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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Wednesday, September 3, 1958

5-Down : Super salesman: Slang.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,354
Across
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Boatswain. : BOSN
5
Lure of the forty-niners. : GOLD
9
Jacksonville Bowl. : GATOR
14
Of the planet Mars: Comb. form. : AREO
15
Bouquet. : ODOR
16
Large port on bay near the Inland Sea. : OSAKA
17
Pronoun. : HERS
18
German toast. : GESUNDHEIT
20
Untamed. : SAVAGE
22
Crossbeams. : TIES
23
Shelter. : LEE
24
Weaken by admixture. : DILUTE
26
Elicited. : DREW
28
Leather hand-covering worn by Roman boxers. : CESTUS
30
Boxer's double punch. : ONETWO
34
Pronoun. : SHE
36
Beginning of a toast. : HERES
38
Defied. : DARED
39
Pack down. : TAMP
41
Criteria. : RULES
43
Police activity. : RAID
44
Wide-awake. : ALERT
46
Nickname for a thin man. : SLATS
48
Abbreviated title. : MRS
49
Valuable painting. : RENOIR
51
Accelerate. : STEPUP
53
Porgy. : SCUP
55
Shorthand experts: Colloq. : STENOS
57
Force: Lat. : VIS
60
Unite. : KNIT
62
Fur-hunting ship. : SEALER
64
Rudolph Bing, for example. : IMPRESARIO
67
Dark red. : WINE
68
Part of a teapot. : SPOUT
69
Futile. : VAIN
70
City of central Sicily. : ENNA
71
___ Park. : ESTES
72
Protestant denomination: Abbr. : EPIS
73
Obsolete. : DEAD
Down
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Scornful exclamations. : BAHS
2
Mountain maiden. : OREAD
3
Members of the armed forces. : SERVICEMEN
4
Cash register item. : NOSALE
5
Super salesman: Slang. : GOGETTER
6
Work of Horace. : ODE
7
Irretrievable. : LOST
8
Priest of ancient Britain. : DRUID
9
Unexpected boon. : GODSEND
10
Timber tree. : ASH
11
Chinese unit of weight. : TAEL
12
Itinerant harvest hand. : OKIE
13
Appraise. : RATE
19
Handel opera. : NERO
21
Effusive talk: Colloq. : GUSH
25
The southeast wind. : EURUS
27
Endure the effects of time. : WEAR
29
Markets. : SELLS
31
Tumbler's net. : TRAMPOLINE
32
Fish trap. : WEIR
33
Inequalities. : ODDS
34
Pentagram. : STAR
35
Robust. : HALE
37
Ottomans. : SEATS
40
Certain athletes. : PROS
42
Hats. : STETSONS
45
Ballots. : TICKETS
47
Graf ___. : SPEE
50
Scoring points. : RUNS
52
Not impressed. : UNAWED
54
River of Venetia, Italy. : PIAVE
56
Species of cassia. : SENNA
57
Workbench device. : VISE
58
Gremlins. : IMPS
59
Place. : SPOT
61
Pitfall. : TRAP
63
Decipher. : READ
65
Street of Paris. : RUE
66
King Richard ___. : III

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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