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Helen Smathers
Helen Smathers

New York Times, Thursday, May 22, 1958

20-Across : Relatives of palfreys.

Author:
Helen Smathers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Helen Smathers has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,250
Across
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Successor to King Haakon. : OLAV
5
Crystallizes, as plans: Colloq. : JELLS
10
Melt. : THAW
14
Berlin specialty. : TUNE
15
Of the hip bone. : ILIAC
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Dorothy Perkins. : ROSE
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Advancing steadily. : ONTHEMARCH
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Saud subject. : ARAB
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Relatives of palfreys. : STEEDS
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"Long-time-no-see" affairs. : REUNIONS
23
Feline call. : MEOW
25
One of the senses. : SMELL
26
Zoological term for the penguins. : IMPENNES
30
Classify. : ASSORT
33
Dawns: Poetic. : MORNS
34
___ sienna (dark brown). : BURNT
36
Needlefish. : GAR
37
Robert Penn Warren, for example. : POET
38
Thorny fruit tree. : LEMON
39
Location. : SITE
40
Letter. : ESS
41
Irrawaddy country. : BURMA
42
Sew loosely. : BASTE
43
Student's concern. : LESSON
45
Gold Coast natives. : ASHANTIS
47
Every ___ way. : WHICH
49
Reported. : TOLD
50
Type of store. : SHOESHOP
53
Having a beak. : NEBBED
57
Member of the cat family. : PUMA
58
U. N. delegate. : IRENEDUNNE
60
Persian name. : OMAR
61
Backs of necks. : NAPES
62
Frog genus. : RANA
63
Numbers. : TENS
64
Gaze with malicious pleasure. : GLOAT
65
Part of Menotti's name. : GIAN
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Siouan Indians. : OTOS
2
Star of "The Visit." : LUNT
3
___ bellum. : ANTE
4
Deeply felt. : VEHEMENT
5
___ weed, a tall coarse annual. : JIMSON
6
Note of Guido's scale. : ELA
7
Well-known railroad: Abbr. : LIRR
8
Ornamental braids. : LACES
9
German composer. : SCHUMANN
10
Forms a wake behind. : TRAILS
11
Watchmaker. : HOROLOGIST
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Wise ___ owl. : ASAN
13
Textile fabrics on looms. : WEBS
18
Former occupants of 10 Downing Street. : EDENS
22
Haunt. : NEST
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German composer. : WEBER
26
Drive. : IMPEL
27
Yankee Skowron's nickname. : MOOSE
28
Worker in the city room. : PRESSWOMAN
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___ cum laude. : SUMMA
31
Small weight of India. : RATTI
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Joyce Kilmer subject. : TREES
35
Barbecue. : ROAST
38
Eating. : LUNCHING
39
Authority on Lincoln. : SANDBURG
41
Wood: Fr. : BOIS
42
Bundled. : BALED
44
Clips. : SHEARS
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Frank and open. : HONEST
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Of an hour. : HORAL
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Recognize: Colloq. : SPOT
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Actor Cronyn. : HUME
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Gourd. : PEPO
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___ B'rith, Jewish fraternity. : BNAI
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City of Sicily. : ENNA
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Undergraduates' mentor. : DEAN
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Educational group. : NEA

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

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