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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Thursday, April 25, 1957

9-Down : Beginner.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 27.6
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,858
Across
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Store up. : AMASS
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Facial expression. : GRIN
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Social group. : CLUB
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Squander. : WASTE
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Staple food. : RICE
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First-class. : AONE
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Bay window. : ORIEL
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Thin, glazed paper. : ONIONSKIN
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Strenuous game. : LEAPFROG
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Small and delicate. : PETITE
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Brynner's kingdom. : SIAM
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Aaron Burr's daughter. : THEO
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Ship: Poet. : ARGOSY
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Symptom of spring fever. : DAYDREAM
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Horse. : MOUNT
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Non-professionals. : LAITY
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Sixty-one. : LXI
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Nile bird. : IBIS
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Champion, for example. : TITLE
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Rara ___. : AVIS
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Servicemen. : GIS
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Prepares for a rainy day. : SAVES
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Wading bird. : STILT
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Unilateral. : ONESIDED
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Smooth. : GLASSY
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Skier's paradise. : ALPS
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Frozen raindrops. : HAIL
46
Bugle call. : TATTOO
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Sounds of disapproval. : CATCALLS
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Take an extra forty winks. : OVERSLEEP
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Bow in reverence. : KNEEL
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Gronchi's capital. : ROMA
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Hero of the Wild West. : EARP
58
Babylonian hero of myth. : ETANA
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Horse-trader's deal. : SWAP
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Chop ___. : SUEY
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Nickname for actor Scott. : RANDY
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Military fugitive. : AWOL
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___ nostrum, the Roman Mediterranean. : MARE
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Global area. : ASIA
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Certain children. : STEPSONS
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Egoist. : SELFIST
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Member of the wedding. : GROOM
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Best man's concern. : RING
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Here: Fr. : ICI
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Beginner. : NEOPHYTE
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Bright star in Gemini. : CASTOR
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Balder's destroyer. : LOKI
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One. : UNIT
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Part of N. B. : BENE
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Indigent. : NEEDY
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Skate. : RAY
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Diplomat's attire. : TAILS
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Pancho's friend. : AMIGO
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Harbinger of spring. : ROBIN
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Pretense. : GUISE
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Outmoded. : DATED
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Current idol. : ELVIS
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Angles between twigs and stems. : AXILS
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Blurred. : MISTY
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Survives. : LIVES
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Larval wrigglers. : TADPOLES
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Maiden of golden apples race. : ATALANTA
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Fodder containers. : SILOS
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Waterproof coat. : SLICKER
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Viceroy of ancient Persia. : SATRAP
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Narrow ship channel. : GAT
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One of the Seven Dwarfs. : HAPPY
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Rocky peaks. : TORS
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Confess. : AVOW
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Theme: Mus. : TEMA
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Waxlike membrane of a bird's beak. : CERE
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Thin. : LEAN
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Impart to. : LEND
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Put to the sword. : SLAY
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___ de Cologne. : EAU

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

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