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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Monday, March 11, 1957

49-Across : Motive coming from within.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 24.7
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,813
Across
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East Indian export. : HEMP
5
Feminine title. : MAAM
9
Spurn. : REPEL
14
Scene of Perry's victory. : ERIE
15
Troops. : ARMY
16
Quarter-round molding. : OVOLO
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Popular TV star. : RINTINTIN
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Supreme Being. : MAKER
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An understanding. : ENTENTE
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Association of scholars. : ACADEMY
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Political get-together. : RALLY
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United. : ONE
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Frozen dessert. : FRAPPE
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Bombers and jets. : AIRCRAFT
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Capital of French Morocco. : RABAT
35
Ski site. : SLOPE
36
Below standard. : LOW
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English prep school. : ETON
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Unlocks. : OPENS
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Short-billed wading bird. : SORA
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Southern food staple. : YAM
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Broadway's Daisy Mae. : ADAMS
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Civilian clothes. : MUFTI
43
Tunny or tuna. : ALBACORE
45
Of a church season. : LENTEN
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Two of St. Paul's epistles: Abbr. : COR
47
Draws nigh. : NEARS
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Motive coming from within. : IMPULSE
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Most verdant. : LUSHEST
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Spacious. : ROOMY
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Symbol on U. S. coins. : BALDEAGLE
60
Key West, for example. : ISLET
61
Soft, white cheese. : BRIE
62
Altimeter's indicator. : DIAL
63
Fourteen pounds. : STONE
64
Nostradamus. : SEER
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Hamburg's waterfront. : ELBE
Down
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On this occasion. : HERE
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Songstress O'Brien. : ERIN
3
Philadelphia government building. : MINT
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Wendy's playmate. : PETERPAN
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American League's MVP. : MANTLE
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Kind of cooperative in Russia. : ARTEL
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Where ___? : AMI
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Oriental bird. : MYNA
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Novel. : ROMANCE
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Expert at double-talk. : EVADER
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Bag or sack. : POKE
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Type of school: Abbr. : ELEM
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Small parrot. : LORY
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Not suitable. : INAPT
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Marine ___. : CORPS
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Taft, Acheson, Lovett, etc. : YALEMEN
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Odin's wife. : FREYA
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Amount assessed. : RATAL
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Los Alamos product. : ABOMB
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Charged atoms. : IONS
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Airborne. : ALOFT
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Columbia basketball star. : FORTE
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Well-known pen name. : TWAIN
35
Exchange blows. : SPAR
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Perfumes. : ODORS
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Accessory of Victorian days. : SUNSHADE
41
Altar boy. : ACOLYTE
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Dip in a liquid: Rare. : MERSE
44
Sharp insight. : ACUMEN
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Late Scotch showman. : LAUDER
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Nickname of Mrs. Glenn Ford. : ELLIE
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Lady Mountbatten. : IRIS
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Very. : MOST
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___ coat. : POLO
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Declines. : EBBS
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Volund's brother. : EGIL
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Piece of pie. : SLAB
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Word element meaning far. : TELE
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Auxiliary verb. : ARE

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

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