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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Monday, May 15, 1967

5-Across : Servicewomen of 1942.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { K Q X }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, 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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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,484
Across
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Musical group. : BAND
5
Servicewomen of 1942. : WAACS
10
Food fish. : SCAD
14
Mining town of Venezuela. : AROA
15
One of the Allens. : ETHAN
16
Ravine of a kind. : WADI
17
Veniremen. : JURY
18
Steinbeck novel. : EASTOFEDEN
20
Industrious creature. : ANT
21
African gazelle. : ADMI
22
White House pet. : BEAGLE
23
"To ___ to Hold." : HAVEAND
26
Charger. : STEED
27
Ever-popular movie. : WESTERN
29
Diminutive ending. : ETTE
31
Early Mexican. : AZTEC
32
Backpedals. : REVERSES
36
Anger: Lat. : IRA
37
Formal headdress. : TIARA
39
Spanish cheer. : OLE
40
Ultima Thule. : FARNORTH
43
Condiment container. : CRUET
45
River into the Wash. : OUSE
46
Black ___. : ASPITCH
48
Certain ditches. : MOATS
51
Gigantic. : MAMMOTH
53
Well, well! : INDEED
55
Aparicio of baseball. : LUIS
56
___ generis. : SUI
59
Part of Asia. : MIDDLEEAST
61
LP's. : RECS
62
A science: Abbr. : ECOL
63
Egyptian dancer. : ALMEH
64
Soothing substance. : BALM
65
Refuse. : DENY
66
Silk thread. : FLOSS
67
Britisher's exclamation. : ISAY
Down
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___ California, Mexico. : BAJA
2
___ for one's money. : ARUN
3
Symbol of Minnesota. : NORTHSTAR
4
Time period. : DAY
5
Garden tool. : WEEDER
6
Cossack chief. : ATAMAN
7
Bret Harte character. : AHSIN
8
Jazz devotee. : CAT
9
High-hat one. : SNOB
10
Jersey. : SWEATER
11
Get by begging: Colloq. : CADGE
12
Girl's name. : ADELE
13
Feasted. : DINED
19
Olivia's clown. : FESTE
21
With: Fr. : AVEC
24
See 13 Down. : ATE
25
Whitetail. : DEER
27
Gamin. : WAIF
28
Philanthropist Cornell. : EZRA
30
Govt. agency. : TVA
32
Word of cheer. : RAH
33
Pacific paradise. : SOUTHSEAS
34
Source of power: Abbr. : ELEC
35
Father of Enos. : SETH
37
Board members: Abbr. : TRS
38
Bit of news. : ITEM
41
Conspicuously. : NOTEDLY
42
Thrush. : OUSEL
43
Navy men, for short. : CPOS
44
Abbreviation in music. : RIT
46
Beguiles. : AMUSES
47
Workers with gold, silver, etc. : SMITHS
48
Imitated. : MIMED
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In reserve. : ONICE
50
Knitting instruction. : ADDON
52
Texas shrine. : ALAMO
54
Heedless. : DEAF
57
Western campus. : UCLA
58
"Joy ___ name." : ISMY
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Right-angle joint. : ELL
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Baseball abbreviation. : RBI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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