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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Wednesday, August 5, 1959

40-Down : Grocery items.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 324 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

First four clues in original PDF were illegible, but found the same puzzle in a book, and the clues for 1-, 6-, 10-, and 14-Across are from that. Clues (and entries) in books weren't always the same as in the original, and in this case the clue for 1-Across in the original did seem to have "Colloq." at the end of it. But the book clue was simply "Magnate."

1
B
2
A
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R
4
O
5
N
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M
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O
8
T
9
E
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D
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O
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S
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E
14
A
W
A
R
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I
L
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X
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E
V
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F
A
C
E
T
18
O
F
A
C
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V
E
A
L
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F
I
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T
I
F
F
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C
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H
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R
P
Y
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S
T
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O
L
L
S
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B
R
I
L
L
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B
E
Y
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B
E
A
R
S
O
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U
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T
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C
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A
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K
E
S
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D
A
N
T
E
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O
N
E
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L
I
N
D
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B
O
R
N
E
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S
K
I
T
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O
R
O
40
C
R
O
N
Y
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C
A
S
T
E
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D
E
C
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L
A
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M
S
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P
A
N
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K
I
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G
S
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F
L
U
S
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H
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E
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S
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S
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I
W
A
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H
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V
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T
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O
V
I
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K
N
O
B
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T
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H
E
F
A
I
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R
S
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X
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I
D
O
L
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O
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O
U
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R
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61
M
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D
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N
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N
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,673
Across
1
Magnate. : BARON
6
Speck. : MOTE
10
Amount of a remedy given. : DOSE
14
Cognizant. : AWARE
15
Holly tree or shrub. : ILEX
16
Bacchanalian cry. : EVOE
17
Vis-à-vis. : FACETOFACE
19
Meat. : VEAL
20
Old-fashioned exclamation. : FIE
21
Petty quarrel. : TIFF
22
Birdlike in sound. : CHIRPY
24
Constitutionals. : STROLLS
26
European flatfish. : BRILL
27
Tunisian ruler. : BEY
28
Confirms. : BEARSOUT
31
Masses, as of ice. : CAKES
34
Poet circa 1300. : DANTE
35
___ and all. : ONE
36
Memorable singer. : LIND
37
Carried. : BORNE
38
Stage piece. : SKIT
39
Gold: Span. : ORO
40
Intimate companion. : CRONY
41
Brahman, for example. : CASTE
42
Gives a set speech. : DECLAIMS
44
Faunus. : PAN
45
One of two Old Testament books. : KINGS
46
Card holdings. : FLUSHES
50
Northwestern Indian. : SIWASH
52
___ Nam. : VIET
53
Egg: Comb. form. : OVI
54
Rounded mass. : KNOB
55
Distaff side. : THEFAIRSEX
58
Person greatly loved. : IDOL
59
River into the Seine. : OISE
60
Bizarre: Fr. : OUTRE
61
That which is current. : MODE
62
Captures by wile. : NETS
63
Cozy retreats. : NESTS
Down
1
Golf strokes. : BAFFS
2
Stay for. : AWAIT
3
Black snake. : RACER
4
Mine output. : ORE
5
Pesky weeds. : NETTLES
6
Offends: Slang. : MIFFS
7
Norse name. : OLAF
8
Private eye. : TEC
9
Loathe. : EXECRATE
10
___ Island, French Guiana. : DEVILS
11
Views from a height. : OVERLOOKS
12
Castile. : SOAP
13
Slithery. : EELY
18
Unctuous. : OILY
23
Engage labor. : HIRE
25
Son of Boaz and Ruth. : OBED
26
Ageless comedian. : BENNY
28
Places to store grain. : BARNS
29
Undivided whole. : UNIT
30
Head: Fr. : TETE
31
Dull fellow. : CLOD
32
River in Yorkshire. : AIRE
33
Invoke good luck: Colloq. : KNOCKWOOD
34
Condemns. : DOOMS
37
British watering place. : BRIGHTON
38
Without: Fr. : SANS
40
Grocery items. : CANS
41
Person so unusual as to astonish: Colloq. : CAUTION
43
Responsible. : LIABLE
44
Legal allegation. : PLEA
46
Band instruments. : FIFES
47
Bonifaces. : HOSTS
48
Turn outward. : EVERT
49
Playing cards. : SIXES
50
Read superficially. : SKIM
51
Asian country: Comb. form. : INDO
52
Clothe. : VEST
56
Hasten. : HIE
57
Bitter herb. : RUE

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

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