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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Thursday, July 8, 1965

32-Down : Ball of thread.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,821
Across
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Pack away. : STOW
5
Master work. : EPIC
9
General in the Revolution. : KALB
13
Other: Fr. : AUTRE
15
Son of Adam. : SETH
16
Personal: Prefix. : IDIO
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City SW of Koblenz. : TRIER
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One symbol of the daily grind. : TREADMILL
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"The Ides ___." : OFMARCH
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"As you make your bed, you must ___." : LIEONIT
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One way to say "no." : NYET
24
Author of "The Little Foxes." : HELLMAN
26
Shout of joy. : HOORAY
28
Waterfront area. : DOCKS
32
Staff signs. : CCLEFS
35
Popular set of toys. : NOAHSARK
37
Mauna ___. : LOA
38
Full-length film. : FEATURE
40
Number on a clock dial. : VII
41
Organized marketplace. : EXCHANGE
43
Endearment. : CARESS
45
"The queen ___ the parlor ... " : WASIN
46
One reason for proofreading. : ERRATA
48
Arrayed. : ADORNED
50
"And four ___." : TOGO
54
Immortal name in ballet. : PAVLOVA
57
Dweller. : DENIZEN
59
Estranges. : ALIENATES
61
Sam Weller's job at the White Hart. : BOOTS
62
Asiatic palm. : NIPA
63
Bulrush. : TULE
64
Girl with a gun. : ANNIE
65
Name from the silents. : GISH
66
Madame Bovary. : EMMA
67
Dispatched. : SENT
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Suppressed: Colloq. : SATON
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Smacking of horse racing. : TURFY
3
"Backward, turn backward, ___ ... " : OTIME
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Encircle. : WREATHE
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Hadassah. : ESTHER
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For each. : PER
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"What did ___?" : ITELLYOU
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Hebrew name. : CHAIM
9
Robes. : KIMONOS
10
Tennis score. : ADIN
11
French girl's name. : LILI
12
Roll of cloth. : BOLT
14
Slip. : ERR
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Tie. : DEADHEAT
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The few. : CHOSEN
25
Equipment for Diogenes. : LANTERN
27
Sporadically. : OFFANDON
29
___ canem. : CAVE
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Malay dagger. : KRIS
31
Sports gear. : SKIS
32
Ball of thread. : CLEW
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Hip joint. : COXA
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Resins. : LACS
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One-time place to spend pennies. : ARCADE
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Thistlelike flower. : AGERATUM
42
Part of Greater Miami. : HIALEAH
44
Food, military style. : RATIONS
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Asiatic waterway. : REDSEA
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Like an egg. : OVATE
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Blue gas. : OZONE
52
Arrive. : GETIN
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Start. : ONSET
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Sharp pain. : PANG
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Et ___. : ALII
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Recipients of red-carpet treatment. : VIPS
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Pro basketball group. : NBA
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Tree. : ELM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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