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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Tuesday, April 24, 1962

73-Across : Scrooge, for short.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, 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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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,666
Across
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World War I hero. : YORK
5
Kind of play. : DRAMA
10
Reptile, for short. : CROC
14
Might's mate. : MAIN
15
Hebrew month: Var. : SEBAT
16
Israeli folk dance. : HORA
17
Chinese name. : CHOU
18
Postpone indefinitely. : TABLE
19
Top-notch. : AONE
20
Popular Western singer-actor. : AUTRY
22
College athletes. : LETTERMEN
24
Cloth of gold. : LAME
26
Actor Wallach. : ELI
27
Swallow up. : EAT
30
Creator of Baron Munchausen. : RASPE
33
Archangel's river. : DVINA
37
Another kind of play. : GRANDSTAND
40
Source of power. : ATOM
41
Taft's alma mater. : YALE
42
She of "la plume." : TANTE
43
Nobel Prize physicist. : RABI
44
Outrigger of the South Seas. : PROA
45
Pittsburgh speciality. : STEELMILLS
47
Succulent. : TASTY
49
The river, in Spain. : ELRIO
50
It is so. : YES
51
___ Honor, the Mayor. : HIS
53
Sharp flavor. : TANG
55
Scene of political upheaval. : ARGENTINA
60
Village on the veldt. : KRAAL
64
Heath. : MOOR
65
Shirk. : AVOID
67
Home of the Wright brothers. : OHIO
68
Undisguised. : BALD
69
River into the Seine. : MARNE
70
Card game. : FARO
71
Advantages. : ODDS
72
Side. : PHASE
73
Scrooge, for short. : EBEN
Down
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Organization founded in 1844. : YMCA
2
Waikiki site. : OAHU
3
Noisy revel. : RIOT
4
Ridge on the edge of a coin. : KNURL
5
Time as of Apr. 29. : DST
6
Babbitt's vocation. : REALESTATE
7
French cleric. : ABBE
8
Beer or ale. : MALT
9
Tête-___. : ATETE
10
Mock serenade. : CHARIVARI
11
Salon. : ROOM
12
River of France. : ORNE
13
Textile city of Normandy. : CAEN
21
Where trains are made up. : YARD
23
Days of yore. : ELD
25
Poles. : MASTS
27
Figuratively, Cleopatra. : EGYPT
28
Colorful bird. : ARARA
29
Mythical man of brass. : TALOS
31
Long narrow picture. : PANEL
32
Acts as host. : ENTERTAINS
34
European republic. : ITALY
35
Highborn. : NOBLE
36
Faulty. : AMISS
38
Cow tenders. : NEATHERDS
39
Name for Artemis. : DELIA
46
Trappist. : MONK
48
Chinese weight. : YIN
52
Trading ___. : STAMP
54
Composer Ferde. : GROFE
55
Pulpit, in olden days. : AMBO
56
Turnpike. : ROAD
57
Yellow. : GOLD
58
Ancient Assyrian city. : IVAH
59
Mrs. Helmer. : NORA
61
Melville hero. : AHAB
62
Yorkshire river. : AIRE
63
Puffin's cousin. : LOON
66
Letter. : DEE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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