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Marian Moeser
Marian Moeser

New York Times, Saturday, December 11, 1954

16-Across : Breaks faith: Colloq.

Author:
Marian Moeser
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Marian Moeser has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,992
Across
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Gallagher of Hollywood. : SKEETS
7
Plug or cork. : STOPPLE
14
Heroine of Irish legend. : DEIRDRE
15
Plane feature. : AILERON
16
Breaks faith: Colloq. : RENEGES
17
Hurdlers. : LEAPERS
18
Singular. : ODD
19
Designating New York's time. : EASTERN
21
Kansas Governor. : ARN
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How: German. : WIE
23
Moved strongly. : STIRRED
24
___ mater, part of the brain. : PIA
25
Slav. : SERB
27
Body of water. : SOUND
28
Copycat. : APER
29
Rye fungus. : ERGOT
31
Recent: Comb. form. : NEO
32
Reporter's product. : PROSE
33
Alpine river. : AAR
34
Caliph's name. : ALI
35
Nickname of Jonas Chuzzlewit's wife. : MERRY
37
Diminutive of a girl's name. : BAB
40
Fresh-water fish. : TENCH
43
Classical fields. : ARTS
44
Fire iron. : POKER
46
Part of the agora. : STOA
47
American hero. : LEE
48
Animosities. : MALICES
50
Middle of the 11th century. : MLI
51
Barley beard. : AWN
52
Probable Columbus discovery, 1498. : ORINOCO
53
Old cloth measure. : ELL
54
Shortchanged. : CHEATED
56
Star role in "Gone With the Wind." : MELANIE
58
Chemical substance in the body. : HORMONE
59
Ordained. : ENACTED
60
What carets are for. : INSERTS
61
Engineer's problem. : STRESS
Down
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More shabby. : SEEDIER
2
The lollipop set. : KINDERGARTENERS
3
Poet's conjunction. : ERE
4
Sidles. : EDGES
5
Delights. : TREATS
6
Sitting. : SESSION
7
City SE of Naples. : SALERNO
8
Having rows. : TIERED
9
Charlie Chan. : OLAND
10
Live wire's attribute. : PEP
11
Advance arrangements. : PREAPPOINTMENTS
12
Trucks. : LORRIES
13
Catch. : ENSNARE
14
Emulate the dormouse. : DROWSE
20
Indubitable. : TRUE
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Animals hunted in early England. : BOARS
28
City in Provence. : ARLES
30
Effort. : TRY
32
Girl's nickname. : PAT
35
Old Testament book. : MALACHI
36
Butler's Utopia. : EREWHON
37
Bright, shooting meteors. : BOLIDES
38
Similar. : AKIN
39
Turns into. : BECOMES
41
Long-haired dogs. : COLLIES
42
Shouted to, in greeting. : HAILED
44
Home guide. : PARENT
45
Late. : RECENT
48
Michigan product. : MOTOR
49
Of our system. : SOLAR
55
Soul: Fr. : AME
57
First-rate. : ACE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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