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Helen Fasulo
New York Times, Thursday, July 17, 1958
35-Across : Government worker: Colloq.
Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 A | 3 S | 4 T | 5 S | 6 T | 7 O | 8 N | 9 E | 10 P | 11 E | 12 L | 13 F |
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14 U | T | A | H | 15 T | A | L | O | N | 16 A | P | E | R |
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17 M | O | L | E | 18 I | B | E | R | T | 19 L | E | N | A |
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20 A | M | A | R | 21 I | L | L | O | 22 R | 23 E | M | E | D | Y |
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24 M | L | L | E | 25 B | A | L | I | |||||||
26 P | 27 A | 28 T | O | I | S | 29 R | U | C | K | S | 30 A | 31 C | 32 K |
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33 A | M | A | S | A | 34 H | U | R | T | 35 T | M | A | N |
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36 R | O | T | 37 D | 38 I | O | N | N | E | 39 S | 40 A | L | E |
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41 T | U | A | 42 N | 43 N | U | T | S | 44 T | 45 W | I | L | L |
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46 E | R | R | A | 47 N | T | R | Y | 48 T | R | I | N | A | L |
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49 V | A | R | I | 50 E | R | I | N | |||||||
51 E | 52 R | 53 N | A | N | I | 54 O | L | E | A | N | 55 D | 56 E | 57 R |
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58 N | O | A | H | 59 G | 60 E | M | M | A | 61 I | O | T | A |
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62 O | T | R | O | 63 U | B | O | A | T | 64 N | O | U | S |
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65 S | A | Y | S | 66 E | B | O | N | Y | 67 G | R | I | P |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,306
Across
1
Just preceding. : PAST
5
Age of the cave man. : STONE
10
Lucre. : PELF
14
Desert State. : UTAH
15
In card playing, the stock. : TALON
16
Copycat. : APER
17
Burrowing insectivore. : MOLE
18
French composer. : IBERT
19
Miss Horne of "Jamaica." : LENA
20
City in W. Texas. : AMARILLO
22
Set right. : REMEDY
24
Young lady from Armentières: Abbr. : MLLE
25
East Indian paradise. : BALI
26
Dialect. : PATOIS
29
Boy Scout's hiking gear. : RUCKSACK
33
David's commander in chief. : AMASA
34
Suffering from a personal affront. : HURT
35
Government worker: Colloq. : TMAN
36
Nonsense. : ROT
37
Family famous since May 28, 1934. : DIONNES
40
Pub specialty. : ALE
41
Malayan gentleman. : TUAN
43
Garnish for cakes. : NUTS
44
Textile fabric. : TWILL
46
Vocation of King Arthur's men. : ERRANTRY
48
Threefold. : TRINAL
49
Diverse: Comb. form. : VARI
50
Shamrock land. : ERIN
51
Verdi's bandit hero. : ERNANI
54
Poisonous evergreen shrub. : OLEANDER
58
Ark's master. : NOAH
59
A bud, in biology. : GEMMA
61
Tiny particle. : IOTA
62
Another: Span. : OTRO
63
German sub. : UBOAT
64
Entre ___. : NOUS
65
"It ___ here ... " : SAYS
66
Durable wood. : EBONY
67
Small portmanteau. : GRIP
Down
1
Relative of Bagheera. : PUMA
2
Jot. : ATOM
3
Parlor: Span. : SALA
4
Insulated bottle. : THERMOS
5
Photographs of a sort. : STILLS
6
Article of furniture. : TABLE
7
Butterine. : OLEO
8
Conjunction. : NOR
9
Intermission. : ENTRACTE
10
Fortuneteller. : PALMIST
11
Fencing sword. : EPEE
12
Furnish. : LEND
13
Ravel. : FRAY
21
Homeric work. : ILIAD
23
Tanned calf. : ELK
25
Robert or George. : BURNS
26
Ex ___ (from one side only). : PARTE
27
Synonym for 38 Down. : AMOUR
28
Turkic tribesman. : TATAR
29
Dwarfish. : RUNTY
30
At full speed. : AMAIN
31
Lilylike plant. : CALLA
32
Sound as a warning. : KNELL
34
Mohammedan nymph. : HOURI
38
Secret love affairs. : INTRIGUE
39
Narrow streak. : STRIA
42
Indian silversmiths. : NAVAHOS
45
Attractive. : WINNING
47
Anna's relative. : NAN
48
Formal agreement. : TREATY
50
Russian-American violinist. : ELMAN
51
Grandson of Adam. : ENOS
52
Ecclesiastical council. : ROTA
53
Not any: Colloq. : NARY
54
Melville novel. : OMOO
55
Out-of-___. : DOOR
56
Case: Fr. : ETUI
57
Grate upon. : RASP
60
Subside. : EBB
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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