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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Thursday, November 21, 1963

26-Down : Stroke of luck: Slang.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, 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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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,226
Across
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Profound silence. : HUSH
5
Millers. : MOTHS
10
Excursion. : TRIP
14
Broadway theater. : ANTA
15
Arabian gazelle. : ARIEL
16
Greek letter. : IOTA
17
Site of a large German dam. : EDER
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"___ passeront pas!" war cry of 1916. : ILSNE
19
Where Los Alamos is: Abbr. : NMEX
20
Horse. : COWPONY
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Member of a mob. : RIOTER
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Befriends. : AIDS
25
Lilliputian. : PYGMY
26
Ranger. : FORESTER
29
Zoo animals. : HIPPOS
33
Schoolboys. : LADS
34
Outlet. : EXIT
36
Pester. : TEASE
37
Exploit. : USE
38
Crushes. : SMASHES
40
Man's nickname. : NAT
41
Aleutian isle. : KISKA
43
Mournful sound. : MOAN
44
___-mutton. : LEGO
45
Works of Elia. : ESSAYS
47
Essential of life. : NITROGEN
49
Peter and Paul. : TSARS
51
Shade of red. : RUBY
52
Chicago university. : LOYOLA
54
Bad mark. : DEMERIT
57
Loving. : FOND
58
___ Ababa. : ADDIS
60
Shore, in Venice. : LIDO
61
Today, in Rome. : OGGI
62
___ death. : DIDTO
63
Westernmost state of Europe: Abbr. : ICEL
64
Cross. : ROOD
65
Agave fiber. : SISAL
66
Designated: Abbr. : ASSD
Down
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This: Lat. : HAEC
2
Ravel out. : UNDO
3
Air line employe. : STEWARDESS
4
Winged monsters of myth. : HARPIES
5
Broadway: Colloq. : MAINSTEM
6
Paris airport. : ORLY
7
Poetic contraction. : TIS
8
Ford. : HENRY
9
Pung. : SLEIGH
10
Old-time photo. : TINTYPE
11
City built on seven hills. : ROME
12
Appian Way, for one. : ITER
13
Peace goddess. : PAX
21
G.I.'s uniform. : ODS
23
Ignores. : OMITS
25
Dartmoor and Old Bailey. : PRISONS
26
Stroke of luck: Slang. : FLUKE
27
Desert stopover. : OASIS
28
Test: Colloq. : EXAM
30
Paeans of praise. : PANEGYRICS
31
River into the Missouri. : OSAGE
32
Attack. : SETON
35
Man from Bangkok. : THAI
38
Right of decision: Colloq. : SAYSO
39
Mezzanine: Fr. : ENTRESOL
42
Noisy insect. : KATYDID
44
Flowering plant. : LOBELIA
46
Dishes. : SALADS
48
Card game. : RUM
50
Spokes. : RADII
52
Word: Prefix. : LOGO
53
Progress. : ONGO
54
Tree of Asia. : DITA
55
March time. : IDES
56
Recounted. : TOLD
57
Suitable to. : FOR
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Degree. : DDS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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