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Louise Earnest
New York Times, Wednesday, August 27, 1958
62-Across : White-walled item.
Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { B Q X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 H | 3 U | 4 T | 5 S | 6 P | 7 H | 8 I | 9 S | 10 A | 11 R | 12 M | 13 A |
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14 L | A | P | I | N | 15 L | O | T | H | 16 A | R | I | O | S |
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17 A | T | S | E | A | 18 I | N | S | I | D | E | O | U | T |
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19 T | H | I | S | R | 20 I | N | G | 21 F | R | A | T | E | R |
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22 D | U | L | L | Y | 23 S | T | O | W | ||||||
24 R | E | P | E | L | 25 A | S | I | A | 26 T | 27 I | 28 C |
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29 C | O | D | 30 D | A | 31 L | 32 A | I | 33 T | Y | R | O | L |
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34 A | M | O | 35 S | 36 T | E | L | L | 37 S | 38 S | I | D | E |
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39 R | E | W | O | 40 N | 41 A | S | S | A | 42 M | 43 L | I | M |
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44 D | O | N | J | U | 45 A | N | 46 K | A | 47 Z | A | N | |||
48 O | A | S | T | 49 M | E | R | I | T | ||||||
50 C | 51 A | 52 J | U | N | S | 53 D | A | R | K | N | E | 54 S | 55 S |
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56 O | V | E | R | C | O | 57 M | E | S | 58 E | N | R | O | L |
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59 C | A | N | N | E | R | I | E | S | 60 T | I | A | R | A |
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61 A | L | A | S | 62 T | I | R | E | 63 S | A | L | T | Y |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,347
Across
1
Closes. : SHUTS
6
Greek letters. : PHIS
10
First word of the Aeneid. : ARMA
14
Rabbit fur. : LAPIN
15
Gay rakes. : LOTHARIOS
17
Perplexed. : ATSEA
18
Reversed. : INSIDEOUT
19
"With ___, I thee wed." : THISRING
21
Brother: Lat. : FRATER
22
Obtusely. : DULLY
23
___ away. : STOW
24
Be resistant to. : REPEL
25
Of a continent. : ASIATIC
29
Not charged: Abbr. : COD
30
___ Lama, high priest of Tibet. : DALAI
33
Innsbruck's province. : TYROL
34
Hebrew prophet. : AMOS
36
Discloses. : TELLS
38
This ___ up. : SIDE
39
Taken again. : REWON
41
Indian state. : ASSAM
43
Another version of Ltd. : LIM
44
Philanderer. : DONJUAN
46
Prize-winning director. : KAZAN
48
Kiln for hops. : OAST
49
Worth. : MERIT
50
People of Acadian French descent. : CAJUNS
53
Obscurity. : DARKNESS
56
Surmounts. : OVERCOMES
58
Become a member. : ENROL
59
Food processing plants. : CANNERIES
60
Coronet. : TIARA
61
Dear me! : ALAS
62
White-walled item. : TIRE
63
Piquant. : SALTY
Down
1
Thin, narrow bar. : SLAT
2
Archaic verb form. : HATH
3
Topsy-turvy. : UPSIDEDOWN
4
Hinders from action. : TIESUP
5
Confused. : SNARLED
6
Roman naturalist. : PLINY
7
Factory in China. : HONG
8
"___ a boy!" : ITS
9
Changes gears. : SHIFTS
10
Basement entrances. : AREAWAYS
11
Brilliant display. : RIOT
12
Pouting grimace. : MOUE
13
A science: Abbr. : ASTR
16
Expert. : ADROIT
20
___ ease (uncomfortable). : ILLAT
23
Square, fore-and-aft, etc. : SAILS
24
Son of Montague. : ROMEO
26
Three-sided. : TRILATERAL
27
Familiar tincture. : IODIN
28
Attlee's nickname. : CLEM
29
Deuce. : CARD
31
Relied (on). : LEANT
32
Capp and others. : ALS
35
Visits. : SOJOURNS
37
Falcon used in hunting. : SAKER
40
Shade of expression. : NUANCE
42
Outlets. : MARKETS
45
Classify. : ASSORT
47
Indiana state flower. : ZINNIA
49
Billiard stroke. : MASSE
50
TV's Imogene. : COCA
51
Of grandparents. : AVAL
52
German city, site of Napoleonic victory. : JENA
53
Bambi's family. : DEER
54
Kind. : SORT
55
Dispatch. : SLAY
57
Early in the 11th century. : MII
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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