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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Monday, October 27, 1958

59-Across : Exceptional.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, 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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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,408
Across
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Frost work. : POEM
5
Long ago: Archaic. : ERST
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Dramatist of robot fame. : CAPEK
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Novelist Ferber. : EDNA
15
Bicentennial Webster. : NOAH
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City of Old Castille. : AVILA
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The Fighting Irish. : NOTREDAME
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Diminutive of Eleanor. : NELLY
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Nostrum. : CUREALL
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House of Lancaster's symbol. : REDROSE
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Founded. : ERECTED
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Hitler-Mussolini coalition. : AXIS
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Possessive pronoun. : HIS
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Ground for belief. : EVIDENCE
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Men of the Antilles. : CUBANS
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Greek letter. : BETA
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A thousand ages. : EON
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City on the Oka. : OREL
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Against. : CON
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Island of Indonesia. : BALI
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Afternoon function. : TEA
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One-time mistress of melodrama. : GLYN
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Somewhat: Colloq. : SORTOF
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Concert composition. : SYMPHONY
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Ovine animal. : EWE
46
Knight of the road. : HOBO
47
Popular card game. : CANASTA
51
Pharaoh. : RAMESES
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Instigator. : ABETTOR
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Praying figure. : ORANT
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Most powerful position. : UPPERHAND
58
Alpine region. : TIROL
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Exceptional. : RARE
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Consequently: Lat. : ERGO
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With cunning. : SLYLY
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Site of the first Olympic Games. : ELIS
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Raise. : REAR
Down
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Small English coins. : PENCE
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Perfume, in London. : ODOUR
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Between: Fr. : ENTRE
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___ Niel, yellow climbing rose. : MARECHAL
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Infinite. : ENDLESS
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Explorer Amundsen, first at South Pole, 1911. : ROALD
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Bewhiskered uncle. : SAM
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Poe classic. : THERAVEN
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Katharine Cornell role. : CANDIDA
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Reluctant. : AVERSE
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Word element meaning "hair." : PILO
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Additions to houses. : ELLS
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The children's favorite comedian. : KAYE
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Dine at home. : EATIN
22
Actor's withdrawal. : EXIT
26
Wood. : EBONY
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Orderly. : NEAT
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Where Pike's Peak is: Abbr. : COLO
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Star in Pegasus. : ENIF
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Barracks beds. : COTS
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American scientist, 1934 Nobel Prize winner. : UREY
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Radio signal. : BEAM
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Object of great interest. : CYNOSURE
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Respite from labor. : BREATHER
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Supernatural. : GHOSTLY
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Division of a leaf. : LOBE
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U. S. naval engineers. : SEABEES
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Company bigwig. : OWNER
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Coal tar derivative. : PHENOL
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Island in Bay of Naples. : CAPRI
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Gaze rudely. : STARE
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Vehicle of India. : TONGA
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Zealousness. : ARDOR
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Spoils. : ROTS
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Seed coat. : ARIL
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Schoolgirl of rhyme. : MARY
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Boon companion: Slang. : PAL

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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