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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Thursday, April 12, 1962

51-Down : ___ the blue.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,654
Across
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"___ may look at a king." : ACAT
5
Jeer. : SCOFF
10
Finger board ridge. : FRET
14
___ contendere. : NOLO
15
Ancient name for part of Turkey. : IONIA
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Writer of the third Gospel. : LUKE
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Coffee machines, for instance. : DISPENSERS
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Asiatic port. : ADEN
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On shank's mare. : AFOOT
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Items for the editor. : MSS
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Rendezvous. : TRYST
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Do, re, mi, ___ ... : FASOL
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Ukrainian city. : KIEV
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Rings decisions. : KOS
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Tackle or guard. : LINEMAN
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Nepal peak. : API
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Famed round-the-world flier. : ODOM
36
Trifles. : BAGATELLES
38
Little by little: Fr. : PEUAPEU
40
"___ Vita." : LADOLCE
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Without doubt. : FORCERTAIN
43
Grizzly. : BEAR
44
Language: Abbr. : ENG
45
Leavening periods. : RISINGS
47
Suffix in chemistry. : ENE
48
Pro ___. : RATA
50
Mystery writer Marsh. : NGAIO
52
Wet sound. : PLASH
54
Canonized person: Abbr. : STE
55
Tropical fruit. : GUAVA
59
Undergraduate, for short. : SOPH
60
Bakery item. : CURRANTBUN
62
Conversational phrase. : ISEE
63
Swaying. : AREEL
64
Certain paintings. : OILS
65
Sitting: Abbr. : SESS
66
Memorable movie actor. : BEERY
67
Garden party. : FETE
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"With a Smile ___ Song." : ANDA
2
Close-fitting cap. : COIF
3
Besides. : ALSO
4
The ___ one's head. : TOPOF
5
Transgress. : SIN
6
Spacemen. : COSMONAUTS
7
Pull ___ (hoodwink). : ONESLEG
8
Balsams. : FIRS
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Religious law: Lat. : FAS
10
Warning device. : FLARE
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Star of "How to Succeed." : RUDYVALLEE
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Makes ends meet (with "out"). : EKES
13
Pavilion. : TENT
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Relative of etc. : ETAL
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Pronged, as a fork. : TINED
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Where Omsk is. : SIBERIA
25
Secessionist province. : KATANGA
26
Heads: Ger. : KOPFE
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"___ a Grecian Urn." : ODEON
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Fruit of a sort. : SOURGRAPES
30
Shirker. : MALINGERER
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Nut tree. : PECAN
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Grenoble's river. : ISERE
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Name prefix. : MAC
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Tennis stroke. : LOB
39
Where the lights went on for Glenn. : PERTH
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Grand National race course. : AINTREE
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Billboard. : SIGN
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Residue. : ASHES
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___ the blue. : OUTOF
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Greek letters. : PSIS
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Take a booby prize. : LOSE
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See 41 Across. : SURE
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Rose's spouse. : ABIE
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Non ___ contendere. : VULT
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Handle: Fr. : ANSE
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Hack. : CAB
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___ Khan. : ALY

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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