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Helen Smathers
Helen Smathers

New York Times, Wednesday, April 8, 1959

38-Across : Black bird.

Author:
Helen Smathers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Helen Smathers has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,554
Across
1
Sponsor of Jupiter. : ARMY
5
Skater Heiss. : CAROL
10
European. : SLAV
14
Admirer. : BEAU
15
Idolize. : ADORE
16
Glass piece. : PANE
17
National Park in the Southwest. : CARLSBADCAVERNS
20
Scrutinize. : SPY
21
Actors of a sort. : HAMS
22
Boat on a regular route. : PACKET
23
Resources. : MEANS
25
Spanish colony in Africa. : IFNI
26
Girl's name. : AMANDA
28
Effective. : FORCEFUL
32
Resembling shortening. : LARDY
33
Pleasure boat. : CANOE
34
Fighting group in Ireland: Abbr. : IRA
35
On the ___ (on unfriendly terms). : OUTS
36
Fail to follow suit: Var. : RENIG
37
Shell contents. : EGGS
38
Black bird. : ANI
39
Book of the Old Testament. : HOSEA
40
Satchmo specialty (with "the"). : BLUES
41
Visionaries. : FANTASTS
43
Woman's top problem. : HAIRDO
44
Mrs. Charles Laughton. : ELSA
45
French cup. : TASSE
46
Discount. : REBATE
49
Lots of time. : EONS
50
Chop. : HEW
53
Type of early movie. : SLAPSTICKCOMEDY
56
I forbid: Lat. : VETO
57
Laughing sound. : TEHEE
58
Hockey goal. : CAGE
59
Noxious thing. : PEST
60
Golf equipment. : IRONS
61
Roman calendar date. : IDES
Down
1
Block letters. : ABCS
2
Cut grain. : REAP
3
Star of one-woman show. : MARYMARTIN
4
Well-known first name on Broadway. : YUL
5
Beach house. : CABANA
6
F. P. A. : ADAMS
7
Measures of length. : RODS
8
Sea animal. : ORC
9
Child's game. : LEAPFROG
10
Money. : SPECIE
11
Merry prank. : LARK
12
Prince Charles' sister. : ANNE
13
Dress. : VEST
18
Disreputable: Colloq. : SHADY
19
Fictional detective. : VANCE
24
Purposes. : ENDS
25
Ancient province of Asia Minor. : IONIA
26
"Half ___ ... " : ALOAF
27
___ Loa. : MAUNA
28
Temples or churches: Poet. : FANES
29
Bow decoration. : FIGUREHEAD
30
Pushed ahead. : URGED
31
Cowboy equipment. : LASSO
33
Wicker basket used in pelota. : CESTA
36
19th century English poet-painter. : ROSSETTI
37
Inventor Whitney and others. : ELIS
39
Hesitates. : HALTS
40
Siepi, for example. : BASSO
42
Beverage server. : TEAPOT
43
Small arches, in architecture. : HANCES
45
Subway fare. : TOKEN
46
Please reply: Fr. : RSVP
47
Robert ___. : ELEE
48
The "woodpile." : BATS
49
Response. : ECHO
51
Favorable margin: Slang. : EDGE
52
Letters of the alphabet. : WYES
54
Noun suffix. : IER
55
1101. : MCI

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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