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Helen K. Whitman
Helen K. Whitman

New York Times, Saturday, April 6, 1957

59-Across : Tobacco kiln.

Author:
Helen K. Whitman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Helen K. Whitman has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,839
Across
1
Absorbed. : RAPT
5
Organization devoted to animal care: Abbr. : ASPCA
10
Spring beer. : BOCK
14
Melville romance. : OMOO
15
Wine from a Greek island. : CHIAN
16
Winged parts. : ALAE
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Scientist's concern in fallout. : STRONTIUMNINETY
20
Request. : ASK
21
Word in Commodore Perry's famous dispatch. : OURS
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Gold bars. : INGOTS
23
Elephant character in children's classic. : BABAR
25
European capital. : OSLO
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Girl's name meaning lovable. : AMABEL
28
Team's helper. : WATERBOY
32
Sea N. E. of Australia. : CORAL
33
Stupefy. : BESOT
34
Street, in Portugal. : RUA
35
Rocky pinnacles. : TORS
36
Jeanne of TV. : CRAIN
37
English resort city. : BATH
38
Before. : ERE
39
Aspersions. : SLURS
40
Site of Arab summit talks. : CAIRO
41
A choice food. : DELICACY
43
Island rich in rubber, tin, quinine. : BORNEO
44
Fisherman's gadget. : LURE
45
Leader in plein-air painting. : MONET
46
Texas home of John Nance Garner. : UVALDE
49
Temple or church: Poet. : FANE
50
Street, in France. : RUE
53
Soviet expression for idolization. : PERSONALITYCULT
56
Oak. : TREE
57
Combining form for a country. : CHINO
58
Editors' group: Abbr. : ASNE
59
Tobacco kiln. : OAST
60
Consumed. : EATEN
61
School groups. : PTAS
Down
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Character in "David Copperfield." : ROSA
2
Quantities: Abbr. : AMTS
3
Political patronage: Slang. : PORKBARREL
4
Extremely. : TOO
5
Real. : ACTUAL
6
One way to cook eggs. : SHIRR
7
Name of many Popes. : PIUS
8
Projecting piece, in machinery. : CAM
9
Alabama city. : ANNISTON
10
Maine city. : BANGOR
11
Butter substitute. : OLEO
12
Pioneer suffragette. : CATT
13
Parts of a linotype. : KEYS
18
Prize in fields of major achievement. : NOBEL
19
Creek. : INLET
24
Arabian garments. : ABAS
25
Desert watering place. : OASIS
26
Performed. : ACTED
27
Pulitzer Prize winner in poetry, 1952. : MOORE
28
Fagged. : WEARY
29
Certain advisers of F. D. R. : BRAINTRUST
30
Out of the ordinary. : OUTRE
31
Lout or bumpkin. : YAHOO
33
Liberator of Scotland. : BRUCE
36
London house of Queen Mother Elizabeth. : CLARENCE
37
Unadorned. : BARE
39
One-time Italian coin. : SCUDO
40
Pleasure island. : CONEY
42
Poorly disposed. : ILLSET
43
Fashionable society: Fr. : BONTON
45
Historic battleship. : MAINE
46
___ date. : UPTO
47
Dancer Zorina. : VERA
48
Mars. : ARES
49
Flutter. : FLIT
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Bone. : ULNA
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Vous ___ (you are): Fr. : ETES
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Exclamation of surprise. : AHA
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___ d'Antibes. : CAP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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