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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Thursday, October 4, 1956

47-Across : Hard to grasp mentally.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,655
Across
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Perjurer. : LIAR
5
A major crime. : ARSON
10
Eye slyly. : OGLE
14
Heavenly being: Fr. : ANGE
15
Pelf. : LUCRE
16
Barkley's title. : VEEP
17
Run before the wind. : SCUD
18
Brief editorial, in an English paper. : LEADERETTE
20
Paper. : THESIS
22
Restrain. : MODERATE
23
Successful. : ONTOP
25
Very much. : FAR
26
Tailless animal. : MANXCAT
29
Increase Mather, for example. : PURITAN
33
Poetic preposition. : ERE
34
Designing. : ARTFUL
36
Dickens character. : DORA
37
Coolidge's V. P. : DAWES
39
Creativeness. : ART
40
Charges with an errand. : SENDS
41
Roman date. : IDES
42
Snippet of cloth. : SWATCH
44
Add up. : TOT
45
Ajaccio is its capital. : CORSICA
47
Hard to grasp mentally. : ELUSORY
49
Wood. : ASH
50
Ethan Frome's wife. : ZEENA
51
Highlander's sword. : CLAYMORE
55
Chinese and Japanese. : ASIANS
59
Congressman. : LEGISLATOR
61
Map of a city. : PLAT
62
"Lend me your ___." : EARS
63
Humble. : ABASE
64
Aleutian base. : ATTU
65
College group. : FRAT
66
Vertical piece between steps. : RISER
67
Midday. : NOON
Down
1
Conclusive. : LAST
2
Creep along. : INCH
3
Tropical fever. : AGUE
4
Fenway Park players. : REDSOX
5
Describing a certain team. : ALLSTAR
6
Regret. : RUE
7
Rogue. : SCAMP
8
Church calendar. : ORDO
9
Essential. : NEEDFUL
10
Disregard. : OVERRIDE
11
Wooden clogs worn in Japan. : GETA
12
Baltic native. : LETT
13
Fencer's weapon. : EPEE
19
Build. : REAR
21
Peruvian Indians. : INCAS
24
Pontiac was one. : OTTAWA
26
Richard Boone's former TV series. : MEDIC
27
Southwestern farmland. : ARADO
28
More up-to-date. : NEWER
29
Doughboy's leg covering. : PUTTEE
30
The Lone Ranger's riding companion. : TONTO
31
Enthusiasm. : ARDOR
32
Ill-natured. : NASTY
35
Monk. : FRA
38
Type of writer. : ESSAYIST
40
Eschews. : SHUNS
42
Gentleman's companion. : SCHOLAR
43
Lighter. : CLEARER
46
Doctrines. : ISMS
48
Island of the Marianas. : SAIPAN
50
Letters after epsilons. : ZETAS
51
Musical symbol. : CLEF
52
Humorist of the limericks. : LEAR
53
City of India. : AGRA
54
Physicist and Nobel prize winner. : RABI
56
Tenor violin. : ALTO
57
Its HQ is at Rocquencourt. : NATO
58
Overwhelm. : STUN
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Full of: Suffix. : OSE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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