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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Wednesday, May 7, 1958

30-Down : Plant insect.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J K Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 46.2
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 25-Down had "substance"; changed it to "Substance."

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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,235
Across
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Pullmans. : CARS
5
Composer of "Otello." : VERDI
10
Symbol of victory. : PALM
14
Claude ___, Swiss-French author. : ANET
15
Dull; slow. : INERT
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___ ben Adhem. : ABOU
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Novel theme from Virgil. : LOVECONQUERSALL
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Early Mississippi River explorer. : LASALLE
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Crisp candy, with peanuts. : BRITTLE
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Big buttes. : MESAS
24
Chemical suffix. : ANE
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Princess of Colchis. : MEDEA
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Demote. : DOWNGRADE
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Put forth, as strength. : EXERT
34
Prefix meaning "son of." : MAC
35
Resorts. : SPAS
36
Piece of secret information. : TIP
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Used as an atomizer. : SPRAYED
41
Quonset ___. : HUT
42
Crooked; nonsymmetrical. : ALOP
44
___ of (lacking). : OUT
45
Humorous term for "think." : OPINE
47
The reverse of energetic. : LETHARGIC
50
Supports. : RESTS
51
Spanish "bravo." : OLE
52
Skeleton organization. : CADRE
54
Rough shelters. : LEANTOS
58
Kenya's capital. : NAIROBI
62
See 17 Across. : OMNIAVINCITAMOR
64
Presidential title: Abbr. : CINC
65
Indians. : ERIES
66
Arizona river. : GILA
67
Inhabitants of: Suffix. : OTES
68
With fiery color. : REDLY
69
School founded in 1440. : ETON
Down
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Demand. : CALL
2
Celebes ox. : ANOA
3
Ms. changes: Abbr. : REVS
4
___ trunk. : STEAMER
5
Early stringed instruments. : VIOLS
6
Set of nine. : ENNEAD
7
Needed: Abbr. : REQ
8
Cudgel. : DRUB
9
Repetition. : ITERANCE
10
Stickers. : PASTERS
11
Blind as ___. : ABAT
12
Droop. : LOLL
13
Spinning jenny. : MULE
18
Holdfasts for ropes: Naut. : CLEATS
19
Resound. : RING
23
Corporeal. : SOMATIC
25
Stuff: Substance. : METAL
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Philip Nolan's fate. : EXILE
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Supply center. : DEPOT
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Course of action. : WAY
30
Plant insect. : APHIS
31
Dishearten. : DAUNT
32
Rocky Mountain park. : ESTES
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Think deeply and thoroughly. : POREOVER
39
Bearskin ___. : RUG
40
Dickens character. : DORRIT
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Acoustics. : PHONICS
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Dignity of a nobleman. : PEERAGE
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Canadian province: Abbr. : ALTA
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Abolish. : CANCEL
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Symbol of freshness. : DAISY
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In ___ parentis. : LOCO
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Issue, as paper money. : EMIT
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___ Boleyn. : ANNE
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"Your Majesty." : SIRE
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Neglect. : OMIT
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Machete. : BOLO
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Kingdom on the Persian Gulf. : IRAN
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Nest: Fr. : NID

Answer summary:
8 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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