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Marion Moeser
Marion Moeser

New York Times, Tuesday, July 24, 1956

68-Across : ___ d'oeuvre.

Author:
Marion Moeser
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Marion Moeser has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,583
Across
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Wanderers. : NOMADS
7
Symbol on a certain key. : BETA
11
Links instructor. : PRO
14
New York's Fifth. : AVENUE
15
Asian inland sea. : ARAL
16
Exclamation. : AHA
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Talk insincerely. : PALTER
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Unless: Law. : NISI
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Permissive word. : LET
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French "she." : ELLE
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Longfellow's famed artisan. : BLACKSMITH
24
Varnish ingredient. : RESIN
26
Palms off. : FOISTS
27
Terminal. : DEPOT
30
Maternal figure. : MADONNA
32
Gershwin brother. : IRA
33
Curtain ___. : RAISER
35
Norse saga. : EDDA
38
New adherent. : CONVERT
40
Soaring too high. : ICARIAN
42
Old Italian family. : ESTE
43
European measures. : METRES
45
Any sergeant's title. : NCO
46
Having arches. : ARCADED
48
Actress who played Joan. : HAGEN
50
City of caliphs. : BAGDAD
52
Low cards. : TREYS
54
Distasteful. : UNRELISHED
56
Dramatist O'Casey. : SEAN
60
Horned antelope. : GNU
61
Medicinal plant. : ALOE
62
Chin covering. : GOATEE
64
Misstatement. : LIE
65
Unkind remark. : SLUR
66
Novelist Wylie. : ELINOR
67
Wriggly swimmer. : EEL
68
___ d'oeuvre. : HORS
69
Presidential middle name. : DELANO
Down
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Nucha. : NAPE
2
Playing field. : OVAL
3
Pell-___. : MELL
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Front: Comb. form. : ANTERO
5
Adequate. : DUE
6
Slavic peoples. : SERBS
7
Latin-American exports. : BANANAS
8
Viking voyager. : ERIC
9
Military combat group. : TASKFORCE
10
Heroine of Chaucer's "Miller's Tale." : ALISON
11
Fortifying with fences. : PALISADING
12
Scarlett's husband. : RHETT
13
Solemn words. : OATHS
22
Type of train. : LIMITED
23
Underground worker. : MINER
25
To be: Fr. : ETRE
27
Cubes. : DICE
28
Greek Cupid.. : EROS
29
Rabelais giant. : PANTAGRUEL
31
Legendary Irish heroine. : DEIRDRE
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Burrowing animal. : ARMADILLO
36
Fresh-water carp. : DACE
37
Presently. : ANON
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Westernmost African cape. : VERDE
41
Pale. : ASHY
44
Ties up. : TETHERS
47
Hooded carriage. : CALASH
49
Make attack. : ASSAIL
50
Flowering plant. : BUGLE
51
Miss Oakley. : ANNIE
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Bordered. : EDGED
55
Minus sugar. : SOUR
57
Mount in Italy. : ETNA
58
Time stretch. : AEON
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Roman ruler. : NERO
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Spaniard's "hurrah!" : OLE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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