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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Tuesday, March 26, 1963

6-Down : Dark promise.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,987
Across
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Legal plea. : ALIBI
6
Larceny. : THEFT
11
Memorable American actor. : CRAVEN
12
Ancient Greece. : HELLAS
14
U.S. nuclear submarine. : SEAWOLF
15
Opera role. : RADAMES
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Might. : ARM
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Paying guest. : ROOMER
20
Bygone days. : PAST
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Hibernian name. : LIAM
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Chaplet. : WREATH
25
Indo-Chinese Buddhist. : LAO
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Oriental. : ASIAN
28
Colorado's time zone: abbr. : MST
29
Affected coughs. : AHEMS
31
Makes a bid, in bridge. : DECLARES
33
Originates. : ARISES
34
Broadway specialties. : OPERETTAS
36
Where Horta is. : AZORES
39
Fairly good. : NOTSOBAD
43
Sylvan demigod. : SATYR
44
Farmer's vocation: abbr. : AGR
45
Asseverated. : SWORE
46
Army man: abbr. : SGT
47
Texas town on the Rio Grande. : YSLETA
50
Nickname for Oliver. : NOLL
51
De ___ (unwanted). : TROP
53
Supremely noble. : HEROIC
55
Before: dial. : TIL
56
Type of college class. : SEMINAR
58
Untidy: colloq. : INAMESS
60
Dark-colored volcanic rock. : BASALT
61
Overseers: colloq. : SUPERS
62
Parts of necks. : NAPES
63
Dwight Macdonald's specialty. : ESSAY
Down
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Biblical tongue. : ARAMAIC
2
Order's partner. : LAW
3
Composer Novello. : IVOR
4
On earth. : BELOW
5
Betrayer of a sort. : INFORMER
6
Dark promise. : THREAT
7
Compassion. : HEART
8
Days of yore: poet. : ELD
9
Flutter in the breeze. : FLAP
10
Mexican dish. : TAMALES
11
Shade of red. : CERISE
13
East Indian plant. : SESAME
14
Chicory, endive, etc. : SALAD
16
Opposed to "lee," in geology. : STOSS
19
Mercury's calling. : MESSENGER
22
English writer of Arthurian legends. : MALORY
24
Plague. : HARASS
27
Partial contents of a hope chest. : NAPERY
30
"To Each ___." : HISOWN
32
Legal matters. : RES
33
Lawyer: abbr. : ATT
35
Reptile. : TORTOISE
36
Staff members: abbr. : ASSTS
37
Yugoslavian industrial city. : ZAGREB
38
Man from Ankara. : OTTOMAN
40
Type of store. : BOOTERY
41
Memorable English actor. : ARLISS
42
Dingles. : DELLS
44
Warns. : ALERTS
48
Fine-grained rock. : SHALE
49
Primitive people of Japan. : AINUS
52
City of the Palazzo Medici. : PISA
54
Ammunition of a sort. : CAPS
57
Part of the nursery school routine. : NAP
59
___ culpa. : MEA

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

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