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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Monday, April 30, 1962

48-Down : Fish hawk.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,672
Across
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Puccini heroine. : MIMI
5
Steel girder. : IBEAM
10
Sidepiece of a door. : JAMB
14
Byzantine picture. : ICON
15
Australian soprano. : MELBA
16
Melville romance. : OMOO
17
Copper. : CENT
18
Clergymen collectively. : PRIESTHOOD
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One's double. : ALTEREGO
22
Sweet reasonableness. : SANITY
23
Pluck. : GRIT
24
Jungle path. : TRAIL
26
Part of speech. : PRONOUN
29
Crazy Horse's tribe. : OGLALAS
33
Bellwether. : RAM
34
African fly. : TSETSE
36
Spun. : WOVE
37
Highways of ancient Rome. : ITERS
39
Caldron. : VAT
40
Nile dam site. : ASWAN
41
Grouper of Florida waters. : MERO
42
Means of identification. : PAPERS
44
Windup. : END
45
Construction material. : PLYWOOD
47
Laboratory vessels. : RETORTS
49
Fundamental. : BASAL
51
Famous name in movies. : GISH
52
Mercantile phrase. : ATCOST
55
Bearing no fruit. : ACARPOUS
59
One of a legal trio. : IMMATERIAL
61
Busyness. : RUSH
62
Adjoining. : NEXT
63
Cattle country. : RANGE
64
Feudal slave. : ESNE
65
Etats ___. : UNIS
66
Charger. : STEED
67
Certain votes. : YEAS
Down
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Translucent mineral. : MICA
2
Arctic island: Abbr. : ICEL
3
British field marshal. : MONTGOMERY
4
Kildare's status. : INTERN
5
Momentum. : IMPETUS
6
Ice Patrol concern. : BERG
7
Nobel prize poet. : ELIOT
8
White House nickname, 1861. : ABE
9
Rubdown. : MASSAGE
10
Policemen: Colloq. : JOHNLAWS
11
To me: Fr. : AMOI
12
Debatable. : MOOT
13
___ politic (state). : BODY
19
Part of a kite. : TAIL
21
Rowdydows. : RIOTS
25
Muster roll. : ROSTER
26
Get ready for a "big date." : PRIMP
27
Honeybadger. : RATEL
28
Where Carson City is. : NEVADA
30
Legislative body. : LOWERHOUSE
31
Before: Fr. : AVANT
32
Mails. : SENDS
35
Plug. : TAP
38
Skiffs. : ROWBOATS
40
Bustling about. : ASTIR
42
Works of Toulouse-Lautrec. : POSTERS
43
Entertained. : REGALED
46
Tobacco kiln. : OAST
48
Fish hawk. : OSPREY
50
Wool: Fr. : LAINE
52
Japanese primitive. : AINU
53
Certain special agents. : TMEN
54
10th cen. date. : CMXI
56
Hockey goal. : CAGE
57
Midshipman's campus. : USNA
58
Women. : SHES
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Bandicoot. : RAT

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

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