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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Friday, August 23, 1968

43-Across : Transfers legally.

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.
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© 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
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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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