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Helen H. Chapman
Helen H. Chapman

New York Times, Monday, February 12, 1951

1-Down : An Irishman on St. Patrick's Day.

Author:
Helen H. Chapman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q U V X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Helen H. Chapman has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 603
Across
1
Wave. : PERM
5
An unspecified number. : SOME
9
Active participant in "The Great Debate." : TAFT
13
Operatic selection. : ARIA
14
Stuff. : CRAM
15
French city on the Rhone. : ARLES
17
U. S. boundary river. : RIOGRANDE
19
Girl's name. : LEONA
20
Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
21
Epithet for Rome. : ETERNAL
23
Electrical reluctance unit. : REL
24
Relatives of the Barrymores. : DREWS
26
Lays turf. : SODS
27
Author of "The Counterfeiters." : GIDE
28
Weird. : EERIE
29
Forty winks. : NAP
30
Another name for Esau. : EDOM
31
Tore down. : RASED
32
Lessen. : BATE
33
Back talk. : SASS
34
Appellation. : NAME
36
Formerly. : ERST
38
Paris flower girl in "La Boheme." : MIMI
41
Chooses. : OPTS
43
What 1 Down does and when. : MARCH
47
___ fixe. : IDEE
48
Fifth sign of the Zodiac. : LEO
49
Saturday afternoon treat. : OPERA
50
Cape. : NESS
51
Piece of pastry. : TART
53
Cryptographer. : CODER
54
Laughing ___. : GAS
55
Deserted. : FORSOOK
57
Mr. Husing. : TED
58
South American ruminant. : LLAMA
60
Extensive view. : LANDSCAPE
62
City in Illinois. : ELGIN
63
Irritable. : EDGY
64
National ___ Golf Tournament. : OPEN
65
Safe-cracker. : YEGG
66
Do business. : DEAL
67
Weights of India. : SERS
Down
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An Irishman on St. Patrick's Day. : PARADER
2
Italy's lost African colony. : ERITREA
3
Brawlers. : RIOTERS
4
Chatterbox: Colloq. : MAG
5
Shoo! : SCAT
6
Village near Verdun. : ORNES
7
Evergreen tree of Pacific Coast having red berries. : MADRONA
8
Corrects a text. : EMENDATES
9
High. : TALL
10
Exist. : ARE
11
Tallahassee is its capital. : FLORIDA
12
Turkish island in the Aegean. : TENEDOS
16
Cities in Massachusetts and Oregon. : SALEMS
18
Grayish green. : RESEDA
22
Old Turkish coin. : ASPER
25
Hot dogs. : WIENIES
27
Nazi police. : GESTAPO
32
Sprinkled with beads or drops. : BEPEARLED
35
Much; very: Music. : MOLTO
37
Protective garments. : SMOCKS
38
Associate in company. : MINGLE
39
Perfectly. : IDEALLY
40
Truman's speech to Congress. : MESSAGE
42
An ornamental twist. : TORSADE
44
Excessive attention to routine in official doings. : REDTAPE
45
Clinging vine. : CREEPER
46
Sets. : HARDENS
52
The Friendly Islands. : TONGA
55
Sharp tooth. : FANG
56
Hypothetical force. : ODYL
59
Russian jet plane. : MIG
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Dodecanese island. : COS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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