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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Friday, November 6, 1964

9-Down : Successor to the shovel.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,577
Across
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Records. : LOGS
5
Musical instrument: Abbr. : TPT
8
Polite request. : RSVP
12
Border (on). : ABUT
13
Rice dish. : PILAF
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Single. : UNAL
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Musical runs and trills. : COLORATURA
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Radius, for one. : BONE
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Liverpool and others. : SEAPORTS
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Filmy substance. : COBWEB
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Ellipsoidal. : OVAL
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Bright star of Cygnus. : DENEB
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Short: Fr. : BREVE
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Like a flight from L. A. to N. Y. : EASTERLY
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Tankers. : OILERS
32
Slangy term for popular edibles. : HOTS
33
Letters. : OES
35
Above's partner. : OVER
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Possessive pronoun. : WHOSE
38
Did the crawl. : SWAM
39
Hebrew letter. : MEM
40
Beautician's concern. : HAIR
41
Take out. : DELETE
43
Debater's concern. : REBUTTAL
46
Tend. : NURSE
47
Homes. : NESTS
48
Limp as ___. : ARAG
50
Comprehension. : UPTAKE
52
Simplest form of toothed wheel. : SPURGEAR
56
Trim. : NEAT
57
Garden pest. : ROSEBEETLE
59
Noble. : EARL
60
Marten's relative. : SABLE
61
Fad. : RAGE
62
Terrier. : SKYE
63
Draftee's concern. : SSS
64
Food fish. : SHAD
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Resinous substances. : LACS
2
Hautboy. : OBOE
3
Throat: Lat. : GULA
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Traveler's concern. : STOPOVER
5
Famous name in football. : TITTLE
6
Added to. : PLUS
7
Road surface. : TAR
8
Series of games, as in whist. : RUBBER
9
Successor to the shovel. : SNOWBLOWER
10
Weathercock. : VANE
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A commoner, for short. : PLEB
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Short article: Abbr. : PARA
14
Having several sides: Brit. sp. : FACETTED
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Fido's friend. : ROVER
21
Persons. : ONES
23
British decorations. : DSOS
24
Flourish. : BOOM
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Spoon, for one. : RIVER
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Of first principles. : ELEMENTARY
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Now, in Spain. : AHORA
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Irish poet. : YEATS
31
Fly chasers. : SWATTERS
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Duck. : SMEE
37
Broadway specialties. : HITS
38
Ken Boyer and others. : SLUGGERS
40
Outside covering. : HUSK
42
Lake of Finland. : ENARE
44
1964 phenomenon. : BEATLE
45
Coat decor. : LAPELS
49
Rustic one. : RUBE
50
See 21 Down. : UNES
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Apex. : PEAK
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Churchmen's degrees. : SSBS
53
Greenland settlement. : ETAH
54
Water plant. : ALGA
55
Marsh plant. : REED
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Latin-American group. : OAS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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