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Helen Fasulo
New York Times, Tuesday, February 4, 1964
49-Down : "Taras ___," novel by Gogol.
Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 A | 3 D | 4 S | 5 P | 6 A | 7 S | 8 H | 9 I | 10 P | 11 S | ||||
12 I | N | A | 13 S | P | O | T | 14 A | C | O | N | I | T | 15 E |
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16 C | O | N | T | A | I | N | 17 G | A | U | G | U | I | N |
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18 A | L | T | A | R | 19 O | 20 R | A | L | S | 21 S | R | S |
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22 L | I | E | F | 23 S | T | O | P | P | E | 24 R | ||||
25 F | 26 R | A | I | S | E | 27 G | A | 28 R | 29 D | 30 E |
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31 I | 32 T | 33 A | 34 A | R | M | Y | 35 C | U | R | A | R | E |
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36 M | E | L | 37 A | N | G | E | 38 G | L | E | E | F | U | L |
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39 P | R | I | N | C | E | 40 A | R | E | S | 41 T | B | S |
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42 S | M | I | T | H | 43 W | R | E | A | T | 44 H | ||||
45 S | H | 46 R | I | N | E | R | 47 O | 48 R | 49 B | 50 S |
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51 F | 52 A | 53 O | 54 A | A | R | O | N | 55 S | N | O | U | T |
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56 A | D | V | 57 A | N | C | E | 58 I | 59 G | N | O | B | L | E |
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60 B | O | A | R | D | E | R | 61 N | A | I | R | O | B | I |
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62 G | L | A | S | S | 63 G | Y | P | 64 T | A | N |
© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,301
Across
1
One of the Lincolns. : TAD
4
Vacation spot. : SPA
7
Merchantmen. : SHIPS
12
Having trouble. : INASPOT
14
Poisonous plant. : ACONITE
16
Include. : CONTAIN
17
Painter in the South Seas. : GAUGUIN
18
Chancel table. : ALTAR
19
Ph.D. exams. : ORALS
21
Campus group: Abbr. : SRS
22
Gladly, in phrases. : LIEF
23
Good bridge card. : STOPPER
25
Strawberry: Fr. : FRAISE
27
En ___! : GARDE
31
Give ___ whirl. : ITA
34
Defense forces. : ARMY
35
Arrow poison. : CURARE
36
Hodgepodge. : MELANGE
38
Full of fun. : GLEEFUL
39
Rainier's title. : PRINCE
40
Son of Zeus. : ARES
41
Cookbook abbreviation. : TBS
42
Alfred Emanuel. : SMITH
43
Chaplet. : WREATH
45
Member of a fraternal order. : SHRINER
47
Moons. : ORBS
51
U. N. agency. : FAO
54
One of the Burrs. : AARON
55
Muzzle. : SNOUT
56
Progress. : ADVANCE
58
Base. : IGNOBLE
60
Paying guest. : BOARDER
61
Kenya metropolis. : NAIROBI
62
Building material. : GLASS
63
Swindle: Colloq. : GYP
64
Tawny. : TAN
Down
1
Old Thai coin. : TICAL
2
American chameleon. : ANOLI
3
One of the Rossettis. : DANTE
4
Yard. : SPAR
5
Food at a luau. : POI
6
Not ever. : ATNOTIME
7
Broadway term. : SCALP
8
Visitor. : HOUSEGUEST
9
Common suffix. : ING
10
Papal name. : PIUS
11
Flurry. : STIR
13
Office personnel. : STAFF
14
Showing surprise, wonder, etc. : AGAPE
15
Navy man: Abbr. : ENS
20
Optimistic. : ROSY
23
"Top kick." : SARGE
24
Infrequent. : RARE
26
Cowboys. : RANCHHANDS
28
Catamaran. : RAFT
29
Defeat soundly. : DRUB
30
Congers. : EELS
31
Devilkins. : IMPS
32
Word or expression. : TERM
33
Et ___. : ALII
35
Weather forecast. : CLEAR
37
Industrious creatures. : ANTS
38
Kind of apple. : GREENING
40
Florence's river. : ARNO
43
Electrician. : WIRER
44
Distinction. : HONOR
46
Hambletonians. : RACES
48
Mechanical being. : ROBOT
49
"Taras ___," novel by Gogol. : BULBA
50
Tankard. : STEIN
51
Made: Abbr. : FAB
52
"I've got to see a man about ___." : ADOG
53
Racetrack. : OVAL
55
Fragment. : SNIP
57
Brazilian parrot. : ARA
59
Rollicking. : GAY
Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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