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Helen H. Chapman
Helen H. Chapman

New York Times, Thursday, June 24, 1954

17-Across : Take-home pay.

Author:
H. H. Chapman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has duplicate clues.
Helen H. Chapman has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. H. Chapman is an alias for Helen H. Chapman.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,822
Across
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Famous name in baseball. : CASEY
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"Tea and Sympathy" star. : KERR
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Fingerprint. : CLUE
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Vestment. : ORALE
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Pennsylvania city. : ERIE
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Dickens' Miss Dartle. : ROSA
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Take-home pay. : WAGES
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Homes for clergymen. : VICARAGES
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Horseplay on the stage. : SLAPSTICKCOMEDY
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Sub-division of a Chinese province. : HIEN
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Sharp thrust. : STAB
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Plant yielding a poison. : CURARE
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Quinnat and King salmon. : CHINOOKS
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Pig, cast and wrought. : IRONS
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Utter disorder. : CHAOS
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Dickens hero. : PIP
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Very extensive. : VAST
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Depicted. : DRAWN
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Mother of Apollo. : LETO
37
Chemical suffix. : INE
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Prognosticators : SEERS
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Brought into the open. : AIRED
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Steadfast. : CONSTANT
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Safe at first. : ONBASE
43
Ancient Asian. : MEDE
44
English composer of songs. : ARNE
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Frequently quoted authorities. : RELIABLESOURCES
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Jumps. : OVERLEAPS
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Girl in a song title. : LAURA
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Fur animal. : MINK
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Solar disk: Var. : ATON
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Have effect. : ACTON
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Sorrowful expression. : ALAS
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Girl's nickname. : TESS
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Dodger at short. : REESE
Down
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Jerseys. : COWS
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Shallow inland sea of Asia. : ARAL
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The Forsyte story. : SAGA
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Member of the cartoon menagerie. : ELEPHANT
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Sycophant's usual replies. : YESSIRS
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Celtic man's name. : KEVIN
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TV reporter Sevareid. : ERIC
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Means of transportation. : RICKSHAWS
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Chemical change. : REACTION
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A game of rhyme making. : CRAMBO
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Choice seat. : LOGE
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All gone. : USED
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Unhurried. : EASY
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Horses. : ROANS
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Area on the links. : TEE
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Municipal. : CIVIC
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Heaven: Comb. form. : URANO
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Indian at first. : ROSEN
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Hydrographic map. : CHART
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___ glasses. : OPERA
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Birds with long, pointed wings. : KITES
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Fine chinaware. : SPODE
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Furnish with battlements. : CRENELATE
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Exhausted: Slang. : DEADBEAT
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Musician of the candelabra : LIBERACE
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Smuggle. : STEAL
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Ring-shaped. : ANNULAR
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Affected expressions. : SMIRKS
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Gold: Span. : ORO
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Societies: Abbr. : ASSNS
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City on the Tiber. : ROMA
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Corrupt. : EVIL
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Girl in a song title. : LENA
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Great poetry. : EPOS
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Pleasingly dainty. : CUTE
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Cupid. : EROS
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Reasonable. : SANE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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