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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Thursday, April 15, 1982

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 312 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 27.9
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,846
Across
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Sound in a round : TRA
4
Jaw : YAK
7
Sirs, in India : SAHIBS
13
Supplant : REPLACE
15
Cactuses of the Southwest : CHOLLAS
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In abundance : APLENTY
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Detour : REROUTE
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Grouch : CRANK
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Knotted fibers : NOILS
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A neighbor of U.S.A. : MEX
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It has its ups and downs : YOYO
24
Overthrows : TOPPLES
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Rank : STATUS
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Mown path : SWATH
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Mideast "gold" : OIL
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City near Des Moines : AMES
36
Scrumptious : PEACHY
37
Man in a van : TRUCKER
39
Ironed : MANGLED
40
Noble : TITLED
41
Conifers : FIRS
42
One, to Jacques : UNE
43
Famous French theater : ODEON
44
Boar or walrus : TUSKER
46
Certain racers : GOCARTS
48
Blood: Comb. form : HAEM
52
Org. of Northern Ireland : IRA
55
Niagara power-system designer : TESLA
56
Alabama city : SELMA
57
Remark : COMMENT
59
Ma and Pa of the movies : KETTLES
61
End of a freight : CABOOSE
62
Masthead listings : EDITORS
63
He's on top of things : ROOFER
64
Correlative : NOR
65
After ex : WYE
Down
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Austin of tennis : TRACY
2
Printer's proof : REPRO
3
Make ___ for (try to attract) : APLAY
4
G.I., in W.W. I : YANK
5
Statute : ACT
6
Important convention speaker : KEYNOTER
7
Notes, lists, etc. : SCRIPS
8
" ... turn'd a heaven unto ___": Shak. : AHELL
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Helpful attribute at Aqueduct : HORSESENSE
10
U.N.'s labor org. : ILO
11
Léon ___, former French P.M. : BLUM
12
Surfeit : SATE
14
Meshed fabrics : LENOS
16
Between quinque and septem : SEX
21
Oeuvre : OPUS
24
Emulated Petruchio : TAMED
25
Drapery part : SWAG
27
Pay attention to : TAKENOTEOF
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Basic-rights org. : ACLU
30
Now's antithesis : THEN
31
Jekyll's alter ego : HYDE
32
Preminger : OTTO
33
Blue flag : IRID
34
Plumber's sealing agent : LUTE
36
He played Al Jolson : PARKS
38
Jam : CLOG
39
In error : MISTAKEN
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Roll up, as a sail : FURL
44
Tea-company employee : TASTER
45
Scarlett's third husband : RHETT
47
Perfume, in a way : CENSE
49
Concede : ALLOW
50
Corundum : EMERY
51
Billiard shot : MASSE
52
It regulates RR's : ICC
53
Bellow : ROAR
54
Early pulpit : AMBO
56
Clink : STIR
58
Pasture sound : MOO
60
Nigerian from Benin : EDO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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