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Diana R. Sessions
Diana R. Sessions

New York Times, Thursday, September 23, 1954

61-Across : Acts.

Author:
Diana Sessions
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.71, Missing: { F J V X }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Diana R. Sessions has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Diana Sessions is an alias for Diana R. Sessions.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,913
Across
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Stamp out. : SCOTCH
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Trenchant wit. : SATIRE
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Objects of the chase. : QUARRIES
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Witches. : CRONES
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Symbol of Neville Chamberlain. : UMBRELLA
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Pleases. : AMUSES
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Physicians' group: Abbr. : AMA
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Ridiculer: Slang. : KIDDER
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Unpolished. : RUDE
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Declaim loudly. : RANT
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First name of an Oscar winner. : AUDREY
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Cover. : LID
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Instruct. : TRAIN
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By heads. : PERCAPITA
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___ Bay. : OYSTER
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William the Conqueror's people. : NORMANS
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Praise. : LAUD
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Gypsy husbands. : ROMS
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Indicated as doubtful. : QUERIED
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The Horst ___ song. : WESSEL
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Encumbers. : BURDENERS
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California rockfish. : REINA
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Outfit. : RIG
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Bronco busting, bull-dogging, etc. : RODEOS
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Thrust. : STAB
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Girl's name. : INEZ
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Time allowed for payment of a note. : USANCE
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Where: Lat. var. : UBE
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Silk voile fabrics. : NINONS
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Winner of Nobel Peace Prize, 1953. : MARSHALL
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Wind spirally around. : ENCOIL
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Acts. : STATUTES
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Decorous. : SEEMLY
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Child's marbles. : AGATES
Down
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Covering the main points concisely. : SUMMARY
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Bathhouses. : CABANAS
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Nobel Peace prize winner, 1949. : ORR
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Journey. : TREK
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Eyelashes. : CILIA
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Impeded the course of: Colloq. : HELDUP
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Denizen of a cornfield. : SCARECROW
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Part of a sofa. : ARM
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A circuit. : TOUR
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Important discovery of 1923. : INSULIN
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Revises again. : REEDITS
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Ancient chariot. : ESSEDA
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Book size, 9½x12 inches. : QUARTO
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Depress. : SADDEN
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Fielder's fault. : ERROR
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Designated. : TITLED
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Chatter: Colloq. : YAMMER
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Closer. : NEARER
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Hockey plays. : PASSES
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Destructively. : RUINOUSLY
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Gary Cooper's role. : DEEDS
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Product of cinchona. : QUININE
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Entreaty. : URGENCE
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"We are such stuff as ___ are made on ... " : DREAMS
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Localize. : SITUATE
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Makes possible. : ENABLES
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Stickers. : LABELS
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Saline solutions. : BRINES
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Composition for one or two instruments. : SONATA
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Scrawny animal. : SCRAG
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Move with a low hum. : ZOOM
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Spanish form of "to be." : ESTA
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Nothing. : NIL
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Cabin. : HUT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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