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Diana R. Sessions
Diana R. Sessions

New York Times, Saturday, January 11, 1964

39-Down : Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.

Author:
Diana R. Sessions
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Diana R. Sessions has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,277
Across
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Relieved. : EASED
6
Turkish title. : AGA
9
Fur trader and financier. : ASTOR
14
Talking continuously. : RUNNINGON
16
Diving apparatus. : SCUBA
17
Perplexed. : STAGGERED
18
Tanks, etc. : ARMOR
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Academic gown. : TOGA
20
Vice ___. : VERSA
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Busy as ___. : ABEE
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Joy. : GLEE
25
Stadium. : BOWL
27
Frillier. : LACIER
30
Tots' garments. : CRAWLERS
34
"All ___ Is You." : IWANT
35
Yahoo. : BRUTE
36
Wherefore. : WHY
37
Chanted. : SANG
38
Ganders. : GEESE
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"Meet ___ St. Louis." : MEIN
40
Shaft. : PIT
41
Follow. : CHASE
42
Exceedingly: Colloq. : NOEND
43
Engages in the social round. : STEPSOUT
45
Musical compositions. : RONDOS
46
Balderdash! : RATS
47
European country: Abbr. : BELG
48
Sacristan's concern. : ALBS
50
Subject matter. : TOPIC
53
Table spread. : OLEO
57
Newsboy's concern. : ROUTE
59
Evasion of a sort. : RUNAROUND
61
Kitchen gadget. : CORER
62
Yield place. : STEPASIDE
63
Author's concern. : STYLE
64
Baseball great. : OTT
65
Mexican dollars. : PESOS
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Whilom. : ERST
2
Garage man's concern. : AUTO
3
Unexpected obstacle. : SNAG
4
Attractive. : ENGAGING
5
Study laboriously: Colloq. : DIG
6
Harmonize. : AGREE
7
Departing guest. : GOER
8
Conjunctions. : ANDS
9
Cross ___ bear. : ASA
10
Write hastily. : SCRAWL
11
Prairie plant. : TUMBLEWEED
12
Shawm's relative. : OBOE
13
Excellent. : RARE
15
Not in any degree. : NEVER
21
Diminish. : ABATE
24
Tennis term. : LET
26
Be beholden to. : OWE
27
Speaks in a certain way. : LISPS
28
Expect. : AWAIT
29
Historic cathedral city. : CANTERBURY
30
Top. : CREST
31
Red herring. : RUSE
32
Pachyderm, for short. : RHINO
33
Newspaper chains: Abbr. : SYNDS
35
Dandy. : BEAU
38
"Hamlet" role. : GHOST
39
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. : MONGOOSE
41
Time zone. : CST
42
___ pros. : NOL
44
Pale color. : PASTEL
45
Concise summary. : RECAP
47
French psychologist. : BINET
48
Trajectories. : ARCS
49
Plunder. : LOOT
51
A dozen ___. : ORSO
52
Golf stroke. : PUTT
54
San ___ Obispo. : LUIS
55
Within: Prefix. : ENDO
56
Keats' forte. : ODES
58
Cockney's "present." : ERE
60
Least bit: Colloq. : RAP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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