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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Friday, January 19, 1962

65-Down : ___ Darya, the Oxus river.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,571
Across
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Kind of coat. : SACK
5
Smell ___ (suspect a trick). : ARAT
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Present itself. : OCCUR
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Constant. : TRUE
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Old fogy. : DODO
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Roman goddess. : FLORA
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Messenger. : ERRANDBOY
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One of the fire irons. : TONGS
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Delicacy served at a luau. : POI
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Norwegian princess. : ASTRID
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Mourn. : WEEP
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Vow. : SWEAR
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Skull protuberances. : INIONS
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Shirk. : MALINGER
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Article. : THE
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South Pacific island. : FIJI
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Society: Abbr. : ORG
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Symbols of virtue. : HALOES
40
In trouble: Colloq. : INASPOT
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Grapes. : MALAGAS
43
Reservoir in California. : FOLSOM
44
Nubbin. : EAR
45
Pottery. : WARE
46
Cadmus' daughter. : INO
47
Prehistoric animal. : MASTODON
50
Branch of the U. N. : UNESCO
52
"Mon Homme." : MYMAN
56
Headquarters. : BASE
58
South Sea islander. : KANAKA
61
Make ___ of. : AGO
62
Mythical hunter. : ORION
64
Bolivar, for one. : LIBERATOR
66
Cathedral city of Tuscany. : SIENA
67
Title. : EARL
68
State: Abbr. : MINN
69
Fresh. : SASSY
70
Swatch. : SNIP
71
French pronoun. : UNES
Down
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Degrees. : STEPS
2
Road marker. : ARROW
3
Great name in science. : CURIE
4
Green parrot. : KEA
5
Goes on to say. : ADDS
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Man's name: Abbr. : ROBT
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Devoted. : ADORING
8
Trifling. : TOYING
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Repeatedly. : OFT
10
Comedy performer. : CLOWN
11
Unit of a wagon train. : CONESTOGA
12
Drive. : URGE
13
Grate upon. : RASP
18
City of Honshu. : NARA
22
Stubborn conservative. : DIEHARD
25
Out of order. : AMISS
27
Spoken. : ORAL
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Masquerader's domino: Var. : LOOMASK
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N. Y. subway line: Abbr. : IRT
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Get news. : HEAR
33
To be: Lat. : ESSE
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Name for mademoiselle. : FIFI
35
Break ___ (interrupt). : INON
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Tropical window shades. : JALOUSIES
39
Having stretches of green grass. : LAWNY
41
Apple or pear. : POME
42
Chinese name. : MAO
44
Shelley, for one. : ETONIAN
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Symbol of justice. : SCALES
49
Caliph's name. : OMAR
51
Bright lights. : NEONS
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Of morning. : MATIN
54
Past, old style. : AGONE
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Norse goddesses. : NORNS
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Office VIP. : BOSS
57
Cantata solo. : ARIA
59
Shelter: Fr. : ABRI
60
Source of iodine. : KELP
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Word of denial. : NAY
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___ Darya, the Oxus river. : AMU

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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