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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Friday, March 14, 1969

27-Down : Kazan.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,153
Across
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Sea. : CORAL
6
Latin grammar word. : AMAS
10
Roof part. : EAVE
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Flavorful seed. : ANISE
15
Signalled, in a way. : WIGWAGGED
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Words of wisdom. : DICTA
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Putting in order. : ARRANGING
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Pegasus. : STEED
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Australian tree-dweller. : KOALA
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Former U.N. name. : LIE
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First-rate. : PRIME
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United States and others. : LINERS
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Name for a Parisienne. : JEANNE
28
___ as the hills. : ASOLD
30
Municipal officer: Abbr. : ALD
31
Goat willow. : SALLOW
33
Hebrew letter. : ALEF
37
Area of France. : MIDI
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Common contraction. : DIDNT
40
African tree. : KOLA
41
Senator from Indiana. : BAYH
42
Greek letters. : OMEGAS
44
Distillery item. : VAT
45
Egyptian city. : ASWAN
47
Medicine chest item. : IODINE
49
Father of genetics. : MENDEL
52
Woody or Mel. : ALLEN
53
In the manner of. : ALA
54
Runyon. : DAMON
57
Rye fungus. : ERGOT
60
A Plantagenet. : RICHARDII
62
Puerto ___. : RICAN
63
Like some violets. : SHRINKING
64
Dried up. : ADUST
65
Colors. : HUES
66
Hindu. : SIKH
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Clans. : SEPTS
Down
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Bounders. : CADS
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Step ___. : ONIT
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Part of the Asian landscape. : RICEPADDY
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Abaft. : ASTERN
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Certain wires. : LEADINS
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Alert. : AWAKE
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Spanish painter. : MIRO
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Indian city. : AGRA
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Butterfly. : SWALLOWTAIL
10
Breakfast item. : EGG
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Spry. : AGILE
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Arrive, in France. : VENIR
13
Borders. : EDGES
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"For want of ___ ... " : ANAIL
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Rural songsters. : MEADOWLARKS
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Western state: Abbr. : NDAK
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Door post. : JAMB
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Kazan. : ELIA
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Standish stand-in. : ALDEN
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For a ___. : SONG
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City in Ohio. : LIMA
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Trophy. : LOVINGCUP
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Enthusiasm. : ELAN
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Lot. : FATE
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"___ a little nut tree ... " : IHAD
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Vintage sherries. : SOLERAS
46
Body style. : SEDAN
48
Mock. : DERIDE
49
Lowland. : MARSH
50
Root. : ELIHU
51
Mother-of-pearl. : NACRE
52
Near to, old style. : ANIGH
55
Renaissance date. : MDII
56
Farm sound. : OINK
58
Oven. : OAST
59
Explosives. : TNTS
61
Pronoun. : HIS

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

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