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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Thursday, October 17, 1963

10-Down : ___ midnight oil.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,191
Across
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Dot. : DOWRY
6
Hall: Sp. : SALA
10
Collide with. : BUMP
14
King Arthur's father. : UTHER
15
Column note. : ITEM
16
Mussel genus. : UNIO
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Bones. : SHINS
18
Event in "The Tempest." : SHIPWRECK
20
Japanese harp. : KOTO
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Small coin of Israel. : MIL
22
Coarse fabric. : LINSEY
23
Innisfail. : EIRE
25
Incident. : EVENT
27
Mother of Aeneas. : APHRODITE
30
Cowpoke's mount. : HOSS
34
Italian pronoun. : MIO
35
Bedding. : LINENS
37
Baltic native. : ESTH
38
Gambler's note. : IOU
39
Large desert in Iran. : LUT
40
___ dien. : ICH
42
Part of a boot. : TOE
43
Horn of the moon. : CUSP
45
Oriental. : MANCHU
47
Old measure. : ELL
48
"So ___!" : ISEE
49
German waterway. : KIELCANAL
51
Irish martyr (1778-1803). : EMMET
54
___ out. : EKES
55
Creator of the Darling family. : BARRIE
58
Direction. : WAY
60
Cereal. : RICE
63
Grandmother's brooch. : BREASTPIN
65
Zodiac sign. : LIBRA
66
Skindiver's gear. : LUNG
67
Part of B. A. : ARTS
68
Mythical man of brass. : TALOS
69
Bird. : SMEE
70
Win the booby prize. : LOSE
71
Napped. : SLEPT
Down
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Gloaming. : DUSK
2
German king. : OTHO
3
Neighbor of the Treasury. : WHITEHOUSE
4
French artist. : RENOIR
5
Time periods: Abbr. : YRS
6
Amigo's affirmative. : SISI
7
Runner. : ATHLETE
8
Aloha symbol. : LEI
9
Capacious. : AMPLE
10
___ midnight oil. : BURNTHE
11
French ones. : UNES
12
Mickey and others. : MICE
13
Slow: Colloq. : POKY
19
Succeed. : WIN
21
Spiritualist. : MEDIUM
24
Drum flourish. : ROLL
26
City of islands. : VENICE
27
Friends: Lat. : AMICI
28
Godly. : PIOUS
29
Conduit point. : INTAKE
31
Apparent. : OSTENSIBLE
32
Toga's relative. : STOLA
33
Conch. : SHELL
36
Naval officer in Spanish-American War. : SCHLEY
41
Toweling. : HUCK
44
Nobility. : PEERAGE
46
Dunderheads. : NITWITS
50
TV addendum. : AERIAL
52
Scale tones. : MIS
53
Nickel. : METAL
55
Containers: Abbr. : BBLS
56
Calla lily. : ARUM
57
Mrs. Scott Carpenter. : RENE
59
Handle: Fr. : ANSE
61
Oats or rye. : CROP
62
Countries of Asia. : EAST
64
Big leaguer. : PRO
65
Officers: Abbr. : LTS

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

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