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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Monday, July 1, 1957

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 312 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 31.1
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,925
Across
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Tightly curled bangs. : FRIZ
5
Extra cards, as in the game of skat. : WIDOW
10
Charley horse. : ACHE
14
Let slip through the fingers. : LOSE
15
Positive pole. : ANODE
16
Shinto temples. : SHAS
17
Actor from Sakhalin. : YULBRYNNER
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Crude locking device. : HASP
20
Greek letter. : ETA
21
"Wedding March" girl. : ELSA
22
Victor's reward. : TROPHY
24
String of ranch horses, in the Southwest. : REMUDA
26
Training ground of the French Foreign Legion. : SAHARA
28
Chinese dynasty. : TSIN
30
Written in rhythmic form. : METERED
33
Chigoe. : FLEA
36
Affectedly reserved. : DEMURE
38
Kind of bread. : RYE
39
Bending easily. : LITHE
41
Western campus. : CAL
42
Sweethearts. : DEARS
44
Mon ___ Pierrot. : AMI
45
Sea bird. : PETREL
48
Antiaircraft fire. : FLAK
49
Mexican firewater. : TEQUILA
51
___ à vous (sincerely yours): Fr. : TOUT
53
Affliction of the harassed business man. : ULCERS
55
Relegated to obscurity. : UNSUNG
59
Black Sea port. : ODESSA
61
Pasture animals. : HERD
63
French coin. : SOU
64
Play on the golf course. : PUTT
65
Black sheep. : NEERDOWELL
68
By ___ (by memory alone). : ROTE
69
Sheeplike. : OVINE
70
Whimper. : PULE
71
River of Flanders. : YSER
72
Farm tools. : RAKES
73
Imitates. : APES
Down
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Reckless gamble: Slang. : FLYER
2
Highway 66, for one. : ROUTE
3
Arabia, Turkey, etc. : ISLAM
4
Gen. Pike's nickname. : ZEB
5
Ambushed. : WAYLAID
6
Wayside hotels. : INNS
7
Ladies of Lisbon. : DONAS
8
Poem. : ODE
9
Love-sick Goethe hero. : WERTHER
10
On terra firma. : ASHORE
11
Thicket of shrubs. : CHAPARRAL
12
Dish. : HASH
13
Catch sight of. : ESPY
18
Certain checkers. : REDS
23
Esteemed. : RATED
25
State. : UTAH
27
Lucky piece. : AMULET
29
Potion of the gods. : NECTAR
31
Chestnut-colored wildcat. : EYRA
32
Worktable. : DESK
33
Piece of scenery. : FLAT
34
Flavoring for a beverage. : LIME
35
Relative of protocol. : ETIQUETTE
37
Spoil. : MAR
40
Great books. : EPICS
43
Small lizards. : EFTS
46
One of the Dulleses. : ELEANOR
47
Place of pilgrimage in France. : LOURDES
50
Overcoat. : ULSTER
52
Ravel out. : UNDO
54
VIP of Araby. : SHEIK
56
Expend. : USEUP
57
___ prosequi. : NOLLE
58
In heraldry, red. : GULES
59
Grand Old folk music of TV. : OPRY
60
Compositions for two. : DUOS
62
Pelagic bird. : ERNE
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Stowe heroine. : EVA
67
Former Government agency. : WPA

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

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