bird sounds.
Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { H J Q }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 I | 3 C | 4 B | 5 L | 6 A | 7 S | 8 E | 9 B | 10 A | 11 K | 12 U |
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13 L | O | B | O | 14 E | O | S | I | N | 15 U | R | I | S |
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16 A | M | E | R | 17 S | P | I | T | Z | 18 F | A | T | E |
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19 I | M | A | R | 20 E | T | 21 D | A | Y | 22 A | F | T | E | R |
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23 C | A | M | E | T | O | 24 T | E | R | M | S | ||||
25 C | A | W | S | 26 E | U | 27 R | 28 E | 29 K | 30 A |
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31 B | 32 A | 33 T | T | L | E | A | 34 X | 35 E | 36 R | E | L | A | Y |
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37 A | T | O | I | 38 D | R | I | N | 39 K | 40 C | E | T | E |
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41 S | E | N | O | 42 R | 43 S | I | G | N | 44 S | O | V | E | R |
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45 K | E | Y | N | E | 46 S | 47 R | E | I | N | |||||
48 S | E | 49 L | 50 F | S | E | R | V | 51 I | 52 C | 53 E |
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54 G | 55 O | 56 G | 57 E | T | T | E | R | 58 D | E | E | M | E | D |
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59 O | N | Y | X | 60 S | A | U | 61 C | E | 62 N | O | D | E |
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63 O | T | R | A | 64 T | R | I | P | E | 65 E | V | E | N |
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66 D | O | O | M | 67 O | N | T | O | P | 68 S | E | D |
© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,950
Across
1
Military V.I.P. : CIC
4
Adjective for a sophisticate. : BLASE
9
Capital of Azerbaijan. : BAKU
13
Timber wolf. : LOBO
14
Rose-colored dye. : EOSIN
15
Author Leon. : URIS
16
U.S.A. : AMER
17
Pomeranian's cousin. : SPITZ
18
Kismet. : FATE
19
Place to stay in Istanbul. : IMARET
21
___ day. : DAYAFTER
23
Reached an agreement. : CAMETOTERMS
25
Bird sounds. : CAWS
26
"I've got it!" : EUREKA
31
Halberd. : BATTLEAXE
36
Meet event. : RELAY
37
Thine: Fr. : ATOI
38
Punch. : DRINK
40
Whale. : CETE
41
Man from Madrid. : SENOR
43
Transfers legally. : SIGNSOVER
45
Noted English economist. : KEYNES
47
Restrain. : REIN
48
Like some elevators. : SELFSERVICE
54
Aggressive one: Slang. : GOGETTER
58
Judged. : DEEMED
59
Cameo material. : ONYX
60
Chef's forte. : SAUCE
62
Knot. : NODE
63
Other: Sp. : OTRA
64
Pepper pot ingredient. : TRIPE
65
Uniform. : EVEN
66
Sentence. : DOOM
67
In the lead. : ONTOP
68
But: Lat. : SED
Down
1
Sentence divider. : COMMA
2
Construction item. : IBEAM
3
Amendment. : CORRECTION
4
Donated. : BESTOWED
5
Cut off, as branches. : LOP
6
Stage direction. : ASIDE
7
Ravi Shankar's instrument. : SITAR
8
Pepsin. : ENZYME
9
Fan: Colloq. : BUFF
10
Smell ___ (be suspicious). : ARAT
11
High flyer. : KITE
12
Consumer. : USER
13
Secular. : LAIC
20
Common abbreviation. : ETAL
22
Assyrian god. : ASUR
24
Rulers. : TSARS
27
Meets again. : RECONVENES
28
Alt. : ELEV
29
Cathy's cousin. : KATE
30
Town near Fitchburg, Mass. : AYER
31
Sun. : BASK
32
To ___ (exactly). : ATEE
33
Stylish: Slang. : TONY
34
Noon. : XII
35
Printers: Abbr. : ENGRS
39
In to a certain point. : KNEEDEEP
42
Musical symbol. : REST
44
Forefather. : SIRE
46
Tackles. : SETSTO
49
Hear. : LEARN
50
Tart ingredient. : FRUIT
51
Words addressed to the chair. : IMOVE
52
Transferred. : CEDED
53
Anthony. : EDEN
54
Fine! : GOOD
55
Atop. : ONTO
56
Leveling device, for short. : GYRO
57
Oral. : EXAM
61
Navy man. : CPO
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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