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Diana R. Sessions
Diana R. Sessions

New York Times, Friday, March 27, 1953

25-Across : Fungi for gastronomes.

Author:
Diana Sessions
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { C Q Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17
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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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,377
Across
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Sensational hits: Slang. : WOWS
5
Eisenhower's gift to Truman. : GLOBE
10
Spring month in an old Hebrew calendar. : ABIB
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Angle between a leaf and a branch. : AXIL
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Mooed. : LOWED
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Where Callao is. : PERU
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Vision inspired by a seed catalogue. : VEGETABLEGARDEN
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Followed. : ENSUED
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Locations for transmitting radio programs. : STATIONS
22
Compact. : TRIM
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Husband of Pocahontas. : ROLFE
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Fungi for gastronomes. : MUSHROOMS
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Chief, in India. : MIR
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Snake. : ASP
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Writers Joseph and Stewart. : ALSOPS
34
Makes a slip. : NODS
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Diminutive vehicle. : JEEP
39
Extreme. : ULTRA
40
Son of Isaac. : ESAU
41
River from the Carpathians to the Baltic. : ODER
42
Instances of things becoming prevalent. : SETINS
44
Purpose. : END
45
Goddess: Lat. : DEA
47
Copies of a da Vinci portrait. : MONALISAS
49
Mental tendency. : SLANT
51
Eclectic antelopes. : GNUS
52
Beauty contest wardrobe. : SWIMSUIT
55
Non ___ (not too much): Music. : TROPPO
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Tall, ornamental trees. : LOMBARDYPOPLARS
61
Seed covering. : ARIL
62
Scriptures of the Mohammedans. : KORAN
63
Part of an instrument panel. : DIAL
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Man's name in an expression. : PETE
65
Where to try a slalom. : SLOPE
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Saint ___. : ELMO
Down
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Member of the Navy. : WAVE
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Domestic animals. : OXEN
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Perukes. : WIGS
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Nero or Hercule. : SLEUTH
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Flower named for a small sword. : GLADIOLUS
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Throw underhand, as in cricket. : LOB
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Nocturnal birds. : OWLS
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Source of sugar. : BEET
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Hoover's middle name. : EDGAR
10
Like a time in spring. : APRILINE
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Place of agreeable ease. : BEDOFROSES
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Actress Dunne. : IRENE
13
Wiener containers. : BUNS
18
Earth. : TERRA
19
Tiny particle. : ATOM
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Aly Khan, for instance. : MOSLEM
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Tropical American shrub. : MAJO
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Employed. : USED
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Much discussed motoring problem. : SPEEDLIMIT
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Item for a sampler. : MOTTO
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March 21 to June 21. : SPRING
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Nickname for a Texas city. : SANANTONE
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Actor Andrews. : DANA
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Lather. : SUDS
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"We, the people of the United States ... " : PREAMBLE
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Eat noisily: Dial. : SLURP
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Projecting part of Saturn's rings. : ANSA
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Character in a Wagner role. : ISOLDE
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Affirmed solemnly. : SWORE
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Natives of Istanbul. : TURKS
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Buffet. : SLAP
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Symbol of a deity. : IDOL
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Novice. : TYRO
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Simon's fish pond. : PAIL
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Baby coach. : PRAM
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European capital. : OSLO
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Bread and milk. : PAP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 15 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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