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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Monday, March 2, 1970

27-Down : Road maneuver

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,506
Across
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Routine : ROTE
5
Certain ones : THOSE
10
Peacock constellation : PAVO
14
Peak : APEX
15
Louvre lady : VENUS
16
Ripe : AGED
17
Small craft : CATAMARANS
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Germ : SEED
20
Vote in : ELECT
21
Avoid : SIDESTEP
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Pourboire : TIP
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Scherzo's cousin : RONDO
26
One of seven : TUESDAY
30
Tire : WEAROUT
34
Dined : ATE
35
___ the hole : ACEIN
37
Buddhist's destiny : KARMA
38
Lancaster : BURT
40
Ledger entry : ASSET
42
Job for garageman : LUBE
43
The Hunter : ORION
45
Shinto Temple gateway : TORII
47
Comparatively: Abbr. : REL
48
Word for a has-been : ONETIME
50
Battle areas : SECTORS
52
Siren : ALARM
54
June bug : DOR
55
Bank giveaway : CALENDAR
58
Iridescent shell : NACRE
62
Java's neighbor : BALI
63
Lists : CATALOGUES
65
State: Fr. : ETAT
66
Zoo dweller : HYENA
67
Cleo's maid : IRAS
68
Fishing boat : DORY
69
Indian state : ASSAM
70
Grant : CEDE
Down
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Tortoise's forte : RACE
2
Gem : OPAL
3
Head, in Lyon : TETE
4
Demands : EXACTS
5
Agency set up in 1933 : TVA
6
Possessive : HERS
7
Walking ___ : ONAIR
8
Drifters, down under : SUNDOWNERS
9
Early mystic : ESSENE
10
Of the simple life : PASTORAL
11
U.S. novelist : AGEE
12
Barkley : VEEP
13
___ man out : ODD
18
Landmark on Crete : MTIDA
22
State: Abbr. : SDAK
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Spotted cavy : PACA
26
Verboten : TABOO
27
Road maneuver : UTURN
28
Weird : EERIE
29
Bygones : YESTERDAYS
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Bolivian city : ORURO
32
Earth color : UMBER
33
Weights of Far East : TAELS
36
Equal: Prefix : ISO
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Undivided condition : TOTALITY
41
At a standoff : TIED
44
Shade of green : NILE
46
Likeness: Prefix : ICONO
49
La ___, area of Spain : MANCHA
51
Calamitous : TRAGIC
53
Petty officers : MATES
55
Roman patriot : CATO
56
Winglike : ALAR
57
Frog genus : RANA
59
French priest : CURE
60
Interpret : READ
61
Latin verb : ESSE
62
Board's partner : BED
64
O. T. book : LAM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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