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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Thursday, August 27, 1959

25-Across : Songstress Horne.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 24.0
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,695
Across
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Office worker. : CLERK
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Unadorned. : BALD
10
Arabian principality. : ASIR
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Capital of Tonkin. : HANOI
15
Medley : OLIO
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Miss Dartle. : ROSA
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Metal worker's block. : ANVIL
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Silver and others. : LONGJOHNS
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___ blue. : SKY
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Asian statesman. : RHEE
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Beautiful night flier. : IOMOTH
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___ Richard. : POOR
25
Songstress Horne. : LENA
26
Rialto name. : BILLYROSE
30
Colorado resort. : ASPEN
34
Crosby role in "Say One for Me." : PRIEST
35
Steel production units. : TONS
37
Dread. : AWE
38
Melted rock. : LAVA
39
Town of U. of Maine. : ORONO
41
Inter ___. : ALIA
42
Indian of the Great Basin. : UTE
43
Wear away. : GNAW
44
Temporary ruler. : REGENT
46
Finch. : SERIN
48
County in North Ireland. : FERMANAGH
50
Native of Estonia, Latvia, etc. : BALT
52
Mata ___. : HARI
53
Cesar of Hollywood. : ROMERO
56
Swingy rhythm. : LILT
57
Brown ___ berry. : ASA
60
Burdened too much. : OVERLADEN
62
Domiciles. : HOMES
64
Adriatic port. : BARI
65
Extinct bird. : DODO
66
Noteworthy period. : EPOCH
67
She: Span. : ELLA
68
Large waves. : SEAS
69
Ill-humored. : NASTY
Down
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Man's name: Abbr. : CHAS
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Lean. : LANK
3
Begrudge. : ENVY
4
Reine's spouse. : ROI
5
Gaelic clan (one was here). : KILROYS
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Spanish dance. : BOLERO
7
Medicinal herb. : ALOE
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Hereditary: Abbr. : LIN
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Motherless calf. : DOGIE
10
Agreeable fragrances. : AROMAS
11
District in London. : SOHO
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Negative verbal contraction. : ISNT
13
Reckless. : RASH
19
Dr. Salk. : JONAS
22
Actor Edward Everett. : HORTON
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Exhortation. : PLEA
25
Ponce de ___. : LEON
26
School grading mark. : BPLUS
27
More than peevish. : IRATE
28
Menu item. : LIVER
29
Town near Mt. Mansfield. : STOWE
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Chaffy bract at base of flower. : PALEA
32
Stevenson's middle name. : EWING
33
Lower than: Poet. : NEATH
36
Snafu, militarily speaking. : NORMAL
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Float. : RAFT
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Vedic god of fire. : AGNI
43
Knot on a tree trunk. : GNARL
45
Type of jar. : EARTHEN
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Spain and Portugal. : IBERIA
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Big game. : RHINOS
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A great amount: Colloq. : LOADS
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Outer garment. : ROBE
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Egg-shaped. : OVAL
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European blackbird. : MERL
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Mythical Spartan queen. : LEDA
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Herdsman prophet. : AMOS
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Cult. : SECT
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Very pale. : ASHY
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Cervine animal. : DOE
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Initials of ration-book days. : OPA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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