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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Wednesday, October 23, 1963

20-Across : Symbol of luxury.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q V }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,197
Across
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One of the Smiths. : ADAM
5
Army unit: Abbr. : BATT
9
"Bit" player. : EXTRA
14
A heap of money. : PILE
15
River into the Fulda. : EDER
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Emancipates. : FREES
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State: Suffix. : OSIS
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Lose power. : WANE
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Country places. : FARMS
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Symbol of luxury. : CHAMPAGNE
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Lofty nest. : EYRIE
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Seine tributary. : EURE
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Book of the Bible: Abbr. : GEN
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Barrister: Abbr. : ATT
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"Who's in ___ here?" : CHARGE
30
Plowed land. : ARADO
32
Caravan stopover. : OASIS
33
American Indian, for example. : ABORIGINE
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Marshal Tito. : BROZ
38
Famous abolitionist. : BROWN
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Diving bird. : LOON
40
Beef cattle. : HEREFORDS
42
Hero at Manila Bay. : DEWEY
43
Perseus' mother. : DANAE
44
Hybrid animal. : CATALO
45
___ end. : FAG
48
Preserve. : CAN
49
Apiece. : EACH
50
Shoelace tip. : AGLET
52
Cheated, old style. : GUDGEONED
57
The hives. : UREDO
58
Hibernia. : ERIN
59
Ceremonial. : RITE
60
Jewish ritual. : SEDER
61
At any ___. : RATE
62
Blueprint. : PLAN
63
Very small: Colloq. : TEENY
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Destroy. : SLAY
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Squirming. : EELY
Down
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N.T. book: Abbr. : APOC
2
Ramekin. : DISH
3
Inter ___. : ALIA
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In a hypnotic trance. : MESMERIZED
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Watch out. : BEWARE
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Words of wisdom. : ADAGE
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State: Abbr. : TENN
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"A ___ in Brooklyn." : TREEGROWS
9
Sir, in Turkey. : EFFENDI
10
Aid in diagnosis. : XRAY
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___ incognita. : TERRA
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Decrease. : REMIT
13
Profitable holding. : ASSET
21
Small dogs. : PUGS
25
Win through effort. : EARN
27
Port of Ireland. : COBH
28
March ___. : HARE
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Hebrew lyre. : ASOR
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Habitation. : ABODE
31
Founder of Georgia. : OGLETHORPE
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VIP's in music. : ARRANGERS
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One of the "Big Ten." : IOWA
35
Christmas song. : NOEL
36
Greek war goddess. : ENYO
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___ fide. : BONA
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Plant. : FACTORY
42
Chub. : DACE
44
Hollywood name. : CAGNEY
45
Opera role. : FAUST
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Come to terms. : AGREE
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European kite. : GLEDE
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Italian girl's name. : EDITA
51
Jack London hero. : EDEN
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Eurasian river. : URAL
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Memphis' river. : NILE
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And others: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
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Disclaim. : DENY

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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