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Diana R. Sessions
Diana R. Sessions

New York Times, Saturday, January 12, 1957

21-Across : Girl's nickname.

Author:
Diana Sessions
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 4 (2 double stacks), Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Diana R. Sessions has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Diana Sessions is an alias for Diana R. Sessions.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,755
Across
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Stars and ___. : BARS
5
Depression. : DENT
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Leave out. : OMIT
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"And ___ pray ... " : ONETO
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Stettin's river. : ODER
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Country in Europe: Abbr. : LITH
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Great man born Jan. 19, 1807. : ROBERTEDWARDLEE
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Important January event. : INAUGURATIONDAY
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Girl's nickname. : BABS
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Sgt., for instance. : NCO
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Full assemblies of legislative bodies. : PLENA
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Continuing for seven days. : WEEKLONG
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Man of Abadan. : IRANI
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Location. : SITE
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Stead. : LIEU
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Marble: Dial. : MIB
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Curving sword. : CUTLASS
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Man's nickname. : LEM
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Oriental nurse. : AMAH
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Number of votes cast. : POLL
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Regards. : HEEDS
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Site of two Civil War battles. : MANASSAS
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Noted aviator's nickname. : LINDY
46
Intimation. : CUE
47
"It ___ Necessarily So." : AINT
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Wintersports events. : BASKETBALLGAMES
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One version of G. W.'s famous words. : ICANTTELLALIEPA
57
Field. : ACRE
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Novel of 1816. : EMMA
59
Town in Illinois. : ELGIN
60
Guy rope. : STAY
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Pat Nixon's maiden name. : RYAN
62
Bag. : SACK
Down
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Former diva. : BORI
2
Presently. : ANON
3
One-fourth of a shekel. : REBA
4
Inspector General under Washington, 1777. : STEUBEN
5
Active ones. : DOERS
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Collection of Norse heroic songs. : EDDA
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Salamander. : NEWT
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Ones being instructed. : TRAINEES
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What Oliver Cromwell was called. : OLDNOLL
10
Tranquil. : MILD
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Virginia willow. : ITEA
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Pronoun. : THEY
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Constitutional. : ORGANIC
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Brass-wind instrument. : TUBA
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Hudson of Hollywood. : ROCK
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___ facie. : PRIMA
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Rachel's father. : LABAN
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Helen Moody's middle name. : WILLS
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And others: Lat. : ETAL
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Lubricated. : OILED
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In want. : NEEDY
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Eucalyptus trees. : GUMS
30
Caliph's title. : IMAM
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Where Zeno lectured. : STOA
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Disturber. : UPSETTER
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Lawyer's signboard: Colloq. : SHINGLE
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Carriage kept for hire. : HACKNEY
42
Involves. : ENTAILS
44
Tallow. : SUET
45
Former actress ___ Lee. : LILA
47
Shivers of Texas. : ALLAN
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Influence. : BIAS
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Record of money transactions: Abbr. : ACCT
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One of the Delanos. : SARA
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___ Valentine. : BEMY
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Fostering: Lat. : ALMA
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Great: Comb. form. : MEGA
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Kind of poem. : EPIC
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Descended. : SANK

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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