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Helen H. Chapman
Helen H. Chapman

New York Times, Saturday, March 1, 1952

Author:
H. H. Chapman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 28.4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Helen H. Chapman has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. H. Chapman is an alias for Helen H. Chapman.
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 986
Across
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An Italian's hurrah. : VIVA
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1,671-mile highway. : ALCAN
10
Tasty dinner dish. : STEW
14
Source of indigo. : ANIL
15
Open in weave. : LOOSE
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Airfield near Paris. : ORLY
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Early-in-the-year Presidential address. : STATEOFTHEUNION
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Accept with condescension. : TOLERATE
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Inject without regard to pertinency: 2 wds. : DRAGIN
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Britain's fliers. : RAF
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Noncom. : SGT
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Shrinks away from. : SHIES
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Enthusiastic interjection. : BOY
30
Tidal bore, as in the Bay of Fundy. : EAGRE
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Sound of glass against glass. : TING
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Derivative of morphine. : HEROIN
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Man's nickname. : RED
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Restorations, as of the houses at Williamsburg. : RECONSTRUCTIONS
41
Constellation, the "Altar." : ARA
42
Clothing. : ATTIRE
43
Device to muffle the sound of a musical instrument. : MUTE
44
Blood Bank visitor. : DONOR
46
Double curve. : ESS
47
Stamp of the foot, in fencing. : APPEL
48
Ad ___. : LIB
50
Ben Hogan or Byron Nelson. : PRO
51
The "patient" Judge. : MEDINA
54
Manufacture steel. : ACIERATE
59
Summer show spots. : DRIVEINTHEATERS
61
Out of line. : AGEE
62
Follower of Genghis Khan. : TATAR
63
Home of the Blarney Stone. : ERIN
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"Hurry-up" Fielding H. ___. : YOST
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Strikes with astonishment. : STUNS
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Terminus of the Appian Way. : ROME
Down
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Immense. : VAST
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Toward the center. : INTO
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Essence container. : VIAL
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Mr. Hyde to Dr. Jekyll. : ALTEREGO
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Half is better than none. : ALOAF
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Slope of a golf club face. : LOFT
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Animal shelter. : COTE
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Tough, straight-grained wood. : ASH
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Exigencies. : NEEDS
10
The "Moonlight," for instance. : SONATA
11
Smartly turned out. : TRIG
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Patron saint of artists. : ELOI
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Famous comedian. : WYNN
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Notable periods of time. : ERAS
19
Pressing. : URGENT
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Instrument for Menuhin. : STRAD
25
Sacred: Prefix. : HIERO
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Indian of Peru. : INCAN
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Tallulah's feudin' partner. : BETTE
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Fragrant ingredient of sachets. : ORRIS
29
Letter finale. : YOURS
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Place several things together. : GROUP
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Income or revenue: French. : RENTE
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Late member of a well-known motor family. : EDSEL
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Famous initials. : HST
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Kitchen commodity. : ICE
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Of the nostrils. : NARINE
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Buyer of British tweeds, for instance. : IMPORTER
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Mountain east of Jerusalem. : OLIVET
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A small space between buildings. : AREA
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Shrimp, mullet and minnows. : BAITS
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Water-front structures. : PIERS
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Start of mobilization. : MDAY
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Accordingly. : ERGO
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Pre-Kefauver investigator. : DIES
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Alaskan battleground in World War II. : ATTU
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Biggers' detective. : CHAN
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Flying machine. : AERO
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Prune or clip. : TRIM
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Feudal slave. : ESNE
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Man's nickname. : NAT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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