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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Wednesday, May 3, 1967

9-Down : Decorative perforation.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,472
Across
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Symbol of victory. : PALM
5
Demonstrate. : PROVE
10
"This ___ order." : ISAN
14
Genus of Old World trees. : OLEA
15
Virginia town of famous caverns. : LURAY
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Alaskan town. : NOME
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Social affair. : MASQUERADE
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___ sure. : TOBE
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Garden flower. : PETUNIA
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One of Odysseus's men. : ELPENOR
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European country: Abbr. : ITAL
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Sea: Ger. : MEER
25
Puttered (around). : MESSED
28
"All the world's a stage," for example. : METAPHOR
32
Gremlin. : IMP
33
Memento. : RELIC
35
At large. : LOOSE
36
North: Fr. : NORD
38
Dayspring. : SUNUP
40
Mrs. Nugent. : LUCI
41
Confession of faith. : CREED
43
Wine city of southern France. : NIMES
45
One of the Brownes. : SAM
46
Monocle. : EYEPIECE
48
Range cattle. : STEERS
50
Declaration of allegiance. : OATH
51
Mythical river. : STYX
52
Speak harshly to. : SNARLAT
55
Burbot. : EELPOUT
59
Forward. : PERT
60
Type of vaudeville entertainer. : MINDREADER
62
Top. : ACME
63
Effigy. : IMAGE
64
___ contendere. : NOLO
65
Largest of the Inner Hebrides. : SKYE
66
By no chance. : NEVER
67
Attracted. : DREW
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Pageantry. : POMP
2
Wings: Lat. : ALAE
3
In case. : LEST
4
French underground of W. W. II. : MAQUIS
5
Seven daughters of Atlas. : PLEIADES
6
Bucolic. : RURAL
7
___ et labora. : ORA
8
Constant companion: Lat. : VADEMECUM
9
Decorative perforation. : EYELET
10
World-wide police agency. : INTERPOL
11
Promptly. : SOON
12
Pulpit, old style. : AMBO
13
See 66 Across. : NEER
18
Beneath: Ger. : UNTER
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Ring out. : PEAL
25
Kind of pie. : MINCE
26
Atlanta college. : EMORY
27
Noisy frolic. : SPREE
28
Civil War rifle ball. : MINIE
29
Business firm. : HOUSE
30
Hammerstein. : OSCAR
31
French cathedral city. : REIMS
34
Day break. : LUNCHTIME
37
Exile. : DEPORTEE
39
Nuisance. : PESTERER
42
TV part. : DIAL
44
Manner. : STYLE
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Star in Draco. : ETAMIN
49
Branch out. : EXPAND
51
Grasslike plant. : SEDGE
52
Saratoga et al. : SPAS
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Isthmus. : NECK
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Part of U.S.A. : ARMY
56
Bouquet. : ODOR
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Ubangi tributary. : UELE
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Think: Poet. : TROW
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Nautical abbreviation. : NAV

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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