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Helen Smathers
Helen Smathers

New York Times, Wednesday, April 29, 1959

45-Across : Burrow.

Author:
Helen Smathers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 28.6
Helen Smathers has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,575
Across
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Nut-bearing tree. : BEECH
6
Tangled mass. : SHAG
10
Small salamander. : NEWT
14
Wing-shaped. : ALARY
15
Cotton Bowl winner, 1958. : NAVY
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Mediterranean port of Spain. : ADRA
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___ Khan, Moslem leader. : KARIM
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Spirit. : ANIMATION
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Without a red cent. : UNPENNIED
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Golf strokes. : PUTTS
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Newspaper. : DAILY
24
Boggy. : MARSHY
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Small, ornamental flap. : TAB
28
Weight lifters: Abbr. : LBS
29
Relative of the agouti. : PACA
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Certain persons. : ONES
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Not conveyed by words. : SPEECHLESS
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One of the missiles. : ATLAS
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Exclusively. : ALL
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Noted violinist. : ELMAN
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Picnic tidbit. : DILLPICKLE
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Men's center. : YMCA
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Burrow. : MINE
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State of being: Suffix. : URE
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Snake. : ASP
49
Residents of a certain Italian city. : PISANS
52
Examines. : SCANS
54
Greek letter. : OMEGA
55
Movable item, in the fashion world. : WAISTLINE
59
Fascinate. : SPELLBIND
61
Prey. : RAVIN
62
Partial: Prefix. : SEMI
63
And elsewhere: Lat.: Abbr. : ETAL
64
Improve. : EMEND
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Additional to. : ELSE
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Light carriage: Colloq. : SHAY
67
Letters. : ESSES
Down
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Oil center on the Caspian. : BAKU
2
Dash. : ELAN
3
Western hero. : EARP
4
Called out. : CRIED
5
Music book. : HYMNAL
6
Rate of speed. : SNAILSPACE
7
Manager of Milwaukee team. : HANEY
8
Greedy. : AVID
9
Sports arena. : GYM
10
Of course. : NATURALLY
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Wields a blue pencil. : EDITS
12
Incensed. : WROTH
13
Strong-smelling plant. : TANSY
19
Nickname for state of Arizona. : APACHE
21
His ___, a self-important person. : NIBS
24
Scotsman, jocularly. : MAC
25
Tadpole's parent. : TOAD
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Opposed. : ANTI
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Liberty ___. : BELL
29
Transparently. : PELLUCIDLY
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Noted name in baseball. : SALMAGLIE
33
Mountain range in Colorado. : ELK
34
Mother of Queen Wilhelmina. : EMMA
35
Black Hawk's tribe. : SACS
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Something easy: Slang. : SNAP
38
___ column. : SPINAL
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Measures of length: Abbr. : INS
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Time spans. : ERAS
47
Access. : ENTREE
49
Western movie outfit. : POSSE
50
Move forward. : IMPEL
51
Appears. : SEEMS
52
Capital of Yemen. : SANAA
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Bridge winnings. : SLAMS
55
By means of. : WITH
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Former Senator from New York. : IVES
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Baseball team. : NINE
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Fragments. : ENDS
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Egyptian god of pleasure. : BES

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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