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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Wednesday, November 6, 1968

50-Down : Japanese vegetable.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, 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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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,025
Across
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Coin inscription. : DATE
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Underclassman, for short. : SOPH
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Novelist Dinesen. : ISAK
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Individuals. : EGOS
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Impression. : IDEA
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Sound. : SOLID
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Defeat decisively. : ROUT
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Established in orderly connection. : CORRELATED
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Large: Prefix. : MACRO
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Rafter support. : RIDGEPOLE
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Close by. : ATHAND
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Convenes. : SITS
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Time ___ half. : ANDA
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Lizzie's cousin. : BESS
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High degree. : PHD
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Kindred. : CONGENIAL
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Piece of evidence. : CLUE
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Wavy, in heraldry. : UNDE
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Projecting corner. : ANGLE
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Spread unchecked. : RAGE
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Backs out (with "off"). : BEGS
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Navy vessel. : DESTROYER
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___ Salvador. : SAO
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Have pity (for). : FEEL
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Sinclair Lewis hero. : CASS
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Drawer handle. : PULL
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Quiets. : HUSHES
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Offers a lower price. : UNDERBIDS
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Fast's companion. : LOOSE
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Ant lion larvae. : DOODLEBUGS
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Kind of cone. : NOSE
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Eccentric. : OUTRE
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After delay. : LATE
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Supplemented (with "out"). : EKED
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Booted. : SHOD
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Other. : ELSE
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Thesaurus words: Abbr. : SYNS
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Skin. : DERMA
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Have ___ (try). : AGOAT
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Precarious. : TOUCHANDGO
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Alienates. : ESTRANGES
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___ semper tyrannis. : SIC
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Scent. : ODOR
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Iolanthe, for one. : PERI
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Marketing ploys. : HARDSELLS
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Bits of land. : ISLETS
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Lathers. : SOAPS
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Musical range. : ALTO
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German canal. : KIEL
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Presidential initials. : DDE
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Protection. : EGIS
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Wave: Fr. : ONDE
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American writer. : DANA
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Bakery item. : BAGEL
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Takes a vacation of a sort. : PLAYSHOOKY
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Unbounded. : HUGE
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Antelope's playmates. : DEER
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Chicago denizens. : CUBS
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___ penny ... : ONEA
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Permanent. : INDELIBLE
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___ heart. : CROSSONES
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Engrave. : ETCH
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A Castro. : RAUL
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Like sails, at times. : FURLED
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Hamburg's river. : ELBE
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Variety of seven-up. : PEDRO
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To eat: Ger. : ESSEN
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Plant products. : SEEDS
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Japanese vegetable. : UDO
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French pronoun. : NOUS
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"How ___ the little busy bee ... " : DOTH
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Twin. : DUAL
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Army men. : SGTS
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Comprehend. : SEE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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