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Helen Smathers
Helen Smathers

New York Times, Thursday, August 13, 1953

43-Down : F. O. A. chief.

Author:
Helen Smathers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Helen Smathers has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,516
Across
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New director of the WAVES. : WILDE
6
The principle of radar. : ECHO
10
Deck officer. : MATE
14
Descriptive of Niagara Falls sound effect. : AROAR
15
Side-wheeler. : BOAT
16
Pale. : ASHY
17
Owner of Native Dancer. : VANDERBILT
19
___ East. : NEAR
20
Summer in France. : ETE
21
Type of fish. : EEL
22
Where Louis Stephen St. Laurent presides. : OTTAWA
24
Ancestral baby sitters. : SERVANTS
27
___ de mer. : MAL
28
Assistants. : AIDES
29
They have legal life of 17 years. : PATENTS
33
French Ambassador to U. S. : BONNET
35
Dispatched. : SENT
36
Mouths: Latin. : ORA
37
Harmonium. : ORGAN
38
Washington Irving character. : RIP
39
Brownies. : ELVES
41
Girl's name. : RAE
42
Hebrew stringed instrument. : ASOR
44
Opportunities: Colloq. : BREAKS
45
Going somewhere. : ENROUTE
47
Musical specialties. : DUETS
48
Sweet ___. : PEA
49
Weeds with prickly heads. : BURDOCKS
52
They're sometimes grand slams. : HOMERS
55
Cowhide leather. : ELK
56
Actress Munson. : ONA
57
Mr. Ladd of "Shane." : ALAN
58
Brought to a standstill. : STALEMATED
62
White frost. : RIME
63
Scottish Gaelic. : ERSE
64
Bay window. : ORIEL
65
Croaker. : TOAD
66
Washington major-leaguers. : NATS
67
Land of Andrea Doria. : ITALY
Down
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Members of U. S. N. R. : WAVES
2
Incensed. : IRATE
3
Radio hero. : LONERANGER
4
Member of the family. : DAD
5
Sooner than. : ERE
6
Brooklyn's home base. : EBBETS
7
Rolls of stamps. : COILS
8
___ Roach, veteran movie producer. : HAL
9
Provision for a TV guest. : OTTOMAN
10
Yankee slugger. : MANTLE
11
Not ashore. : ASEA
12
Unbend. : THAW
13
Wildcat of Brazil. : EYRA
18
Snare again. : RENET
23
"Ay, tear her ___ ensign down ... " : TATTERED
25
Playwright Delmar. : VINA
26
V. I. P. in Bonn. : ADENAUER
29
Animation. : PEP
30
Canadian vacationland. : NOVASCOTIA
31
A long journey. : TREK
32
Back talk. : SASS
33
An unwelcome guest. : BORE
34
Algerian seaport. : ORAN
35
Churchill's gift from the queen. : SIR
38
Old world deer. : ROE
40
Mother of Artemis. : LETO
43
F. O. A. chief. : STASSEN
44
British statesman and orator (1729-97). : BURKE
46
Began on Broadway. : OPENED
47
Cabinet member. : DULLES
49
Movie thriller, "The ___ from 20,000 Fathoms." : BEAST
50
Bend in worship. : KNEEL
51
Without cheer. : SADLY
52
U. S. star at Wimbledon. : HART
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Dish of many ingredients. : OLIO
54
Popular TV role. : MAMA
59
Part of a song refrain. : TRA
60
French pronoun. : MOI
61
___ lovers. : ART

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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