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Helen Smathers
Helen Smathers

New York Times, Wednesday, December 22, 1954

42-Down : Mountain chain in Greece.

Author:
Helen Smathers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Helen Smathers has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 2,003
Across
1
Vaults. : SAFES
6
Figure study. : MATH
10
Employed. : USED
14
Having a watered appearance. : MOIRE
15
Novelist Seton. : ANYA
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Mineral. : MICA
17
Of the mind or spirit. : INNER
18
"Sweet Thursday" author. : STEINBECK
20
Part of solder. : TIN
21
Politician's goal. : VOTE
23
Town officials in Canada. : REEVES
24
Fun on the farm. : HAYRIDE
26
Gather quickly (with "up"). : SCARE
27
Freezer. : ICER
28
He wrote "N. Y., N. Y." : OURSLER
31
Improvements. : BETTERMENTS
35
Northwestern state: Abbr. : IDA
36
Opposite of aweather. : ALEE
37
Noun suffix. : ING
38
All right. : OKAY
39
Layer. : HEN
40
Craftsmen. : HANDWORKERS
44
Decuple. : TENFOLD
46
Objectively so. : REAL
47
Roof edges. : EAVES
48
Cornell rooter. : ITHACAN
52
Elephant or wild boar. : TUSKER
54
Christmas tree highlight. : STAR
55
Pother. : ADO
56
Unduly positive. : ASSERTIVE
58
Kentucky winner's first name. : ALBEN
60
Landing place. : PIER
61
Pitcher. : EWER
62
Speech: Spanish. : HABLA
63
Mme. Gynt and others. : ASES
64
Spanish nobles. : DONS
65
Beans. : SOYAS
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Senator from New Jersey. : SMITH
2
Where the Muses dwell. : AONIA
3
Full of fish. : FINNY
4
Before. : ERE
5
Part of a tennis game. : SERVICE
6
Atomic scientists, for instance. : MASTERMINDS
7
Pay up. : ANTE
8
Nautical chain. : TYE
9
Trim. : HAIRCUT
10
Artist's colors. : UMBERS
11
Meshed. : SIEVELIKE
12
Behold: Latin. : ECCE
13
Mail deliveries, in India. : DAKS
19
Approaches. : NEARS
22
Stettin's river. : ODER
25
Baptism, for instance. : RITE
26
Berlin and others. : SONGWRITERS
29
Biblical name. : EDAR
30
Starfish arms. : RAYS
31
Thailand's monetary unit. : BAHT
32
Robert ___. : ELEE
33
River of Wilson Dam. : TENNESSEE
34
Football player. : END
38
Governor-elect Gary's state: Abbr. : OKLA
40
Linger close by. : HOVER
41
Gave the signal. : ALERTED
42
Mountain chain in Greece. : OETA
43
Cheers. : RAHRAHS
45
Deceivers. : FAKERS
49
Hackman. : CABBY
50
Novelist St. John. : ADELA
51
Girls' names. : NONAS
52
Cloth made from mulberry bark. : TAPA
53
Our information service. : USIS
54
___ Hedin, Swedish explorer. : SVEN
57
___ Jima. : IWO
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Native of Indo-China. : LAO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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