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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Thursday, October 17, 1963

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, Grid flow: 31.1
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
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Hall: Sp. : SALA
10
Collide with. : BUMP
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King Arthur's father. : UTHER
15
Column note. : ITEM
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Mussel genus. : UNIO
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Bones. : SHINS
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Event in "The Tempest." : SHIPWRECK
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Japanese harp. : KOTO
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Small coin of Israel. : MIL
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Coarse fabric. : LINSEY
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Innisfail. : EIRE
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Incident. : EVENT
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Mother of Aeneas. : APHRODITE
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Cowpoke's mount. : HOSS
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Italian pronoun. : MIO
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Bedding. : LINENS
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Baltic native. : ESTH
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Gambler's note. : IOU
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Large desert in Iran. : LUT
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___ 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
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___ 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
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German king. : OTHO
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Neighbor of the Treasury. : WHITEHOUSE
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French artist. : RENOIR
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Time periods: Abbr. : YRS
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Amigo's affirmative. : SISI
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Runner. : ATHLETE
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Aloha symbol. : LEI
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Capacious. : AMPLE
10
___ midnight oil. : BURNTHE
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French ones. : UNES
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Mickey and others. : MICE
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Slow: Colloq. : POKY
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Succeed. : WIN
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Spiritualist. : MEDIUM
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Drum flourish. : ROLL
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City of islands. : VENICE
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Friends: Lat. : AMICI
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Godly. : PIOUS
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Conduit point. : INTAKE
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Apparent. : OSTENSIBLE
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Toga's relative. : STOLA
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Conch. : SHELL
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Naval officer in Spanish-American War. : SCHLEY
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Toweling. : HUCK
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Nobility. : PEERAGE
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Dunderheads. : NITWITS
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TV addendum. : AERIAL
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Scale tones. : MIS
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Nickel. : METAL
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Containers: Abbr. : BBLS
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Calla lily. : ARUM
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Mrs. Scott Carpenter. : RENE
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Handle: Fr. : ANSE
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Oats or rye. : CROP
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Countries of Asia. : EAST
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Big leaguer. : PRO
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Officers: Abbr. : LTS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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