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Helen Fasulo
New York Times, Wednesday, March 22, 1967
13-Across : Mercenary of the Revolution.
Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 47, Avg Word Len: 4.94, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 44, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 H | 3 A | 4 T | 5 T | 6 O | 7 O | 8 N | |||||||
9 P | A | R | T | I | 10 I | 11 M | I | L | T | O | 12 N | |||
13 H | E | S | S | I | A | N | 14 O | R | A | T | I | O | 15 N |
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16 A | N | C | 17 E | R | E | 18 W | H | O | N | 19 S | U | E |
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20 S | T | A | 21 N | 22 A | P | R | I | L | 23 N | O | G | S |
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24 H | A | D | O | 25 N | 26 T | I | C | 27 P | U | M | A | S |
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28 D | E | R | A | 29 T | 30 T | A | 31 B | O | R | E | T | |||
32 T | H | U | 33 S | 34 N | U | N | S | |||||||
35 I | 36 N | H | U | M | A | 37 N | 38 S | T | E | 39 E | 40 P | |||
41 A | P | O | E | M | 42 L | A | 43 D | 44 A | R | N | I | 45 E |
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46 H | E | R | R | 47 T | A | P | E | 48 S | 49 Y | A | R | N |
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50 I | C | I | 51 A | R | B | U | T | U | 52 S | 53 V | A | T |
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54 T | A | C | 55 T | F | U | L | 56 E | M | U | 57 L | A | T | E |
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58 C | U | R | A | T | E | 59 R | A | V | I | N | E | |||
60 M | Y | T | H | 61 C | A | T | T |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,430
Across
1
Small talk. : CHAT
5
Australian cedar tree. : TOON
9
Second installment. : PARTII
11
Great name in literature. : MILTON
13
Mercenary of the Revolution. : HESSIAN
14
Valedictory. : ORATION
16
Nurses' group. : ANC
17
Fictional Utopia of 1872. : EREWHON
19
Sunbonnet girl. : SUE
20
"Streetcar" role. : STAN
22
Early spring. : APRIL
23
Wooden pegs. : NOGS
24
Wore. : HADON
26
Fixation. : TIC
27
Big cats. : PUMAS
28
Rid of rodents. : DERAT
30
Embroidery frame. : TABORET
32
In that manner. : THUS
34
Carmelites. : NUNS
35
Heartless. : INHUMAN
38
Precipitous. : STEEP
41
"___ lovely as a tree ... " : APOEM
42
Teen-ager. : LAD
44
Nickname of golfing fame. : ARNIE
46
Head of the haus. : HERR
47
Ticker product. : TAPES
49
Story of a kind. : YARN
50
Here: Fr. : ICI
51
Trailing, flowering plant. : ARBUTUS
53
Cistern. : VAT
54
Endowed with savoir-faire. : TACTFUL
56
Try to outdo. : EMULATE
58
Vicar's aide. : CURATE
59
Gulch. : RAVINE
60
Invented story. : MYTH
61
Women's champion of 1890 et seq. : CATT
Down
1
Range in Washington and Oregon. : CASCADE
2
Times: Abbr. : HRS
3
End in ___ (stalemate). : ATIE
4
Head ornament. : TIARA
5
Region in the Austrian Alps. : TIROL
6
"Good Earth" role. : OLAN
7
Immortal Giant. : OTT
8
Offensive. : NOISOME
9
The number 5. : PENTAD
10
Maladroit. : INEPT
11
Algonquian Indian. : MOHICAN
12
Chewy candy. : NOUGAT
13
Housewife's creation. : HASH
15
Loch of the serpent. : NESS
18
Court order. : WRIT
21
Arctic gale. : NORTHER
23
Place for growing things. : NURSERY
25
Old Testament book. : NAHUM
27
Point, in Brazil. : PONTA
29
Sound of a plucked string. : TUM
31
Part of the street scene. : BUS
33
In good demand. : SALABLE
35
Medicinal plant. : IPECAC
36
Province of ancient Rome. : NORICUM
37
Mouse deer of Asia. : NAPU
39
Forward: Fr. : ENAVANT
40
Corsair. : PIRATE
41
Make ___. : AHIT
43
Dishearten. : DETER
45
Grafted: Her. : ENTE
47
Established principle. : TRUTH
48
Colorful shrub. : SUMAC
51
" ... to buy ___ pig." : AFAT
52
Fiji capital. : SUVA
55
Undertake. : TRY
57
Aglow. : LIT
Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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