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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Friday, May 22, 1959

40-Down : Commandeered.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,598
Across
1
Jokester. : WAG
4
Four-poster. : BED
7
Gourmet of nursery rhyme. : SPRAT
12
Oriental hero. : ALIBABA
14
Of earthenware. : CERAMIC
16
Cradlesong. : LULLABY
17
Islands discovered by Columbus, 1493. : LEEWARD
18
They: Fr. : ELLES
19
Leprechaun. : DWARF
21
"For ___ a jolly good fellow ... " : HES
22
Asserts. : SAYS
23
Excited. : AROUSED
25
American League team. : TIGERS
27
Discontinue. : CEASE
31
Capacity of a certain container: Abbr. : BBL
34
Turnpike. : ROAD
35
Kim Hunter role in "Streetcar." : STELLA
36
Official's suit. : UNIFORM
38
Messenger. : COURIER
39
Tomorrow: Span. : MANANA
40
Calendar abbreviation. : THUR
41
Middle of the 16th century. : MDL
42
Start of the ball game. : PITCH
43
Condition of monopoly. : CORNER
45
Type of newspaper. : TABLOID
47
Hero of George Meredith novel. : EVAN
51
Antiquity: Archaic. : ELD
54
Out-of-the-way places. : NOOKS
55
Friend in Latin America. : AMIGO
56
Scene of Bernadette's vision. : LOURDES
58
Item for Amos and Andy. : TAXICAB
60
French playwright. : MOLIERE
61
Do a take-off. : IMITATE
62
Trudges. : PLODS
63
Aurora. : EOS
64
Electrical unit. : REL
Down
1
Where Swansea is. : WALES
2
Part of a bird's wing. : ALULA
3
Sportsman's attendant, in the Highlands. : GILLY
4
Sounds from the fold. : BAAS
5
Subside. : EBB
6
Idle fancy. : DAYDREAM
7
Court advisers of ancient times. : SEERS
8
Office of Paris police chief. : PREFECTURE
9
Inexperienced. : RAW
10
Oriental servant. : AMAH
11
Auto appurtenance. : TIRE
13
Hallowed. : BLEST
14
Santa ___. : CLAUS
15
Cards: Abbr. : CDS
20
Message. : WORD
23
Old Greek shopping center. : AGORA
24
Pronghorn. : DEER
26
Firm and rigorous. : IRONHANDED
28
Moslem teacher. : ALIM
29
Vehicle. : SLED
30
Noble. : EARL
31
Jolt. : BUMP
32
___ B'rith. : BNAI
33
Ravelings. : LINT
35
1929 phenomenon in the movies. : SOUND
37
Actuality. : FACT
38
English mystery writer. : CHRISTIE
40
Commandeered. : TOOK
43
Oppressive. : CLOSE
44
Give back. : REMIT
46
People of Transvaal. : BOERS
48
Goldsmith's Dr. Primrose. : VICAR
49
5½ point type. : AGATE
50
Famed Swedish inventor. : NOBEL
51
Campus tree. : ELM
52
More or less circular figure. : LOOP
53
Uninteresting. : DULL
55
Fascist alliance of 1941. : AXIS
57
So. American capital: Colloq. : RIO
59
Start of a basic Latin conjugation. : AMO

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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