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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Thursday, March 16, 1967

9-Down : Creator of Franny and Zooey.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, 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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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,424
Across
1
City: Lat. : URBS
5
Fringes. : EDGES
10
Natterjack. : TOAD
14
Debatable. : MOOT
15
Mrs. Arrowsmith. : LEORA
16
Mme. Bovary. : EMMA
17
Cruise stopover. : PORTOFCALL
19
Highland feature. : MOOR
20
Upholstery fabrics. : MOHAIRS
21
Riding at anchor. : INPORT
23
River of Normandy. : ORNE
24
Sea mile. : KNOT
25
Florida port. : MIAMI
28
Floor: Fr. : ETAGE
30
Golfer's target. : PIN
33
One of the Allens. : ETHAN
34
Court cry. : OYES
35
Half-and-half half. : ALE
36
One kind of market. : MASS
37
Card game. : POKER
39
Part of a ship. : PROW
40
Inventor Whitney. : ELI
41
Part of a Melville title. : MOBY
42
Gullible. : NAIVE
43
Waterfall, as in place names. : LYN
44
Languish. : DROOP
46
River into the Zuider Zee. : YSSEL
47
Bone: Prefix. : OSTE
48
New England features. : ELMS
50
Silk from Asia: Var. : TUSSEH
53
Dot with paint. : STIPPLE
56
Source of power: Abbr. : ELEC
57
Type of theater. : OPERAHOUSE
60
"___ boy!" : ATTA
61
Chief port of Costa Rica. : LIMON
62
Chide. : RATE
63
Banker's interest. : LOAN
64
Rousseau work. : EMILE
65
Malay title. : TUAN
Down
1
Man in blue. : UMP
2
Den. : ROOM
3
City area, for short. : BORO
4
One of the Virgin Islands. : STTHOMAS
5
Spritelike. : ELFIN
6
Proclamation. : DECREE
7
Gazelles. : GOAS
8
___-king. : ERL
9
Creator of Franny and Zooey. : SALINGER
10
Attract. : TEMPT
11
1847 novel. : OMOO
12
Cupid, in art. : AMOR
13
Objet ___. : DART
18
Put one's ___. : OARIN
22
Some votes. : NOES
24
Danny. : KAYE
25
Lithuanian port. : MEMEL
26
Where Leghorn is. : ITALY
27
Bret Harte's "Heathen Chinee." : AHSIN
29
World's largest port. : TOKYO
30
River port of France. : PARIS
31
"___ a Parade." : ILOVE
32
Stair post. : NEWEL
37
Window of a kind. : PORTHOLE
38
Modern shawm. : OBOE
39
Traveler's need. : PASSPORT
41
Goods: Abbr. : MDSE
42
Nereid. : NYMPH
45
Fuel. : PETROL
47
Ancient Italian. : OSCAN
49
Wild grapevine. : LIANE
50
Duck. : TEAL
51
In the last (month): Abbr. : ULTO
52
___ precedent. : SETA
53
Partially: Prefix. : SEMI
54
Waikiki banquet. : LUAU
55
This: Sp. : ESTA
58
Milne hero. : PIM
59
Poetic time. : EEN

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

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