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Helen Fasulo
New York Times, Friday, December 5, 1958
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: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 L | 3 P | 4 S | 5 C | 6 O | 7 R | 8 N | 9 Y | 10 L | 11 A | 12 M | 13 A |
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14 H | U | L | A | 15 O | M | I | T | S | 16 A | L | A | N |
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17 A | L | U | M | 18 R | E | D | H | E | 19 R | R | I | N | G |
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20 B | U | S | 21 S | O | L | E | 22 R | O | C | K | E | R |
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23 F | 24 E | T | T | E | R | 25 S | 26 W | E | E | D | Y |
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27 P | 28 R | O | T | E | S | T | 29 C | 30 H | A | N | ||||
31 R | O | U | E | N | 32 R | A | I | N | Y | 33 D | 34 A | 35 Y |
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36 I | S | R | 37 P | 38 O | U | N | D | 39 I | B | O |
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40 M | A | S | 41 S | 42 E | U | S | E | 43 F | 44 A | N | C | Y |
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45 I | N | G | E | 46 F | 47 U | R | I | O | S | O |
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48 A | 49 L | 50 A | N | D | 51 E | 52 L | A | T | E | R | S | |||
53 S | E | R | G | E | 54 S | 55 E | N | T | E | 56 A | 57 S | 58 H |
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59 C | O | M | E | D | I | 60 E | N | N | E | 61 P | U | P | A |
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62 A | V | E | R | 63 E | L | D | E | R | 64 O | R | A | L |
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65 P | I | T | S | 66 G | L | A | D | S | 67 I | S | N | T |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,447
Across
1
Europe's winter wonderland. : ALPS
5
Tiresomely trite. : CORNY
10
Holy man of Tibet. : LAMA
14
Mimetic dance. : HULA
15
Ignores. : OMITS
16
Writer Paton. : ALAN
17
Styptic substance. : ALUM
18
Diversionary trick. : REDHERRING
20
Something not to be missed. : BUS
21
Fish delicacy. : SOLE
22
Grandmother's favorite chair. : ROCKER
23
Chains. : FETTERS
26
Ungainly: Colloq. : WEEDY
27
Formal objection. : PROTEST
29
Earl Derr Biggers' sleuth. : CHAN
31
Where Joan of Arc died. : ROUEN
32
Hour of need. : RAINYDAY
36
New Mediterranean republic: Abbr. : ISR
37
Animal shelter. : POUND
39
Nigerian native. : IBO
40
Candidate for "What's My Line?" : MASSEUSE
43
Whimsical. : FANCY
45
Author of "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs." : INGE
46
Musical direction: with great force or vigor. : FURIOSO
48
Group of Baltic islands. : ALAND
51
Snapping beetles. : ELATERS
53
Worsted materials. : SERGES
55
Grafted, in heraldry. : ENTE
56
Shade tree. : ASH
59
Type of entertainer. : COMEDIENNE
61
Cocoon. : PUPA
62
Assert. : AVER
63
Senior. : ELDER
64
Verbal. : ORAL
65
Coal mines. : PITS
66
Certain flowers, in florists' lingo. : GLADS
67
Negative verbal contraction. : ISNT
Down
1
Melville character. : AHAB
2
Moppet of the cartoons. : LULU
3
Attire for the golf course. : PLUSFOURS
4
Penrod's playmate. : SAM
5
Valuable landscape canvasses. : COROTS
6
Lenten dish. : OMELET
7
Equestrian. : RIDER
8
To the ___ degree. : NTH
9
River of Flanders. : YSER
10
Theft. : LARCENY
11
Identical. : ALIKE
12
Having a heavy head of hair. : MANED
13
Disgruntled plus. : ANGRY
19
Mountain ash. : ROWAN
21
British gun. : STEN
24
Summer in Paris. : ETE
25
Read metrically. : SCAN
27
Mid-Victorian. : PRIM
28
Dickens' Miss Dartle. : ROSA
30
Camouflaged. : HID
32
___ de la Paix. : RUE
33
Museum exhibits. : DINOSAURS
34
First grader's concern. : ABCS
35
Stringed toy. : YOYO
37
Small dog. : PUG
38
Douay form of Hosea. : OSEE
41
Tenors. : SINGERS
42
Over and done with. : ENDED
43
Open to all. : FREE
44
Tune. : AIR
46
Struck out. : FANNED
47
Declares. : UTTERS
48
Composers' group. : ASCAP
49
Pope in 928. : LEOVI
50
Old-time helmet. : ARMET
52
___ hand (help). : LENDA
54
Victory: Ger. : SIEG
57
Team of horses. : SPAN
58
Pause. : HALT
60
House addition. : ELL
61
Hawaiian food staple. : POI
Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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