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Helen Fasulo
New York Times, Tuesday, March 10, 1959
12-Down : Author Ludwig.
Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q V X }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 26.9
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 W | 2 I | 3 S | 4 H | 5 F | 6 R | 7 A | 8 T | 9 S | 10 P | 11 R | 12 E | 13 P |
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14 E | L | K | O | 15 L | I | B | E | L | 16 R | E | M | O |
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17 B | L | I | N | 18 D | A | L | L | E | Y | 19 O | S | I | S |
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20 B | E | T | 21 I | N | K | Y | 22 B | 23 O | T | T | L | E |
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24 D | O | G | E | 25 D | O | Z | E | R | ||||||
26 A | 27 B | 28 J | U | R | E | 29 R | O | O | M | M | A | 30 T | 31 E |
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32 G | R | A | S | S | 33 P | I | N | T | A | 34 I | R | A |
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35 R | I | C | K | 36 B | L | O | T | S | 37 U | N | I | T |
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38 E | L | K | 39 S | L | A | T | S | 40 C | R | E | P | E |
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41 E | L | A | 42 S | T | I | C | S | 43 M | A | I | D | E | N |
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44 N | O | O | S | E | 45 L | A | B | S | ||||||
46 S | 47 H | A | R | P | S | 48 P | O | G | O | 49 P | 50 H | 51 I |
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52 P | O | P | E | 53 F | 54 A | I | R | Y | T | 55 A | L | E | S |
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56 A | B | E | L | 57 U | L | T | R | A | 58 R | E | A | L |
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59 R | O | S | Y | 60 L | A | Y | E | R | 61 C | A | P | E |
© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,525
Across
1
Thing desired. : WISH
5
Campus groups. : FRATS
10
Kind of school: Colloq. : PREP
14
Center of Nevada cattle country. : ELKO
15
Grounds for legal action. : LIBEL
16
San ___, Italy. : REMO
17
Cul-de-sac. : BLINDALLEY
19
Condition: Suffix. : OSIS
20
Stake. : BET
21
Black. : INKY
22
Feeding for baby. : BOTTLE
24
Venetian magistrate. : DOGE
25
Napper. : DOZER
26
Renounce. : ABJURE
29
Dormitory companion. : ROOMMATE
32
Range forage. : GRASS
33
Ship of 1492. : PINTA
34
Man's name meaning watchful. : IRA
35
Pile of hay. : RICK
36
Stains. : BLOTS
37
Single thing. : UNIT
38
Kind of leather. : ELK
39
Pieces of Venetian blinds. : SLATS
40
Fabric. : CREPE
41
Rubber bands. : ELASTICS
43
___ name. : MAIDEN
44
Entrap. : NOOSE
45
Science classrooms: Colloq. : LABS
46
Sewing needles. : SHARPS
48
Comic character. : POGO
49
Greek letter. : PHI
52
Author of "The Dunciad." : POPE
53
Stories. : FAIRYTALES
56
W. H. Hudson hero. : ABEL
57
Going beyond others. : ULTRA
58
Authentic. : REAL
59
Very optimistic. : ROSY
60
Kind of cake. : LAYER
61
Opera cloak. : CAPE
Down
1
Alias Mr. Pennypacker. : WEBB
2
He: Lat. : ILLE
3
Comic sketch. : SKIT
4
Courtesy title: Abbr. : HON
5
Rim of a car wheel. : FLANGE
6
Prague-born lyric poet. : RILKE
7
Competently. : ABLY
8
Quoits target. : TEE
9
Cunning of waggish person. : SLYBOOTS
10
For the time being: Lat. : PROTEM
11
Checked. : RESTRAINED
12
Author Ludwig. : EMIL
13
Sit. : POSE
18
Paris fashion originals. : DIORS
23
Princess in Frank Baum books. : OZMA
24
Twilight. : DUSK
25
Words of caution. : DONTS
26
Come to terms. : AGREE
27
Flatfish. : BRILL
28
Whippersnapper. : JACKANAPES
29
Uprisings. : RIOTS
30
Ingredient of pepper pot. : TRIPE
31
Consumed. : EATEN
33
Region. : PLACE
36
Ecstatic. : BLISSFUL
37
"Battle Cry" author. : URIS
39
Traffic sign. : STOP
40
Lodge's middle name. : CABOT
42
Extremely. : SORELY
43
Man from Budapest. : MAGYAR
45
Actor from Hungary. : LORRE
46
Crystalline mineral. : SPAR
47
Professional tramp. : HOBO
48
Sympathy. : PITY
49
Defendant's answer to a charge. : PLEA
50
Accumulate. : HEAP
51
Avalon, for example. : ISLE
54
___ carte. : ALA
55
Bowlike curve. : ARC
Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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