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Marjorie M. Connelly
Marjorie M. Connelly

New York Times, Thursday, October 6, 1955

51-Down : Oklahoma Senator.

Author:
Marjorie M. Connelly
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Marjorie M. Connelly has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,291
Across
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Ding Dong School mistress. : FRANCES
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Chess pieces. : BISHOPS
15
Liberate. : RELEASE
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Perfectly. : IDEALLY
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Scholarly. : ERUDITE
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Ores of zinc. : BLENDES
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Part of a school year: Abbr. : SEM
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Cuddled. : NESTLED
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Make lace. : TAT
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Holders for film. : CANS
25
Less usual. : RARER
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Italian resort. : LIDO
27
Opprobrium. : ODIUM
29
Part of "to be." : WAS
30
Beast of burden. : CAMEL
31
Stationer's employe. : NEWSY
33
Hero of 1775. : REVERE
34
Idea: Comb. form. : IDEO
35
Men of Yale. : ELIS
36
Hebrew or Arab. : SEMITE
38
Admit. : LETIN
40
Jane Austen heroine and others. : EMMAS
41
Offspring. : SON
42
Was the trouble with. : AILED
46
Tune in. : DIAL
47
Chairs. : SEATS
49
Staff member. : AIDE
50
Tavern. : INN
51
Where to find Dandie Dinmonts. : KENNELS
53
Family. : KIN
54
Relatives of oglers. : LEERERS
56
Smokey Bear's aides. : RANGERS
58
Stimulate to action. : INNERVE
59
Stephen, in France. : ETIENNE
60
Dressed. : ATTIRED
61
One who testifies. : DEPOSER
Down
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Type of water color. : FRESCO
2
One way to memorize. : REREAD
3
Sons of alma mater. : ALUMNI
4
Newscaster Calmer. : NED
5
Another name for Henry Antrobus. : CAIN
6
Chemist's compound. : ESTER
7
Fun for children. : SEESAWS
8
King James Versions. : BIBLES
9
Drone. : IDLER
10
Source of a new crop. : SEED
11
River in China. : HAN
12
Days of yore. : OLDTIMES
13
Advocate. : PLEADER
14
Shortening of a syllable. : SYSTOLE
21
Cafeteria equipment. : TRAY
24
One way to tell time. : SUNDIAL
26
Wife of Aeneas. : LAVINIA
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Comes upon. : MEETS
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Rosalind's cousin. : CELIA
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Misery. : WOE
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Inactive: Abbr. : RET
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Inherent. : IMMANENT
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Seats for clergy. : SEDILIA
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Notable. : EMINENT
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Borrower's request. : LOAN
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Started upon. : ENTERED
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Perceived. : SENSED
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Compares. : LIKENS
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Turkish city, Adrianople. : EDIRNE
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Thicker. : DENSER
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Tennis play. : SERVE
48
Election list. : SLATE
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Oklahoma Senator. : KERR
52
Cut. : SNIP
55
Defendants: Latin. : REI
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Earth: Comb. form. : GEO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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