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Louise Earnest
New York Times, Friday, September 8, 1967
29-Down : Giant's cousin.
Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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14 I | R | O | N | 15 A | L | T | I | 16 U | R | I | E | L |
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17 D | I | N | T | 18 T | A | T | T | 19 E | R | S | A | L | L |
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20 A | S | T | E | 21 R | 22 M | O | T | O | R | I | S | T | S |
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23 S | P | I | R | A | 24 L | 25 L | A | O | S | |||||
26 N | A | Z | I | 27 K | E | N | S | 28 M | 29 O | 30 D |
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31 B | 32 E | E | L | Z | E | 33 B | U | B | 34 S | A | G | E |
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35 O | M | N | I | 36 S | O | D | O | 37 I | 38 E | T | R | E |
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39 A | L | T | A | 40 B | O | Y | C | 41 O | T | T | E | D |
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42 T | Y | S | 43 T | 44 W | O | S | 45 E | A | S | E | ||||
46 A | R | A | L | 47 D | H | A | R | 48 M | 49 A |
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50 A | 51 B | 52 O | R | I | G | I | 53 N | 54 E | 55 U | S | H | E | R |
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56 T | U | R | T | L | E | N | E | C | 57 K | 58 I | O | N | A |
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59 T | R | A | I | L | 60 K | I | T | E | 61 D | R | A | B |
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62 A | N | N | E | S | 63 S | N | O | W | 64 E | N | T | S |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,600
Across
1
Year before the Fourth Crusade. : MCCI
5
Mantilla. : VEIL
9
Juvenile favorite. : BAMBI
14
Press. : IRON
15
High: Prefix. : ALTI
16
One of the archangels. : URIEL
17
Exertion. : DINT
18
Bright, checkered pattern. : TATTERSALL
20
Star flower. : ASTER
22
Some travelers. : MOTORISTS
23
Helix. : SPIRAL
25
Thailand's neighbor. : LAOS
26
Acronym from the 1930's. : NAZI
27
Ranges of knowledge. : KENS
28
Fashion from London. : MOD
31
One of the fallen angels. : BEELZEBUB
34
Seasoning herb. : SAGE
35
Everywhere: Prefix. : OMNI
36
Phrase of agreement. : SODOI
38
French verb. : ETRE
39
Ski resort in Utah. : ALTA
40
Refused to deal with. : BOYCOTTED
42
Cobb and others. : TYS
43
Braces. : TWOS
45
Slacken. : EASE
46
Asiatic sea. : ARAL
47
Virtue, in Hindu lands. : DHARMA
50
Native. : ABORIGINE
55
Member of the wedding. : USHER
56
Collar. : TURTLENECK
58
Island off Scotland. : IONA
59
Woodman's route. : TRAIL
60
Bird of prey. : KITE
61
Colorless. : DRAB
62
Namesakes of a princess. : ANNES
63
Weather forecast. : SNOW
64
Noun endings. : ENTS
Down
1
Legendary king. : MIDAS
2
Lively. : CRISP
3
Atlas features. : CONTINENTS
4
Among other things. : INTERALIA
5
Brewery structure. : VAT
6
Where Susa was. : ELAM
7
Leave ___ me. : ITTO
8
Family member. : LITTLEBOY
9
Pack animals. : BURROS
10
Accented part of a foot of verse. : ARSIS
11
Namesakes of a Sinatra. : MIAS
12
Kind of highway. : BELT
13
Troubles. : ILLS
19
Of the dawn. : EOAN
21
Tease: Colloq. : RAZZ
24
What "jacet" means. : LIES
27
Prestige: Colloq. : KUDOS
28
Zermatt's peak. : MATTERHORN
29
Giant's cousin. : OGRE
30
Exploit. : DEED
31
Ketch. : BOAT
32
Dickens character. : EMLY
33
Rice birds. : BOBOLINKS
34
Reserves. : SETSASIDE
37
Cold. : ICED
41
Molokai's neighbor. : OAHU
43
Coloratura's forte. : TRILLS
44
Pay. : WAGE
46
Man's nickname. : ARTIE
48
___ work. : MENAT
49
Desert dwellers. : ARABS
50
"___ boy!" : ATTA
51
Scottish stream. : BURN
52
African port. : ORAN
53
Well-known negative. : NEIN
54
Outer: Prefix. : ECTO
57
It "isn't far from London!" : KEW
Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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