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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Tuesday, August 26, 1969

34-Across : Racing term.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 249 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,318
Across
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Crystalline mineral. : SPAR
5
Nickname for an old-time reporter. : SCOOP
10
"This ___ the house." : ISON
14
___ breve. : ALLA
15
"Ici on ___ ... " : PARLE
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Admonition. : NONO
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Bakery item. : LADYFINGER
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Miniskirt of a sort. : TUTU
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Used up. : ATE
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Banker's abbreviation. : INT
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River in Hades. : ACHERON
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Carl Van ___. : DOREN
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"America," for one. : ANTHEM
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Living-room piece. : SETTEE
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Shock. : APPAL
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Racing term. : LAPS
37
French drink. : EAU
38
On and on, poetically. : ETERNE
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Tennis star. : ASHE
40
Up and about. : ASTIR
42
Go on. : RANT
43
Rubies. : STONES
45
Hospital personnel: Abbr. : RNS
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Votes. : AYES
47
TV Indian. : TONTO
48
Quiescent. : LATENT
50
Shoe part. : INSOLE
52
German name for Baltic island. : OESEL
56
Name in the theater. : BELASCO
59
Party man: Abbr. : REP
61
Le Gallienne. : EVA
62
Man's name. : EMIL
63
Literary effort of a sort. : OPENLETTER
66
Miss. : GIRL
67
Some Frenchmen. : PERES
68
Ancient Germanic writing. : RUNE
69
Brace. : STAY
70
Wipe off. : ERASE
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Residences: Abbr. : APTS
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Caesar, for one. : SALAD
2
Socrates's pupil. : PLATO
3
Shrub. : ALDER
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Ultraviolet, for one. : RAY
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Rotate. : SPIN
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Vocal presentations. : CANTATAS
7
Club: Abbr. : ORG
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Salt in fatty substances. : OLEATE
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Fish. : PERCH
10
Without constraint. : INTEMPERATE
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Discordant. : SOUR
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Hep. : ONTO
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Part of speech. : NOUN
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Musical end. : FINE
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"Just ___ and serve." : HEAT
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Au fond. : ESSENTIALLY
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Not pro or con. : NEUTRAL
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Parties. : TEAS
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Implore. : PRAY
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Princess. : ANNE
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___ go! : LETS
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Terminal. : LAST
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Concerning. : ASTO
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Unit of loudness. : PHON
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Irish Gaelic. : ERSE
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Hospital staff men. : INTERNES
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Ages. : EONS
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Sewing device. : LOOPER
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Slangy negative. : NOPE
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Range. : SCOPE
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Arrangement. : SETUP
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Activity. : EVENT
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Roman gods. : LARES
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Asks for. : BEGS
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Give out. : EMIT
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100 centesimi. : LIRA
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Besides. : ELSE
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Period. : ERA
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Musical syllable. : TRA

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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