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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Thursday, July 17, 1958

38-Down : Secret love affairs.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, 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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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,306
Across
1
Just preceding. : PAST
5
Age of the cave man. : STONE
10
Lucre. : PELF
14
Desert State. : UTAH
15
In card playing, the stock. : TALON
16
Copycat. : APER
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Burrowing insectivore. : MOLE
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French composer. : IBERT
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Miss Horne of "Jamaica." : LENA
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City in W. Texas. : AMARILLO
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Set right. : REMEDY
24
Young lady from Armentières: Abbr. : MLLE
25
East Indian paradise. : BALI
26
Dialect. : PATOIS
29
Boy Scout's hiking gear. : RUCKSACK
33
David's commander in chief. : AMASA
34
Suffering from a personal affront. : HURT
35
Government worker: Colloq. : TMAN
36
Nonsense. : ROT
37
Family famous since May 28, 1934. : DIONNES
40
Pub specialty. : ALE
41
Malayan gentleman. : TUAN
43
Garnish for cakes. : NUTS
44
Textile fabric. : TWILL
46
Vocation of King Arthur's men. : ERRANTRY
48
Threefold. : TRINAL
49
Diverse: Comb. form. : VARI
50
Shamrock land. : ERIN
51
Verdi's bandit hero. : ERNANI
54
Poisonous evergreen shrub. : OLEANDER
58
Ark's master. : NOAH
59
A bud, in biology. : GEMMA
61
Tiny particle. : IOTA
62
Another: Span. : OTRO
63
German sub. : UBOAT
64
Entre ___. : NOUS
65
"It ___ here ... " : SAYS
66
Durable wood. : EBONY
67
Small portmanteau. : GRIP
Down
1
Relative of Bagheera. : PUMA
2
Jot. : ATOM
3
Parlor: Span. : SALA
4
Insulated bottle. : THERMOS
5
Photographs of a sort. : STILLS
6
Article of furniture. : TABLE
7
Butterine. : OLEO
8
Conjunction. : NOR
9
Intermission. : ENTRACTE
10
Fortuneteller. : PALMIST
11
Fencing sword. : EPEE
12
Furnish. : LEND
13
Ravel. : FRAY
21
Homeric work. : ILIAD
23
Tanned calf. : ELK
25
Robert or George. : BURNS
26
Ex ___ (from one side only). : PARTE
27
Synonym for 38 Down. : AMOUR
28
Turkic tribesman. : TATAR
29
Dwarfish. : RUNTY
30
At full speed. : AMAIN
31
Lilylike plant. : CALLA
32
Sound as a warning. : KNELL
34
Mohammedan nymph. : HOURI
38
Secret love affairs. : INTRIGUE
39
Narrow streak. : STRIA
42
Indian silversmiths. : NAVAHOS
45
Attractive. : WINNING
47
Anna's relative. : NAN
48
Formal agreement. : TREATY
50
Russian-American violinist. : ELMAN
51
Grandson of Adam. : ENOS
52
Ecclesiastical council. : ROTA
53
Not any: Colloq. : NARY
54
Melville novel. : OMOO
55
Out-of-___. : DOOR
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Case: Fr. : ETUI
57
Grate upon. : RASP
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Subside. : EBB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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