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Helen Fasulo
New York Times, Thursday, September 28, 1967
4-Down : Scornful.
Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Grid has duplicate clues.
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 U | 3 M | 4 S | 5 P | 6 E | 7 A | 8 L | 9 P | 10 L | 11 O | 12 W | 13 S |
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14 A | R | A | N | 15 R | A | R | A | 16 R | I | V | A | L |
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17 F | I | R | E | 18 W | O | R | K | S | 19 I | V | O | R | Y |
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20 E | S | T | E | E | M | 21 C | 22 O | G | 23 L | E | A |
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24 I | R | E | 25 S | 26 C | A | R | 27 H | O | S | S |
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28 B | 29 O | N | Y | 30 C | H | A | R | A | 31 D | E | ||||
32 O | M | E | 33 T | H | U | S | 34 T | E | M | 35 P | 36 L | 37 E |
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38 B | E | T | 39 W | E | E | N | T | 40 W | O | F | I | R | E | S |
41 O | N | S | A | L | E | 42 O | A | R | S | 43 O | A | K |
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44 F | I | R | 45 E | F | L | Y | 46 B | V | D | S |
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47 H | 48 A | 49 U | T | 50 I | N | F | L | 51 T | A | I | ||||
52 U | R | N | 53 F | O | G | 54 O | F | F | S | 55 E | 56 T |
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57 R | E | I | 58 N | E | 59 U | 60 N | 61 D | E | R | F | I | R | E |
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62 S | C | O | U | T | 63 L | E | V | I | 64 L | O | G | S |
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65 T | A | N | T | E | 66 F | A | I | L | 67 E | N | O | S |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,620
Across
1
Arithmetic. : SUMS
5
Ring out. : PEAL
9
Farm machines. : PLOWS
14
Island group in Irish Sea. : ARAN
15
___ avis. : RARA
16
Antagonist. : RIVAL
17
Display of temperament. : FIREWORKS
19
African export. : IVORY
20
Prize. : ESTEEM
21
Machine part. : COG
23
Pasture. : LEA
24
Choler. : IRE
25
Rugged cliff. : SCAR
27
Western mount. : HOSS
28
Emaciated. : BONY
30
Pantomime game. : CHARADE
32
Cockney's flat. : OME
33
Consequently. : THUS
34
College in Philadelphia. : TEMPLE
38
Criticized from both sides. : BETWEENTWOFIRES
41
Store sign. : ONSALE
42
Galley power. : OARS
43
Wood. : OAK
44
Lightning bug. : FIREFLY
46
Undergarment, old style. : BVDS
47
___ monde. : HAUT
50
Combustible: Abbr. : INFL
51
Siamese. : TAI
52
Jardiniere. : URN
53
Weather word. : FOG
54
Counteract. : OFFSET
57
Queen: Fr. : REINE
59
Censured. : UNDERFIRE
62
Talent hunter. : SCOUT
63
Jacob's son. : LEVI
64
Firewood. : LOGS
65
Aunt: Fr. : TANTE
66
Fall short. : FAIL
67
Man's name. : ENOS
Down
1
Strongbox. : SAFE
2
U.S. novelist. : URIS
3
Disciplinarians. : MARTINETS
4
Scornful. : SNEERY
5
College affair. : PROM
6
Concha. : EAR
7
Vessel. : ARK
8
East Indian seaman. : LASCAR
9
Cousin of a bluenose. : PRIG
10
1st-cen. date. : LIV
11
Convex molding. : OVOLO
12
Stock in trade. : WARES
13
___ a fox. : SLYAS
18
Diminutive. : WEE
22
Small chapel. : ORATORY
25
Give a wide berth. : SHUN
26
Knitting term. : CASTOFF
27
Half: Prefix. : HEMI
28
Familiar nickname. : BOBO
29
Foretoken. : OMEN
30
London greeting. : CHEERIO
31
Dict. entries. : DEFS
33
Low caste Hindu. : TELI
35
Condition. : PROVISION
36
Star part. : LEAD
37
Greenlanders: Abbr. : ESKS
39
Float. : WAFT
40
Famous street. : WALL
45
Overwhelm. : ENGULF
46
Frustrate. : BAFFLE
47
U.S. novelist. : HURST
48
Betel palm. : ARECA
49
Confederation. : UNION
51
Transfer: Abbr. : TFR
53
Lawn party. : FETE
54
Eye: Fr. : OEIL
55
Hence. : ERGO
56
Novel girl. : TESS
58
Cashew. : NUT
60
Educ. group. : NEA
61
6th-cen. date. : DVI
Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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