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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Friday, January 18, 1957

52-Down : Metallic element.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,761
Across
1
Creator of Bald Iggle. : CAPP
5
Just passably. : SOSO
9
Herd (cattle). : PUNCH
14
A form of 8 Down. : OPRY
15
Garment. : WRAP
16
January, in Spain. : ENERO
17
Hibernater's retreat. : LAIR
18
Fortune hunter. : ADVENTURER
20
Military forces. : ARMIES
22
Mother Machree's land. : ERIN
23
Recognize. : OWN
24
Congressional act. : STATUTE
26
Arabian garments. : ABAS
28
Poke fun at. : DERIDE
30
Stag party. : SMOKER
34
Arena decision. : TKO
36
Supplementing (with "out"). : EKING
38
The four hundred. : ELITE
39
Type of income. : RENT
41
Simulated. : ACTED
43
City in Sicily. : ENNA
44
Languor of the spirits. : ENNUI
46
Band. : TROOP
48
A son of Jacob. : GAD
49
Fixed. : STABLE
51
Lace frill. : EDGING
53
Island near Corsica. : ELBA
55
Most ghostly. : EERIEST
58
951 years ago. : MVI
61
Filled with derring-do. : BOLD
63
Italian city on the Adriatic. : ANCONA
64
One with extra-sensory perception. : MINDREADER
67
Old Persian coin. : KRAN
68
Result. : ENSUE
69
Main part of a church. : NAVE
70
Shield. : EGIS
71
Glutted. : SATED
72
Suffused with color. : DYED
73
Dutch portrait painter. : LELY
Down
1
Flowering African trees. : COLAS
2
Estranged. : APART
3
Roberta Peters, for example. : PRIMADONNA
4
Fool's gold. : PYRITE
5
Design of ancient origin. : SWASTIKA
6
California military base. : ORD
7
Except. : SAVE
8
Works. : OPERA
9
Term of endearment. : PETNAME
10
Prime Minister back in power in Burma. : UNU
11
Fictional Wolfe. : NERO
12
Company. : CREW
13
Bugle. : HORN
19
His ___ (a self-important person). : NIBS
21
Tributary of the Seine. : EURE
25
Official decree. : EDICT
27
One and only. : SOLE
29
Between: Fr. : ENTRE
31
He ruled 1936-52. : KINGGEORGE
32
Sicilian peak. : ETNA
33
Interpret. : READ
34
Very: Fr. : TRES
35
Youthful British duke. : KENT
37
Stone with crystal-lined cavity. : GEODE
40
City transportation. : TUBE
42
Describing certain books. : DOGEARED
45
Boorish. : ILLBRED
47
Spool of a weaver's shuttle. : PIRN
50
Central American tree. : EBOE
52
Metallic element. : NICKEL
54
Baltic island group. : ALAND
56
Gastropod. : SNAIL
57
Silverweed. : TANSY
58
Butterfly and Bovary: Abbr. : MMES
59
___ del Mar, port of Chile. : VINA
60
Of the current month: Abbr. : INST
62
Unspecified time for a military operation. : DDAY
65
Exactly. : DUE
66
"The ___ of St. Agnes." : EVE

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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