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Helen Fasulo
New York Times, Thursday, January 26, 1967
41-Across : Superfluous.
Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 M | 4 A | 5 T | 6 A | 7 U | 8 P | 9 E | 10 W | 11 I | 12 L | 13 T |
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14 I | B | A | R | 15 O | M | A | H | A | 16 H | O | U | R |
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17 N | O | R | A | 18 P | A | R | I | S | 19 I | E | N | N | E |
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20 G | U | I | L | 21 D | E | R | 22 T | R | E | A | T | Y |
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23 O | S | A | K | A | 24 A | W | O | L | ||||||
25 G | 26 E | N | E | R | A | 27 S | P | I | N | S | 28 T | 29 E | 30 R |
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31 A | P | E | A | K | 32 C | O | R | N | Y | 33 O | N | E |
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34 L | O | T | 35 P | E | L | E | G | 36 U | N | A |
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37 E | D | T | 38 F | R | A | U | S | 39 F | 40 A | C | E | R |
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41 N | E | E | 42 D | L | E | S | S | 43 P | A | S | H | A | S |
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44 R | A | T | E | 45 H | O | R | S | A | ||||||
46 M | 47 A | 48 D | A | M | E | 49 A | L | M | A | N | 50 A | 51 C |
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52 E | L | E | M | E | N | 53 T | 54 A | R | Y | 55 I | D | L | E |
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56 A | G | U | A | 57 S | A | T | U | P | 58 L | G | T | S |
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59 L | A | S | S | 60 E | X | A | M | S | 61 S | O | O | T |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,375
Across
1
Family member. : MAMA
5
Dull color. : TAUPE
10
Big name in basketball. : WILT
14
Construction beam. : IBAR
15
City on the Missouri. : OMAHA
16
Unit of flying credit. : HOUR
17
Ibsen girl. : NORA
18
Colette, for one. : PARISIENNE
20
Netherlands coin. : GUILDER
22
Peace. : TREATY
23
City of Japan, on the Inland Sea. : OSAKA
24
Military truant. : AWOL
25
Plant-animal categories. : GENERA
27
Bachelor girl. : SPINSTER
31
Upright in position: Naut. : APEAK
32
Banal: Colloq. : CORNY
33
Number. : ONE
34
Consignment. : LOT
35
Biblical patriarch. : PELEG
36
See 33 Across. : UNA
37
Summer time: R.R. abbr. : EDT
38
Housewives, German style. : FRAUS
39
Sudden difficulty: Colloq. : FACER
41
Superfluous. : NEEDLESS
43
Grand viziers. : PASHAS
44
Chide. : RATE
45
Jute invader of Britain, 5th cen. : HORSA
46
Feminine title. : MADAME
49
Reference book. : ALMANAC
52
Simple. : ELEMENTARY
55
Vain. : IDLE
56
Water: Sp. : AGUA
57
Became alert. : SATUP
58
Neons: Abbr. : LGTS
59
Teen-ager. : LASS
60
Finals. : EXAMS
61
Air pollutant. : SOOT
Down
1
Chinese dynasty, 1368-1644. : MING
2
Oriental name. : ABOU
3
Punch, for one. : MARIONETTE
4
Asian body of water. : ARALSEA
5
Kansas city. : TOPEKA
6
City in Iraq, on the Tigris. : AMARA
7
Eastern alliance: Abbr. : UAR
8
___ Beta Kappa. : PHI
9
Section of the White House. : EASTWING
10
Cycles. : WHEELS
11
College at New Rochelle, N.Y. : IONA
12
Famous stage name. : LUNT
13
Three-spot. : TREY
19
Wry humor. : IRONY
21
Cryptic. : DARK
24
After: Fr. : APRES
25
Famed physician of anc. Greece. : GALEN
26
Stye of lyric poem. : EPODE
27
Stage direction. : SOLUS
28
Precarious. : TOUCHANDGO
29
Nine: Prefix. : ENNEA
30
Brings up. : REARS
32
Discontinue. : CEASE
35
Travesty. : PRETENSE
38
Tongue of fire. : FLAME
39
Rural feature. : FARM
40
Attacks. : ASSAILS
42
Plays. : DRAMAS
43
Sea creatures. : POLYPS
45
David of 1898 novel. : HARUM
46
Food and drink. : MEAL
47
Sea moss. : ALGA
48
God: Lat. : DEUS
50
Chorus member. : ALTO
51
___ la vie. : CEST
53
Put a strain on. : TAX
54
___ loss. : ATA
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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