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Helen Fasulo
New York Times, Tuesday, August 13, 1957
53-Across : Per___.
Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 S | 4 K | 5 O | 6 S | 7 C | 8 A | 9 R | 10 D | 11 A | 12 M | 13 P |
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14 U | R | A | N | 15 F | U | L | D | A | 16 E | G | I | L |
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17 N | I | K | E | 18 T | R | I | A | D | 19 S | U | L | U |
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20 I | D | E | A | 21 L | 22 R | O | Y | A | 23 L | P | A | L | M |
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24 D | A | 25 M | E | 26 R | O | E | ||||||||
27 E | 28 V | 29 A | 30 K | A | A | 31 B | 32 A | 33 G | R | 34 I | 35 T | 36 S |
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37 N | O | M | 38 D | E | P | L | U | M | 39 E | 40 A | N | I | L |
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41 R | I | M | E | 42 L | I | N | E | D | 43 D | D | A | Y |
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44 O | C | A | S | 45 E | S | C | R | I | 46 T | O | I | R | E |
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47 L | E | N | I | 48 N | 49 T | O | I | L | E | 50 A | A | R |
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51 G | A | 52 D | 53 C | E | N | 54 T | ||||||||
55 S | 56 H | 57 A | N | G | R | 58 I | 59 L | A | 60 T | O | 61 N | 62 T | 63 O |
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64 T | O | M | E | 65 A | T | O | N | 66 E | 67 Q | U | O | D |
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68 A | M | O | R | 69 M | E | L | O | N | 70 U | L | T | O |
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71 B | E | S | S | 72 A | M | A | S | S | 73 E | L | E | M |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,968
Across
1
Lone Ranger's trade-mark. : MASK
5
Hollywood trade-mark. : OSCAR
10
Humid. : DAMP
14
Huge lizard. : URAN
15
Kassel's river. : FULDA
16
Mythical Norse hero. : EGIL
17
Army's guided missile. : NIKE
18
Chord. : TRIAD
19
Sea of the Pacific. : SULU
20
Standard of beauty. : IDEAL
22
Stately tree of Florida. : ROYALPALM
24
Matron. : DAME
26
Fish eggs. : ROE
27
Little ___. : EVA
30
Cube-shaped shrine at Mecca. : KAABA
33
Southern food staple. : GRITS
37
O. Henry, for one. : NOMDEPLUME
40
W. Indian shrub. : ANIL
41
Jack Frost's handiwork. : RIME
42
Wrinkled. : LINED
43
Crucial event of World War II. : DDAY
44
South American tubers. : OCAS
45
Piece of furniture. : ESCRITOIRE
47
Red leader, 1917-24. : LENIN
49
Sheer linen fabric. : TOILE
50
Swiss river. : AAR
51
Son of Jacob. : GAD
53
Per___. : CENT
55
Fictional idyllic retreat. : SHANGRILA
60
Fictional Indian. : TONTO
64
Volume. : TOME
65
Give satisfaction for. : ATONE
67
Prison: Slang. : QUOD
68
Love: Lat. : AMOR
69
Juicy fruit. : MELON
70
In the last (month): Abbr. : ULTO
71
Gershwin role. : BESS
72
Store up. : AMASS
73
Type of school: Abbr. : ELEM
Down
1
Alias Clarence Darrow. : MUNI
2
Nonproductive. : ARID
3
Japanese beverage. : SAKE
4
Make dough. : KNEAD
5
Many a time. : OFT
6
Type of painter. : SURREALIST
7
Muse. : CLIO
8
Call it ___. : ADAY
9
Pilot's aid. : RADAR
10
Billy the Kid, for one. : DESPERADO
11
Water: Span. : AGUA
12
Factory. : MILL
13
Lucrative political appointment. : PLUM
21
Louise or Constance. : LAKE
23
Felled tree. : LOG
25
Furniture wood. : MAPLE
27
Matriculate. : ENROL
28
Speech. : VOICE
29
Where Hussein holds court. : AMMAN
31
Confidence game. : BUNCO
32
Amigos north of the border. : AMERICANOS
34
Subcontinent. : INDIA
35
Jeweled coronet. : TIARA
36
More subtle. : SLYER
38
Fashion makers. : DESIGNERS
39
Roman official. : EDILE
46
Type of dwelling. : TENT
48
Old horse. : NAG
52
Play. : DRAMA
54
Close-fitting hat. : TOQUE
55
Thrust. : STAB
56
One's native land. : HOME
57
TV character. : AMOS
58
Short news article. : ITEM
59
Gretchen Wyler role. : LOLA
61
Of no consequence. : NULL
62
Carry. : TOTE
63
Famous flier. : ODOM
66
Abstract being. : ENS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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