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Marion Moeser
Marion Moeser

New York Times, Saturday, July 10, 1976

36-Across : Sped

Author:
Marion Moeser
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Marion Moeser has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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M
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A
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J
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O
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R
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G
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A
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F
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F
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P
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R
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A
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R
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V
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D
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O
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L
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F
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G
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S
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Y
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S
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T
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M
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C
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H
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N
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A
P
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W
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S
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H
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D
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B
L
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U
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M
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V
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O
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M
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P
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H
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R
R
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D
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K
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I
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U
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P
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Y
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C
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D
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Y
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D
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R
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N
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S
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,828
Across
1
Bowes or Hoople : MAJOR
6
Thing hard to stand : GAFF
10
Miss Kelton : PERT
14
Athletic : AGILE
15
Get one's goat : RILE
16
Make a statement : AVER
17
"___ take it!" : DEVIL
18
European river : ODER
19
Miss Horne : LENA
20
Twenty to six, in military logs : SEVENTEENFORTY
23
Self : EGO
24
___ Paulo : SAO
25
Pro vote : YES
26
Degree in theology : STM
29
Washington Sq. landmark : ARCH
32
Tide : NEAP
34
Wasp feature : WAIST
36
Sped : HIED
38
France's Léon : BLUM
41
Optimist's view of time : ITSNEVERTOOLATE
44
Nutmeg product : MACE
45
Water holder : EWER
46
Pie popular in South : PECAN
47
Mister, in Bonn : HERR
49
Astronaut Slayton : DEKE
51
Questioning sounds : EHS
52
Miss Claire : INA
54
Man behind home plate : UMP
56
Letters : ENS
58
Year the League of Nations started : NINETEENTWENTY
64
Caesar's old TV partner : COCA
65
Miss Adams : EDIE
66
Swerved : YAWED
68
Support : ABET
69
Famous leavers : RATS
70
Muse : ERATO
71
Famous loch : NESS
72
Part of a blind : SLAT
73
Arnaz and son : DESIS
Down
1
Like Ophelia : MAD
2
Teen and middle : AGES
3
Swing music : JIVE
4
Miss Oyl : OLIVE
5
Put out of sight : RELEGATE
6
Poetic cave : GROT
7
Useful military person : AIDE
8
Takes off : FLEES
9
Lamas : FERNANDO
10
___ Alto : PALO
11
All over : EVERYPLACE
12
French income : RENTE
13
Waiters' needs : TRAYS
21
"___ any drop to drink" : NOR
22
Unfriendly one : FOE
26
Join Mark Spitz : SWIM
27
So long! : TATA
28
Unfortunate events : MISCHANCES
30
Work on a tough steak : CHEW
31
Put on the staff : HIRED
33
Having know-how : ABLE
35
Partner of snick : SNEE
37
To be, in Paris : ETRE
39
State : UTAH
40
___ wear : MENS
42
Certain Dutch paintings : VERMEERS
43
Wide-awake : OPENEYED
48
Part of a bad road : RUT
50
London suburb : KEW
52
Peruvian : INCAN
53
Epitome of sadness : NIOBE
55
Use a bike : PEDAL
57
Kind of drum : SNARE
59
Consumes : EATS
60
Spanish girl of song : NITA
61
Put to proof : TEST
62
"___ the night before ... " : TWAS
63
Himalayan creature : YETI
67
Two, in Madrid : DOS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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