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Marian Moeser
New York Times, Saturday, April 17, 1954
14-Across : Syrian city.
Author:
Marian Moeser
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Marian Moeser has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 L | 3 A | 4 M | 5 A | 6 T | 7 L | 8 A | 9 S | 10 A | 11 B | 12 L | 13 E |
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14 H | A | M | A | 15 P | R | O | B | E | 16 M | A | I | D |
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17 I | V | A | N | 18 T | H | E | T | E | R | 19 R | I | B | L | E |
20 C | A | L | O | R | I | E | S | 21 B | A | N | Y | A | N |
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22 G | R | A | D | S | 23 P | I | N | T | ||||||
24 C | 25 L | A | I | M | S | 26 P | L | A | C | A | 27 T | 28 E | 29 S |
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30 L | A | M | A | S | 31 B | R | I | N | E | 32 R | A | T |
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33 O | P | A | L | 34 A | L | O | E | S | 35 P | A | R | A |
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36 C | I | T | 37 O | V | E | N | S | 38 M | A | N | L | Y |
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39 K | N | E | 40 A | D | I | N | G | 41 P | A | R | S | E | S |
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42 B | O | A | T | 43 G | I | G | L | I | ||||||
44 B | 45 E | 46 I | R | U | T | 47 M | A | N | D | A | T | 48 E | 49 S |
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50 A | R | T | U | R | O | 51 T | O | S | C | A | N | I | N | I |
52 S | N | A | P | 53 R | I | N | S | E | 54 C | O | I | N |
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55 K | E | L | T | 56 S | A | T | Y | R | 57 E | N | D | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,754
Across
1
Mollusk. : CLAM
5
Titan. : ATLAS
10
Skilled. : ABLE
14
Syrian city. : HAMA
15
Lawmaker's activity. : PROBE
16
Old ___. : MAID
17
Unloved leader. : IVANTHETERRIBLE
20
Weight "lifters." : CALORIES
21
East Indian fig tree. : BANYAN
22
Alumni: Colloq. : GRADS
23
More than the contents of a split. : PINT
24
Assertions. : CLAIMS
26
Appeases. : PLACATES
30
Actor in "Rose Marie." : LAMAS
31
Pickle bath. : BRINE
32
Clever beast. : RAT
33
Gem stone. : OPAL
34
East Indian wood. : ALOES
35
Rubber center in Brazil. : PARA
36
Voter: Abbr. : CIT
37
Chef's equipment. : OVENS
38
Resolute. : MANLY
39
Kitchen exercise. : KNEADING
41
Works with grammar. : PARSES
42
Patrol torpedo ___. : BOAT
43
Former operatic star. : GIGLI
44
Lebanon's capital. : BEIRUT
47
Commands. : MANDATES
50
Beloved leader. : ARTUROTOSCANINI
52
Impulsive, as a decision. : SNAP
53
Wash out. : RINSE
54
Food for a china pig. : COIN
55
Highlander: Var. : KELT
56
Gray or brown butterfly. : SATYR
57
Last scenes. : ENDS
Down
1
Smartly stylish. : CHIC
2
Menacing rock. : LAVA
3
Combine. : AMALGAMATE
4
Of stately homes. : MANORIAL
5
Gardener's bane. : APHIDS
6
Popular poem. : TREES
7
Acreage. : LOTS
8
Son of Tom and Nancy. : ABE
9
Slavs. : SERBIANS
10
George Meredith heroine. : AMINTA
11
Lauren Bacall's nickname. : BABY
12
Girl's name. : LILA
13
Where the tree of life grew. : EDEN
18
Foreign cars. : TRAMS
19
Belgian marble. : RANCE
23
Keeps busy. : PLIES
24
Stocking ornament. : CLOCK
25
Fancy rabbit. : LAPIN
26
Fork tip. : PRONG
27
Change. : TRANSITION
28
Man's name. : EARLE
29
Supports. : STAYS
31
Mixed thoroughly. : BLENT
34
Servicemen. : AVIATORS
35
Debate. : PARLANCE
37
Cooking enticement: Brit. sp. : ODOUR
38
One Gabor. : MAGDA
40
Unexpected. : ABRUPT
41
Part of a pair of nippers. : PINCER
43
Boastful: Colloq. : GASSY
44
Sit in the sun. : BASK
45
Osprey. : ERNE
46
A kind of type: Abbr. : ITAL
47
___ Blanc. : MONT
48
Oklahoma city. : ENID
49
Pride and its retinue. : SINS
51
Aunt: Spanish. : TIA
Answer summary:
12 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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