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Helen Smathers
Helen Smathers

New York Times, Tuesday, March 19, 1957

Author:
Helen Smathers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 26.4
Helen Smathers has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,821
Across
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Defense. : WALL
5
Varsity hopeful. : SCRUB
10
Trade: Colloq. : SWAP
14
Director Kazan. : ELIA
15
Fruit. : PRUNE
16
President of France. : COTY
17
Ultimatum, so to speak. : LASTCHANCE
19
Fling. : HURL
20
Snack spots. : KITCHENS
21
Major league novice. : ROOKIE
23
Belgian ___. : HARE
24
River in Spain. : EBRO
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Joint. : ANKLE
27
Stops and talks to: Colloq. : COLLARS
31
Oklahoma Indian. : CREEK
32
Tenth part. : TITHE
34
Lacuna. : GAP
35
Impose, as a fine. : LEVY
36
Holliday for Wally Cox. : HIRAM
37
Language of Pakistan. : URDU
38
Raided the icebox. : ATE
39
Of a certain period. : DATED
40
Top-flight golfer. : SNEAD
41
He sings Rigoletto, Rodrigo, Tonio, etc. : MERRILL
43
Pole thrown in Gaelic game. : CABER
44
Top. : ACME
45
Capital of Yemen. : SANA
46
Where Juneau is. : ALASKA
49
Political division. : DISTRICT
53
Army Reserve unit. : ROTC
54
Sunny Jim's specialty. : RACEHORSES
56
Gulf of Greece. : ARTA
57
Salad seasoning. : CHIVE
58
She: Span. : ELLA
59
Moral and emotional nature. : SOUL
60
Those with relatively much wealth. : HAVES
61
Epistolary salutation. : DEAR
Down
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Champagne music maestro. : WELK
2
Turkish regiment. : ALAI
3
Inventory. : LIST
4
Award of merit for Junior. : LATCHKEY
5
Star or planet. : SPHERE
6
Whooping bird. : CRANE
7
Toboggan courses. : RUNS
8
Chapel Hill: Abbr. : UNC
9
Sir Herbert ___ Tree. : BEERBOHM
10
Teach. : SCHOOL
11
Popular novelist. : WOUK
12
Italian town. : ATRI
13
Famous war correspondent. : PYLE
18
Drawing material. : CHALK
22
Heraldic bearing. : ORLE
24
Outward: Anat. : ECTAD
25
Mountain crest. : ARETE
26
Negative answer. : NEVER
28
Be in harmony. : AGREE
29
Unit of U. S. defense. : RADAR
30
Spadelike tool. : SPUD
31
Quiet person: Colloq. : CLAM
32
Epithet. : TITLE
33
Wrath. : IRE
36
TV actor and M. C. : HALMARCH
37
Opened, as a door. : UNBARRED
39
Nixon, for one. : DICK
40
___ Domingo. : SANTO
42
Prankster. : RASCAL
43
Gets money for (with "in"). : CASHES
45
Strainer. : SIEVE
46
River of Armenia. : ARAS
47
Monk parrot. : LORO
48
Volcanic islands off 46 Across. : ATTU
49
604. : DCIV
50
Bit of land. : ISLE
51
That: Fr. : CELA
52
Peter or Feodor. : TSAR
55
Triumphant exclamation. : AHA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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