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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Monday, October 3, 1966

5-Down : Golf stroke.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,260
Across
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Jazz buffs. : CATS
5
Hard wood. : BEECH
10
Of languages: Suffix. : GLOT
14
October quaffs. : ALES
15
Flower: Prefix. : ANTHO
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Latvian seaport. : RIGA
17
Winner. : BESTOFSHOW
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Deserve. : EARN
20
Fitting. : APT
21
G. I. : PFC
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Court of ___. : STJAMES
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Center of Lamaism. : LHASA
26
Inning situation. : ONEOUT
28
Supersabres. : PLANES
30
18th-cen. date. : MDCCI
34
Pristine. : PURE
37
The "rocks." : ICE
38
Like a cathedral. : SPIRED
39
Of: Suffix. : ATIC
40
Shelf. : LEDGE
42
Rodent. : VOLE
43
Areas in suburbia. : PATIOS
45
Fond du ___. : LAC
46
"___ so young ... " : IWAS
47
In advance. : AHEAD
48
Became liquid. : MELTED
50
Girl of song. : LOUISA
52
48 Across and others. : VERBS
56
In the beginning. : ATFIRST
59
"Some ___ meat, and canna eat ... " : HAE
61
State: Abbr. : ALA
62
Ruth's husband. : BOAZ
63
Histrionic. : THEATRICAL
66
Quondam. : ONCE
67
Wear away. : ERODE
68
Fender mark. : DENT
69
Snares. : NETS
70
Menuet. : DANSE
71
Big boats. : ARKS
Down
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Intrigue. : CABAL
2
Before beth. : ALEPH
3
Seed covering. : TESTA
4
Sibilant sound. : SST
5
Golf stroke. : BAFF
6
Put in a safe place. : ENSCONCE
7
Old verb ending. : ETH
8
Things: Fr. : CHOSES
9
"___ Succeed in Business ... " : HOWTO
10
Continental backbone. : GREATDIVIDE
11
Irish name. : LIAM
12
Folklore being. : OGRE
13
Suns. : TANS
18
Semiprecious stone. : OPAL
23
Spring. : JUMP
25
Narrows the field. : SPECIALIZES
27
Pointed leaves. : NEEDLES
29
Is the trouble with. : AILS
31
Exult. : CROW
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That: Fr. : CELA
33
Roman date. : IDES
34
Family member. : PAPA
35
Where Alta is. : UTAH
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Liturgy. : RITE
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School. : SECT
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Upstanding characters. : GALAHADS
44
Scent. : ODOR
48
Persian god. : MITHRA
49
In any case. : EVER
51
You: Sp. : USTED
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Track man. : RACER
54
Form to fill in. : BLANK
55
Seasons. : SALTS
56
___ marché (cheaply): Fr. : ABON
57
Pitch. : TONE
58
Opposite of fancy. : FACT
60
Suit one to ___. : ATEE
64
Many years. : EON
65
Mount near Troy. : IDA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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