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Diana R. Sessions
New York Times, Saturday, May 12, 1956
24-Across : Mad ___ hatter.
Author:
Diana Sessions
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Diana R. Sessions has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Diana Sessions is an alias for Diana R. Sessions.
1 B | 2 A | 3 N | 4 S | 5 I | 6 M | 7 S | 8 A | 9 L | 10 M | 11 A |
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12 T | A | B | O | 13 O | 14 E | M | E | U | 15 J | O | A | N |
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16 A | Y | O | U | N | 17 G | M | A | N | S | 18 F | A | N | C | Y |
19 M | O | U | N | T | A | I | N | L | A | U | R | E | L | |
20 P | U | T | S | O | N | 21 O | N | S | 22 S | E | 23 A |
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24 A | S | A | 25 U | N | 26 D | 27 S | 28 S | 29 A | T | A | N |
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30 C | R | E | A | T | 31 E | 32 S | 33 M | A | N | N |
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34 A | 35 M | 36 A | H | 37 T | R | A | S | H | 38 E | R | S | E |
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39 T | O | P | E | 40 T | E | R | T | I | 41 A | N | ||||
42 K | N | O | W | 43 S | 44 S | E | N | R | 45 C | 46 A | 47 W |
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48 A | T | L | 49 P | 50 O | 51 T | 52 D | E | 53 C | O | R | A |
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54 R | O | 55 S | E | S | O | 56 F | 57 P | I | C | A | R | D | Y |
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58 V | E | G | E | T | A | B | L | E | G | A | R | D | E | N |
59 P | A | I | N | 60 G | E | A | R | 61 S | T | O | N | E |
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62 S | L | A | T | 63 E | D | G | E | 64 A | N | T |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,510
Across
1
Forbid authoritatively. : BAN
4
Singer Ginny. : SIMS
8
___ Gluck. : ALMA
12
Forbidden by tradition. : TABOO
14
Australian bird. : EMEU
15
Role for Julie Harris. : JOAN
16
Familiar phrase from Tennyson. : AYOUNGMANSFANCY
19
Flower of Conn. and Penn. : MOUNTAINLAUREL
20
Pretends. : PUTSON
21
Weight in the Netherlands. : ONS
22
Body of water. : SEA
24
Mad ___ hatter. : ASA
25
German conjunctions. : UNDS
28
Archfiend. : SATAN
30
Produces. : CREATES
33
American educator. : MANN
34
Oriental servant. : AMAH
37
Refuse. : TRASH
38
Irish. : ERSE
39
European shark. : TOPE
40
Occurring every third day. : TERTIAN
42
"What Every Woman ___." : KNOWS
44
College student: Abbr. : SENR
45
Cry of a raven. : CAW
48
Ocean: Abbr. : ATL
49
___ shot. : POT
52
Standards of what is proper. : DECORA
54
Popular song of yesteryear. : ROSESOFPICARDY
58
Outdoor project for Spring. : VEGETABLEGARDEN
59
Bread: French. : PAIN
60
Equipment. : GEAR
61
Chief Justice, 1941-46. : STONE
62
Piece of wood. : SLAT
63
Border. : EDGE
64
Carpenter or driver ___. : ANT
Down
1
Minor rivers in Gulf-coast region. : BAYOUS
2
"There's something ___ soldier ... " : ABOUTA
3
Places, things, etc. : NOUNS
4
Partly: Prefix. : SEMI
5
"___ old cow hand ... " : IMAN
6
___ Park, N. J. : MENLO
7
Sister of 23 Down. : SUSAN
8
Discordant. : AJAR
9
It's on Texas' coat of arms. : LONESTAR
10
"H. M. S. Ulysses" author and others. : MACLEANS
11
At all. : ANY
12
City noted for cigars. : TAMPA
13
Journeying. : ONTOUR
17
Highest peak in Wyoming. : GANNETT
18
Nervous activity. : FUSS
23
Barbara ___ Eisenhower. : ANNE
26
Challenge. : DARE
27
Vega and Deneb. : STARS
29
"Lost Chord" finale. : AMEN
30
Ruminate. : CHEW
31
Spanish form of "to be." : ESTE
32
Festive occasion with dancing: Slang. : SHINDIG
34
Antarctic icebreaker. : ATKA
35
Where McGill University is. : MONTREAL
36
Formal spoken or written defense. : APOLOGIA
41
Betel palms. : ARECAS
43
Small barracuda. : SPET
45
Circle of guards. : CORDON
46
Eager. : ARDENT
47
Actor John. : WAYNE
50
Siouan Indian tribe. : OSAGE
51
Pepys' "And so ___." : TOBED
53
Magna ___. : CARTA
55
Mailed. : SENT
56
Iris. : FLAG
57
Father: French. : PERE
58
Important officials: Abbr. : VPS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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