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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Tuesday, August 27, 1963

42-Across : Vigorously.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 3, 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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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,140
Across
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Trees. : ASPENS
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What the Zip Code speeds. : USMAIL
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Sometime tempest containers. : TEAPOTS
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Do not enter. : STAYOUT
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Alleviate. : LIGHTEN
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Part of Cuba. : ORIENTE
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Suffix in chemistry. : ANE
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Greek god. : EROS
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Hidden. : UNSEEN
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Beauty parlor routines. : SETS
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Legal minority. : NONAGE
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Gardener's chore. : WEEDING
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Turkish leader. : AGHA
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Take ___. : ASEAT
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Of many languages. : POLYGLOT
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Official impedimenta. : REDTAPE
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Least distant. : NEAREST
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Vigorously. : MIGHTILY
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Lets. : RENTS
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Pintail duck. : SMEE
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Texas city. : ABILENE
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Neat ___. : ASAPIN
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"___ the torpedos!" : DAMN
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Sitting with forelegs upright, in heraldry. : SEJANT
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Leak out gradually. : SEEP
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Chinese name. : MAO
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Farmers' groups. : GRANGES
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Earth movers. : GRADERS
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Laughs nervously. : TITTERS
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Betty MacDonald's book (with "The). : EGGANDI
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Unrefined. : COARSE
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Polite response. : YESSIR
Down
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Reference volume. : ATLAS
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Troyes' river. : SEINE
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Bermuda island. : PAGET
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N. T. book: Abbr. : EPH
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Importance. : NOTE
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He called himself "Yorick." : STERNE
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G.I.'s club. : USO
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Uphill fight. : STRUGGLE
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1898 battleship. : MAINE
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Certain votes. : AYES
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Bulwer-Lytton heroine. : IONE
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Relative of the mandolin. : LUTE
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Hair covering. : SNOOD
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Hosiery size. : TEN
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Cut with small strokes. : SNIP
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Wrap up closely. : SWATHE
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Ever and ___. : ANON
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State: Fr. : ETAT
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Word to shake hands on. : AGREED
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Valley. : GLEN
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Multitude. : HOST
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Law men: Abbr. : ATTS
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"___ and the man I sing ... " : ARMS
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Polish assembly: Var. : SEIM
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Rim. : EDGE
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Worsted. : YARN
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Turkish coins. : PIASTERS
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Mediterranean island. : ELBA
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Kennel sounds. : YIPS
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Vassal. : LIEGE
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Requisite for 8 Down. : ENERGY
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Strong emotion. : ANGER
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Choir specialties. : AMENS
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Day before "mercredi." : MARDI
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Opposite of 68 Across. : NOSIR
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Pvt.'s boss. : SGT
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Author Ambler. : ERIC
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Jet-assisted take-off. : JATO
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Theater group. : ANTA
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Summon by calling. : PAGE
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Compass point. : SSE
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Relatives of 32 Down. : DAS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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