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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Monday, December 24, 1956

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 37.1 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,736
Across
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Skipjack. : FISH
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Knowing. : AWARE
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Attention-getting word. : HIST
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Pointless. : IDLE
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Grounds for legal action. : LIBEL
16
Humorous slang suffix. : EROO
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19th c. humorist. : LEAR
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Argue a case. : PLEAD
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Far-reaching. : LONG
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Not natural. : LABORED
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Brazilian rubber tree. : SERINGA
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Charged atom. : ION
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Type of Greek architecture. : DORIC
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Upright beam. : STANCHION
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Flambeau. : TORCH
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Tee, fairway, green, etc. : HOLE
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Outlandish. : ODD
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Duenna. : SENORA
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Roman greeting. : AVE
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Heavy walking shoes. : BROGUES
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Common carrier. : BUS
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King Arthur's seer. : MERLIN
43
Sea eagle. : ERN
44
Anne Lindbergh, for example. : POET
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Campaign name. : ESTES
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Dante called him "The Master of them that know." : ARISTOTLE
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Merchant's stock. : GOODS
50
Fish of genus Anguilla. : EEL
51
Jessica's suitor. : LORENZO
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Pleasure-seeker. : PLAYBOY
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Similar. : AKIN
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Pope's veil. : ORALE
61
___ day. : GALA
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Opinion. : MIND
63
Spiced drink. : NEGUS
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Telling blow: Slang. : ONER
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Cribbage pins. : PEGS
66
Dutch cheeses. : EDAMS
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Type of light. : NEON
Down
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Pack in as much as possible. : FILL
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Scheme. : IDEA
3
Half-curved piece of a log. : SLAB
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Anne Frank, for example. : HEROINE
5
Swiss signaling instrument. : ALPENHORN
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What the joker may be. : WILD
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Nickname of the Great Emancipator. : ABE
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The ability to think. : REASON
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Clergyman's aide. : ELDER
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Home of the Muses. : HELICON
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Curtain material. : IRON
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Carol. : SONG
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Forum garb. : TOGA
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Legendary bird. : ROC
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Ceremonials. : RITES
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Series players. : DODGERS
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Something regrettable. : SHAME
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Jabberwocky word. : TOVES
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On one's toes. : ALERT
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Artificial language. : IDO
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Relative of Univac. : ROBOT
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Hard-hearted. : CRUEL
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Cause of many mistakes. : HASTE
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Foolish. : SENSELESS
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Animals on coins. : BISON
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Altdorf's canton. : URI
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Inscriptions. : LEGENDS
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Geometric figure. : POLYGON
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Idolized. : ADORED
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___ rose. : TEA
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Fresh air. : OZONE
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Gas jet. : LAMP
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Migratory worker. : OKIE
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Patterson's field. : RING
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Choice object. : PLUM
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Anathema. : BANE
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Ersatz butter. : OLEO
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Relative of thread. : YARN
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Eastern title. : AGA

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1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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