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Helen H. Chapman
Helen H. Chapman

New York Times, Saturday, March 1, 1952

47-Across : Stamp of the foot, in fencing.

Author:
H. H. Chapman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has duplicate clues.
Helen H. Chapman has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. H. Chapman is an alias for Helen H. Chapman.
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 986
Across
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An Italian's hurrah. : VIVA
5
1,671-mile highway. : ALCAN
10
Tasty dinner dish. : STEW
14
Source of indigo. : ANIL
15
Open in weave. : LOOSE
16
Airfield near Paris. : ORLY
17
Early-in-the-year Presidential address. : STATEOFTHEUNION
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Accept with condescension. : TOLERATE
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Inject without regard to pertinency: 2 wds. : DRAGIN
22
Britain's fliers. : RAF
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Noncom. : SGT
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Shrinks away from. : SHIES
27
Enthusiastic interjection. : BOY
30
Tidal bore, as in the Bay of Fundy. : EAGRE
34
Sound of glass against glass. : TING
35
Derivative of morphine. : HEROIN
37
Man's nickname. : RED
38
Restorations, as of the houses at Williamsburg. : RECONSTRUCTIONS
41
Constellation, the "Altar." : ARA
42
Clothing. : ATTIRE
43
Device to muffle the sound of a musical instrument. : MUTE
44
Blood Bank visitor. : DONOR
46
Double curve. : ESS
47
Stamp of the foot, in fencing. : APPEL
48
Ad ___. : LIB
50
Ben Hogan or Byron Nelson. : PRO
51
The "patient" Judge. : MEDINA
54
Manufacture steel. : ACIERATE
59
Summer show spots. : DRIVEINTHEATERS
61
Out of line. : AGEE
62
Follower of Genghis Khan. : TATAR
63
Home of the Blarney Stone. : ERIN
64
"Hurry-up" Fielding H. ___. : YOST
65
Strikes with astonishment. : STUNS
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Terminus of the Appian Way. : ROME
Down
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Immense. : VAST
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Toward the center. : INTO
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Essence container. : VIAL
4
Mr. Hyde to Dr. Jekyll. : ALTEREGO
5
Half is better than none. : ALOAF
6
Slope of a golf club face. : LOFT
7
Animal shelter. : COTE
8
Tough, straight-grained wood. : ASH
9
Exigencies. : NEEDS
10
The "Moonlight," for instance. : SONATA
11
Smartly turned out. : TRIG
12
Patron saint of artists. : ELOI
13
Famous comedian. : WYNN
18
Notable periods of time. : ERAS
19
Pressing. : URGENT
24
Instrument for Menuhin. : STRAD
25
Sacred: Prefix. : HIERO
26
Indian of Peru. : INCAN
27
Tallulah's feudin' partner. : BETTE
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Fragrant ingredient of sachets. : ORRIS
29
Letter finale. : YOURS
31
Place several things together. : GROUP
32
Income or revenue: French. : RENTE
33
Late member of a well-known motor family. : EDSEL
35
Famous initials. : HST
36
Kitchen commodity. : ICE
39
Of the nostrils. : NARINE
40
Buyer of British tweeds, for instance. : IMPORTER
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Mountain east of Jerusalem. : OLIVET
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A small space between buildings. : AREA
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Shrimp, mullet and minnows. : BAITS
50
Water-front structures. : PIERS
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Start of mobilization. : MDAY
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Accordingly. : ERGO
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Pre-Kefauver investigator. : DIES
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Alaskan battleground in World War II. : ATTU
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Biggers' detective. : CHAN
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Flying machine. : AERO
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Prune or clip. : TRIM
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Feudal slave. : ESNE
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Man's nickname. : NAT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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