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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Monday, October 9, 1967

40-Across : Body from outer space.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 312 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, 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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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,631
Across
1
Diplomacy. : TACT
5
Near East ketch. : SAIC
9
Dukes. : PEERS
14
Hebrew lyre. : ASOR
15
Dipper constellation. : URSA
16
Bayou. : INLET
17
River bank: Lat. : RIPA
18
Duplicate. : CARBONCOPY
20
Remunerative discovery. : PAYDIRT
22
Nigerian city. : EDE
23
Boon companion. : PAL
24
Verse with hidden meaning. : RUNE
25
Dishonor: Colloq. : BLACKEYE
27
Glossy. : SLICK
29
Sea swell. : BILLOW
30
Colossal. : HUGE
31
Gear tooth. : COG
32
Under control. : INHAND
36
Suffix on verbs. : ETH
37
Type of cross. : MALTESE
39
___ culpa. : MEA
40
Body from outer space. : METEOR
42
Petition. : ASK
43
Duck. : TEAL
44
Jacket facings. : LAPELS
46
Filmy clouds. : CIRRI
47
Pupil's need. : COPYBOOK
50
Stage name. : MUNI
51
Egg: Prefix. : OVO
52
Cyclades island. : IOS
53
Imitator. : COPYCAT
56
Part of a gas range. : PILOTLIGHT
59
Tall story. : TALE
60
Joint. : ANKLE
61
Of ships: Abbr. : NAUT
62
Girl's name. : INGA
63
Big roles. : LEADS
64
Sailors' saint. : ELMO
65
Dutch river. : MAAS
Down
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Hatch cover, for short. : TARP
2
The Orient. : ASIA
3
Important legal claim. : COPYRIGHT
4
Malign. : TRADUCE
5
Andean city. : SUCRE
6
Smell ___. : ARAT
7
Asian republic: Abbr. : ISR
8
American writer. : CABELL
9
Fruit of a tree. : PINECONE
10
Ref. book. : ENC
11
Decamp. : ELOPE
12
Compensate. : REPAY
13
Forte of 8 Down. : STYLE
19
Harem dweller. : ODALISK
21
Write, in a way. : INK
25
Bluster. : BIGTALK
26
Kilowatt-hour: Abbr. : KWH
27
Ark passenger. : SHEM
28
Sitar's cousin. : LUTE
29
Where 5 Down is: Abbr. : BOL
31
Suburbanites' group. : CARPOOL
33
U.S.A. artifacts. : AMERICANA
34
At hand. : NEAR
35
Salvador. : DALI
37
Biblical people. : MOABITES
38
Feminine suffix. : ESS
41
English isle. : ELY
43
Dickens character. : TINYTIM
45
Rose-colored dyestuff. : EOSINE
46
Trophy. : CUP
47
Hard resin. : COPAL
48
Sheeplike. : OVINE
49
Dance. : POLKA
50
Slogan. : MOTTO
53
Confidant. : CHUM
54
Sea moss. : ALGA
55
Parties. : TEAS
57
Experienced. : OLD
58
Dame. : GAL

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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