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Lois Hillis
Lois Hillis

New York Times, Tuesday, March 20, 1962

Author:
Lois Hillis
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { Q W Y }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 13.5
Lois Hillis has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,631
Across
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Gay utterance. : TRALA
6
Suffix used with tap and team. : STER
10
Permits. : LETS
14
Get aboard. : HOPON
15
Southern constellation. : ARGO
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Norway's saint. : OLAF
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Tabu maneuver in traffic. : UTURN
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Fastened. : TIED
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Dear: It. : CARA
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Ornamental receptacle. : JARDINIERE
22
American general of 1775. : KNOX
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Enzymes: Suffix. : ASES
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Poisonous gases. : ARSINES
26
Ape. : IMITATE
27
___ ami Pierrot. : MON
30
Oriental. : JAPANESE
34
Queen, in France. : REINE
36
Specialist in a certain language. : ARABIST
37
Unsung hero of Christmas. : MAILMAN
39
Disney character. : DUMBO
40
Placing in a crude shelter. : HOVELING
41
German river. : EMS
42
Lumpy. : NODULAR
45
Oahu et al. : ISLANDS
46
Animation. : DASH
50
Seed of a plant. : OATS
53
Furnished with proper grounds for claiming something. : ENTITLEDTO
55
Detect: Colloq. : SPOT
56
Chemical compound. : AZIN
57
Hautboys. : OBOES
58
Market. : SELL
59
High-pitched sound. : TING
60
Book for the ages. : BIBLE
61
Spindle. : AXLE
62
Ham's partner. : EGGS
63
Spirited horse. : STEED
Down
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Tree of pine family. : THUJA
2
Rosters. : ROTAS
3
Tributary of the Orinoco. : APURE
4
House of ___. : LORDS
5
Years: Lat. : ANNI
6
Writer of a sort. : SATIRIST
7
City E of Venice. : TRIESTE
8
Woman adviser. : EGERIA
9
Gnawing. : RODENT
10
Ringlets. : LOCKS
11
Zest. : ELAN
12
Elephant's ear. : TARO
13
Seaport in Tunisia. : SFAX
21
Designates. : NAMES
25
More weird. : EERIER
26
Skull protuberances. : INIONS
27
Opera role. : MIMI
28
___ even keel. : ONAN
29
Part of the U. S. : NENG
30
Shade of green. : JADE
31
Jack-in-the-pulpit. : ARUM
32
Jacks of clubs. : PAMS
33
Yarn for the warp. : ABB
35
Old measure. : ELL
37
Torus, bead, cavetto, etc. : MOLDINGS
38
Nautical call. : AVAST
40
Outdoor sport. : HUNTING
43
Salt of an oily acid. : OLEATE
44
City in Poland. : DANZIG
45
Fiber for cordage. : ISTLE
46
One side of the ledger. : DEBIT
47
Structure of sun-dried bricks. : ADOBE
48
Stone pillar. : STELE
49
Washed down. : HOSED
50
Movable mountain. : OSSA
51
Top. : APEX
52
Summon with a bell. : TOLL
54
Tennis returns. : LOBS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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