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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Tuesday, March 20, 1956

49-Down : Annoys.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,457
Across
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Buddy. : PAL
4
Initials famous since 1880. : GOP
7
Hard, overhead tennis stroke. : SMASH
12
Shellfish. : ABALONE
14
Members of a secret society in Africa. : MAUMAUS
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Type of novel. : ROMANCE
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Experience. : UNDERGO
18
Billy Graham and others. : EVANGELISTS
20
Spanish gentleman. : DON
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Office requisite. : DESK
22
Perfect models. : IDEALS
24
Registered indifference. : YAWNED
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Police officers: Abbr. : INSPS
31
Post of employment. : JOB
34
Duds. : TOGS
35
Take eagerly. : SNAPUP
36
Affectionate. : AMOROUS
38
Traveler's impedimenta. : LUGGAGE
39
Show to be untrue: Slang. : DEBUNK
40
Man. : MALE
41
Article. : THE
42
Jagged. : EROSE
43
Hero of Scandinavian legend. : SIGURD
45
Overdramatic Thespian. : EMOTER
47
Units of energy. : ERGS
51
Corp. : NCO
54
Dinner. : EVENINGMEAL
57
Ordnance depot. : ARSENAL
59
Flower cluster. : PANICLE
60
Artist's board. : PALETTE
61
Childish talk. : PRATTLE
62
Senator from Eugene. : MORSE
63
Corrode. : EAT
64
East: German. : OST
Down
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Whittled down. : PARED
2
Higher. : ABOVE
3
Actor Fernando. : LAMAS
4
Warning bell. : GONG
5
Formerly. : ONCE
6
Rinds. : PEELINGS
7
Yule symbol. : SANTA
8
Political scandalmonger. : MUDSLINGER
9
Japanese rice paste. : AME
10
Blood-red carnelian. : SARD
11
Creator of Quasimodo. : HUGO
13
Tall and rangy. : LANKY
14
Indulged in daydreams. : MUSED
15
Heir. : SON
19
Roman calendar term. : IDES
23
Obstacle. : SNAG
25
Wrongdoers' penances. : ATONEMENTS
26
Creator of Noel Airman. : WOUK
28
Petty dispute. : SPAT
29
Exclamation of repugnance. : PUGH
30
Graf ___. : SPEE
31
Green. : JADE
32
Ten ephas. : OMER
33
Boxer Olson. : BOBO
35
Sea west of Mindanao. : SULU
37
Subterfuge. : RUSE
38
Influenza. : LAGRIPPE
40
Bearing. : MIEN
43
Ancient monument. : STELE
44
Resign from office. : DEMIT
46
Elliptical. : OVATE
48
Right-hand page. : RECTO
49
Annoys. : GALLS
50
Wintry precipitation. : SLEET
51
Be off guard. : NAP
52
Stuff. : CRAM
53
European capital. : OSLO
55
City on Honshu island. : NARA
56
Small, winged insect. : GNAT
58
At any time: Poet. : EER

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later.

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