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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Monday, December 24, 1956

20-Across : Not natural.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, 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. 2,736
Across
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Skipjack. : FISH
5
Knowing. : AWARE
10
Attention-getting word. : HIST
14
Pointless. : IDLE
15
Grounds for legal action. : LIBEL
16
Humorous slang suffix. : EROO
17
19th c. humorist. : LEAR
18
Argue a case. : PLEAD
19
Far-reaching. : LONG
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Not natural. : LABORED
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Brazilian rubber tree. : SERINGA
24
Charged atom. : ION
25
Type of Greek architecture. : DORIC
26
Upright beam. : STANCHION
30
Flambeau. : TORCH
34
Tee, fairway, green, etc. : HOLE
35
Outlandish. : ODD
36
Duenna. : SENORA
37
Roman greeting. : AVE
38
Heavy walking shoes. : BROGUES
40
Common carrier. : BUS
41
King Arthur's seer. : MERLIN
43
Sea eagle. : ERN
44
Anne Lindbergh, for example. : POET
45
Campaign name. : ESTES
46
Dante called him "The Master of them that know." : ARISTOTLE
48
Merchant's stock. : GOODS
50
Fish of genus Anguilla. : EEL
51
Jessica's suitor. : LORENZO
54
Pleasure-seeker. : PLAYBOY
58
Similar. : AKIN
59
Pope's veil. : ORALE
61
___ day. : GALA
62
Opinion. : MIND
63
Spiced drink. : NEGUS
64
Telling blow: Slang. : ONER
65
Cribbage pins. : PEGS
66
Dutch cheeses. : EDAMS
67
Type of light. : NEON
Down
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Pack in as much as possible. : FILL
2
Scheme. : IDEA
3
Half-curved piece of a log. : SLAB
4
Anne Frank, for example. : HEROINE
5
Swiss signaling instrument. : ALPENHORN
6
What the joker may be. : WILD
7
Nickname of the Great Emancipator. : ABE
8
The ability to think. : REASON
9
Clergyman's aide. : ELDER
10
Home of the Muses. : HELICON
11
Curtain material. : IRON
12
Carol. : SONG
13
Forum garb. : TOGA
21
Legendary bird. : ROC
23
Ceremonials. : RITES
25
Series players. : DODGERS
26
Something regrettable. : SHAME
27
Jabberwocky word. : TOVES
28
On one's toes. : ALERT
29
Artificial language. : IDO
31
Relative of Univac. : ROBOT
32
Hard-hearted. : CRUEL
33
Cause of many mistakes. : HASTE
36
Foolish. : SENSELESS
38
Animals on coins. : BISON
39
Altdorf's canton. : URI
42
Inscriptions. : LEGENDS
44
Geometric figure. : POLYGON
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Idolized. : ADORED
47
___ rose. : TEA
49
Fresh air. : OZONE
51
Gas jet. : LAMP
52
Migratory worker. : OKIE
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Patterson's field. : RING
54
Choice object. : PLUM
55
Anathema. : BANE
56
Ersatz butter. : OLEO
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Relative of thread. : YARN
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Eastern title. : AGA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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