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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Wednesday, September 19, 1962

8-Down : Yquem.

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,814
Across
1
Spoke in a certain way. : LISPED
7
Moon goddess. : ASTARTE
14
Weeping. : INTEARS
16
Use a chute. : BAILOUT
17
Aircraft carrier. : FLATTOP
18
Neighbor to Java. : SUMATRA
19
With 54 Down, electronic marvel. : TEL
20
Sign on merchandise. : SOLD
22
Lessee. : TENANT
23
French city. : STLO
25
Tom Canty, in Twain tale. : PAUPER
27
TV badman. : RUSTLER
29
Decorative item. : VASE
33
Starts operations. : OPENS
36
Clemency. : LENIENCY
38
Tomorrows: Sp. : MANANAS
41
Suite. : RETINUE
42
Wallace's army. : SCOTSMEN
44
Street sounds. : CLOPS
45
Potherb. : KALE
46
Murmur. : BREATHE
49
War: Fr. : GUERRE
50
Stalemate. : DRAW
54
Phantasms. : SHAPES
58
To ___ (without exception). : AMAN
60
Chemical suffix. : IDE
61
Old-fashioned name. : TABITHA
63
Letter. : EPISTLE
65
Pennsylvania and others. : AVENUES
66
One means of transportation. : DOGTEAM
67
Backslide. : RELAPSE
68
Proposition. : THESIS
Down
1
Hefts. : LIFTS
2
Waterway. : INLET
3
Place for dobbin. : STALL
4
Term of endearment. : PET
5
Takes tea. : EATS
6
Languishes. : DROOPS
7
Degrees. : ABS
8
Yquem. : SAUTERNE
9
Kitchen gadget. : TIMER
10
Novelist Paton. : ALAN
11
Roster. : ROTA
12
Action, usually good. : TURN
13
State: Fr. : ETAT
15
Piece of a chair. : SPLAT
21
Cloudy. : DULL
24
Showy. : ORNATE
26
Ibsen character. : PEER
28
Monograms seen on 17 Across. : USNS
29
Disguised. : VEILED
30
Part of A.D. : ANNO
31
Porgy. : SCUP
32
Camera lenses. : EYES
33
Siberian city. : OMSK
34
Spotted cavy. : PACA
35
Organic compound. : ENOL
37
Seethe or stew. : ITCH
39
Traps. : AMBUSHES
40
Dry. : SERE
43
Tiber tributary. : NERA
47
Ready for the fray. : ARMED
48
Party-giver's need. : TEAPOT
49
Advice to lazy Mary. : GETUP
51
Initiation practices. : RITES
52
Biblical name. : ADLAI
53
Parson who wrote the "cherry tree" fable. : WEEMS
54
See 19 Across. : STAR
55
Experience. : HAVE
56
Adam's son. : ABEL
57
Tropical fiber cloth. : PINA
59
Close. : NIGH
62
Mother of 26 Down. : ASE
64
Canonized one: Abbr. : STE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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