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Diana R. Sessions
New York Times, Saturday, May 26, 1956
51-Across : Schools.
Author:
Diana Sessions
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Diana R. Sessions has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Diana Sessions is an alias for Diana R. Sessions.
1 A | 2 B | 3 S | 4 U | 5 R | 6 D | 7 A | 8 B | 9 S | 10 M | 11 E | 12 N |
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13 M | O | T | H | E | R | 14 S | D | A | Y | 15 C | A | N | E |
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16 M | A | Y | F | L | O | W | E | R | S | 17 A | N | D | A |
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18 A | T | L | 19 A | V | A | S | 20 T | 21 A | R | G | E | T |
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22 S | E | 23 S | T | E | T | 24 F | E | M | O | R | A | |||
25 O | E | R | 26 B | E | M | Y | L | O | V | 27 E |
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28 H | 29 E | 30 M | P | S | 31 D | E | L | I | S | 32 V | O | L |
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33 A | L | A | S | 34 B | O | R | I | C | 35 M | E | R | L |
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36 H | E | Y | 37 F | A | N | G | S | 38 C | A | S | S | E |
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39 A | C | Q | 40 U | I | R | E | S | 41 T | R | I | ||||
42 T | U | L | A | N | E | 43 T | R | U | A | 44 N | 45 T | |||
46 P | R | E | T | T | Y | 47 A | S | E | S | 48 I | I | 49 I |
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50 H | O | E | R | 51 A | 52 L | M | A | M | A | 53 T | E | R | S |
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54 E | D | N | A | 55 R | E | P | R | O | D | U | C | E | S |
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56 W | E | S | 57 D | A | S | 58 R | E | M | E | D | Y |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,524
Across
1
Ludicrous. : ABSURD
7
College degrees. : ABS
10
Brothers. : MEN
13
It was founded by Anna Jarvis, 1914. : MOTHERSDAY
15
Staff. : CANE
16
Trailing arbutuses. : MAYFLOWERS
17
"With a smile ___ song ... " : ANDA
18
Ocean: Abbr. : ATL
19
Miss Gardner and namesakes. : AVAS
20
Mark. : TARGET
22
Stanza of six lines. : SESTET
24
Thighbones. : FEMORA
25
Poetic contraction. : OER
26
Mario Lanza hit. : BEMYLOVE
28
Useful fibers. : HEMPS
31
Fleur-___. : DELIS
32
Tennessee football player. : VOL
33
Exclamation of sorrow. : ALAS
34
___ acid. : BORIC
35
European blackbird: Poet. : MERL
36
Exclamation to attract attention. : HEY
37
Sharp teeth. : FANGS
38
Disorder of certain wines. : CASSE
39
Secures. : ACQUIRES
41
___corn. : TRI
42
Home of the Green Wave. : TULANE
43
Straying. : TRUANT
46
Attractive. : PRETTY
47
"___ Tod," from the Peer Gynt suite. : ASES
48
Three. : III
50
Gardener. : HOER
51
Schools. : ALMAMATERS
54
Actress Best. : EDNA
55
Copies. : REPRODUCES
56
Catcher Westrum. : WES
57
German article. : DAS
58
Curative. : REMEDY
Down
1
Spiritual mother. : AMMA
2
Shells. : BOATS
3
Fashion. : STYLE
4
Designating a high-frequency current: Abbr. : UHF
5
Tells. : RELATES
6
Cattle dealer. : DROVER
7
Drinks. : ADES
8
Stripe. : BAR
9
Relating to a formulated theory. : SYSTEMIC
10
Trees found in swamps. : MANGROVES
11
Strives. : ENDEAVORS
12
Trim. : NEAT
14
Clout. : SWAT
15
King of Rumania, 1930-1940. : CAROL
21
Miss Lowell and namesakes. : AMYS
23
Dips in liquid. : SOPS
24
Cat genus. : FELIS
26
Nancy and Patty. : BERGS
27
French pronoun. : ELLE
28
Expression of laughter. : HAHA
29
Part of a battery. : ELECTRODE
30
Participants in college festivals. : MAYQUEENS
31
Recipient of a gift. : DONEE
34
Part of a farm. : BARNYARD
35
Loveliest Pleiad, mother of Hermes. : MAIA
37
Sanction. : FIAT
38
Concerted action for some cause. : CRUSADE
40
Extravagant. : ULTRA
41
Vibration. : TREMOR
43
Ruler. : TSAR
44
Relative. : NIECE
45
Fagged. : TIRED
46
Exclamation of weariness. : PHEW
47
Units of electrical current: Abbr. : AMPS
49
Suburb of Paris. : ISSY
52
Pasture. : LEA
53
Sound of a plucked banjo string. : TUM
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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