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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Thursday, January 13, 1966

60-Down : Baste.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 5,997
Across
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Onion, for one. : BULB
5
Legal term. : ESTOP
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Home of the Bruins. : UCLA
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To ___. : ATEE
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Picture. : SCENE
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Deck. : POOP
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Wendy's dog. : NANA
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Panama. : CANAL
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Relative of an epic. : SAGA
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___ sweet. : SHORTAND
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Last of two. : LATTER
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Miscalculates. : ERRS
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Numerical prefix. : DECA
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Chew ___. : THERAG
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Wendy's friend. : PETERPAN
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Frank. : OUTSPOKEN
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Place for an inscription, in architecture. : STELE
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Relief map abbreviation. : ALT
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Partner of sick. : TIRED
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Self. : EGO
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Somnus' realm. : SLEEP
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Resident of Scottsbluff. : NEBRASKAN
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Acts of buffeting, shaking, etc. : TOSSINGS
48
Rainbows. : IRISES
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Letters. : CEES
50
In line. : EVEN
51
Happy pair of rhyme. : SPRATS
54
Footgear. : SNEAKERS
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Sound like a flump. : PLOP
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Hebrew letter. : TSADI
61
State: Fr. : ETAT
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Third power. : CUBE
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Flavoring substance. : LEMON
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Sound of surf. : ROTE
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Rock of ___. : AGES
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Pitchers. : EWERS
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Cookie. : SNAP
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Interdictions. : BANS
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State. : UTAH
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Open-weave fabric. : LENO
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Safari members. : BEARERS
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Snail: Fr. : ESCARGOT
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Counts accents and syllables. : SCANS
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Incline. : TEND
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Three ___ match. : ONA
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Slingshot projectile. : PELLET
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Parvenu. : UPSTART
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Mackintosh. : COAT
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Compartment of a kind. : LOGE
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On ___ with. : APAR
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Hazard on a golf course. : TRAP
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Scoring serves. : ACES
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Star in Cygnus. : DENEB
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Breakfast fare. : TOAST
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Shout of greeting. : HULLO
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Feminine suffix. : ETTES
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Some Frenchmen. : PERES
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Glimpses. : PEEKS
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Seaweed. : ALGAE
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City lights. : NEONS
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Chessmen. : KINGS
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Contemporary conveniences. : DRIVEINS
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Thrilling episodes. : ESCAPES
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Magpie. : PIET
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___ code. : AREA
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Breakfast fare: Colloq. : SINKERS
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Snuggle. : NESTLE
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Home of a Biblical witch. : ENDOR
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Humane group. : SPCA
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Promotional gimmick. : PLUG
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Peignoir. : ROBE
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Identical. : SAME
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Harrow's rival. : ETON
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Pro ___. : RATA
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Prefix with parent or child. : STEP
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Baste. : SEW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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