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Marian Moeser
New York Times, Friday, November 26, 1954
28-Across : Unit of electric force.
Author:
Marian Moeser
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.54, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Marian Moeser has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 O | 3 S | 4 T | 5 E | 6 R | 7 G | 8 A | 9 T | 10 S | 11 A | 12 L |
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13 A | R | C | A | D | E | 14 G | A | N | Y | 15 M | E | D | E |
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16 S | L | A | N | G | S | 17 O | U | T | R | A | C | E | S |
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18 S | A | N | T | A | T | 19 E | C | L | A | 20 T | U | N | S |
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21 I | N | T | E | R | 22 W | A | L | L | 23 A | L | O | E |
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24 O | D | E | S | 25 D | E | R | E | K | 26 P | A | I | N |
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27 N | O | D | 28 V | O | L | T | 29 A | 30 W | A | R | D | S |
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31 G | I | L | L | 32 G | L | E | N | |||||||
33 M | 34 A | 35 N | U | A | L | 36 S | A | I | D | 37 M | 38 S | 39 S |
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40 A | B | I | E | 41 H | 42 O | P | I | S | 43 H | A | I | L |
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44 L | E | G | S | 45 O | W | E | N | 46 P | E | R | L | E |
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47 A | L | E | S | 48 U | N | A | S | 49 S | O | R | T | E | D |
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50 C | A | R | E | 51 S | S | E | R | 52 A | I | M | I | N | G |
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53 C | R | I | S | P | E | R | S | 54 U | S | A | N | C | E |
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55 A | D | A | 56 A | S | S | 57 L | E | N | S | E | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,977
Across
1
Ad man's art. : POSTER
7
Weapon: Slang. : GAT
10
Pitcher Maglie. : SAL
13
Gallery. : ARCADE
14
Cupbearer of Olympus. : GANYMEDE
16
Uses jive talk. : SLANGS
17
Moves more swiftly than. : OUTRACES
18
City in Salvador. : SANTATECLA
20
Liquid measures. : TUNS
21
Mutual: Comb. form. : INTER
22
Achievement of Chin and Ming dynasties. : WALL
23
Lily relative. : ALOE
24
Old Greek works. : ODES
25
Man's name. : DEREK
26
Unhappy reaction. : PAIN
27
Nursery rhyme boater. : NOD
28
Unit of electric force. : VOLT
29
Stars' goals. : AWARDS
31
Liquid measure. : GILL
32
___ Ridge, N. J. : GLEN
33
Not mechanized. : MANUAL
36
Near East Port. : SAID
37
Writings: Abbr. : MSS
40
Hero of a long-run play. : ABIE
41
Dwellers on the mesas. : HOPIS
43
Thunderstorm accompaniment. : HAIL
44
Parts of compasses. : LEGS
45
Celtic man's name. : OWEN
46
Diplomatic first name. : PERLE
47
Potations. : ALES
48
Not classified. : UNASSORTED
50
Fond one. : CARESSER
52
Gunner's activity. : AIMING
53
Curling irons. : CRISPERS
54
Time allowed for payment. : USANCE
55
Oklahoma city. : ADA
56
Useful quadruped. : ASS
57
Ground glass. : LENSES
Down
1
Great enthusiasm. : PASSION
2
City in Florida. : ORLANDO
3
Short-changed. : SCANTED
4
Aunts: French. : TANTES
5
Author Wallace. : EDGAR
6
Immobility. : REST
7
De ___ of Lille. : GAULLE
8
Counteracting agents. : ANTALKALIS
9
Odin's son. : TYR
10
Temporal. : SECULAR
11
Glandlike. : ADENOID
12
Depreciates. : LESSENS
14
Carriage. : GOCART
15
Peloponnesian cape. : MATAPAN
19
Actor Tom. : EWELL
25
Good Christmas gifts. : DOLLHOUSES
28
Railroad term. : VIA
30
Verbal contraction. : WED
31
Conjectures. : GUESSES
32
Profits. : GAINS
33
Strait off Sumatra. : MALACCA
34
Medieval philosopher. : ABELARD
35
British colony on Gulf of Guinea. : NIGERIA
36
Relatives of halberds. : SPEARS
37
Swallows. : MARTINS
38
Library sign. : SILENCE
39
Arctic transportation. : SLEDGES
42
Landed gentry. : OWNERS
43
Ruth's middle name. : HERMAN
46
Ease of manner. : POISE
49
Visitor at Endor. : SAUL
51
Vacation place. : SPA
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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