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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Friday, September 8, 1967

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 flow: 27.1 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,600
Across
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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
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Exertion. : DINT
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Bright, checkered pattern. : TATTERSALL
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Star flower. : ASTER
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Some travelers. : MOTORISTS
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Helix. : SPIRAL
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Thailand's neighbor. : LAOS
26
Acronym from the 1930's. : NAZI
27
Ranges of knowledge. : KENS
28
Fashion from London. : MOD
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One of the fallen angels. : BEELZEBUB
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Seasoning herb. : SAGE
35
Everywhere: Prefix. : OMNI
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Phrase of agreement. : SODOI
38
French verb. : ETRE
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Ski resort in Utah. : ALTA
40
Refused to deal with. : BOYCOTTED
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Cobb and others. : TYS
43
Braces. : TWOS
45
Slacken. : EASE
46
Asiatic sea. : ARAL
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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
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Noun endings. : ENTS
Down
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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
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Giant's cousin. : OGRE
30
Exploit. : DEED
31
Ketch. : BOAT
32
Dickens character. : EMLY
33
Rice birds. : BOBOLINKS
34
Reserves. : SETSASIDE
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Cold. : ICED
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Molokai's neighbor. : OAHU
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Coloratura's forte. : TRILLS
44
Pay. : WAGE
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Man's nickname. : ARTIE
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___ work. : MENAT
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Desert dwellers. : ARABS
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
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Scottish stream. : BURN
52
African port. : ORAN
53
Well-known negative. : NEIN
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Outer: Prefix. : ECTO
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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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