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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Monday, August 27, 1956

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,617
Across
1
A gentle person. : LAMB
5
Devastation. : HAVOC
10
Relative of the herring. : SHAD
14
Cupid. : AMOR
15
West Indian voodoo. : OBEAH
16
Account. : TALE
17
River into the Arctic Ocean. : LENA
18
Sound reasoning. : SENSE
19
Tributary of the Humber. : OUSE
20
Churchill, by avocation. : ARTIST
22
Impresario. : DIRECTOR
24
Epic poem: Var. : ENEID
26
Pout. : SULK
27
Freewheeling vehicles. : BICYCLES
30
Dashing young men. : BLADES
34
Happy ___ lark. : ASA
35
Part to fit a mortise. : TENON
37
Town in Ethiopia. : ADOWA
38
Plant with a fragrant root. : NARD
40
George Eliot hero. : SILAS
42
Elbe tributary. : EGER
43
Lively old-fashioned dance. : GALOP
45
First Lady. : MAMIE
47
___-Magnon. : CRO
48
Teacakes. : SCONES
50
Symbol of an international society. : REDCROSS
52
Banshees, for example. : JETS
54
Decorative sticker. : DECAL
55
Statuette. : FIGURINE
59
Hodgepodge. : MEDLEY
62
Marie Wilson role. : IRMA
63
Car. : COUPE
65
Corn spikes. : EARS
66
Role in "The Lark." : JOAN
67
Peninsular country. : KOREA
68
English composer. : ARNE
69
Hostels. : INNS
70
Worn out. : SPENT
71
Land of B and K. : USSR
Down
1
Old-time exclamation. : LALA
2
The U. S. : AMER
3
Resort on the Riviera. : MONTECARLO
4
Intelligent: Colloq. : BRAINY
5
Indians on the warpath. : HOSTILES
6
Nickname of a President. : ABE
7
Peddle. : VEND
8
Green spot in a waste. : OASIS
9
Angel. : CHERUB
10
Defensive structure. : STOCKADE
11
___ monde. : HAUT
12
Besides. : ALSO
13
Mule ___ of western U. S. : DEER
21
Division: Abbr. : SECT
23
She: Span. : ELLA
25
Twilled cotton cloth. : DENIM
27
Forehead adornment. : BANGS
28
Hymnist Watts. : ISAAC
29
___ system. : SOLAR
31
Dowagers' jewelry. : DOGCOLLARS
32
Pitchers. : EWERS
33
Gulf, inlet of the Aegean. : SAROS
36
Appointed. : NAMED
39
Gallants. : DONJUANS
41
Salt pork. : SIDEMEAT
44
Noble. : PEER
46
Behold! Lat. : ECCE
49
Remains firm. : STICKS
51
Raft or float: Lat. : RADEAU
53
Busybody. : SNOOP
55
South Pacific island group. : FIJI
56
Golf club. : IRON
57
F. B. I. agent. : GMAN
58
River of northern France. : EURE
60
White-tailed birds. : ERNS
61
Belgian river. : YSER
64
___ pal. : PEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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