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Marian Moeser
New York Times, Monday, December 28, 1953
54-Down : Basketball player: Abbr.
Author:
Marian Moeser
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 19
Marian Moeser has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 L | 2 O | 3 A | 4 M | 5 R | 6 U | 7 S | 8 K | 9 I | 10 N | |||||
11 S | A | L | L | E | 12 U | N | T | I | R | I | 13 N | 14 G |
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15 H | A | N | D | E | L | 16 B | A | E | D | E | K | E | R |
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17 O | R | T | 18 S | T | 19 U | B | B | E | D | 20 E | D | E |
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21 O | D | E | 22 S | 23 S | P | E | L | L | 24 M | O | D | E |
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25 F | I | R | M | 26 A | 27 P | R | E | 28 A | F | A | R |
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29 E | N | N | O | B | 30 L | E | S | 31 S | 32 O | N | ||||
33 R | E | S | O | L | E | R | 34 F | I | N | I | 35 C | 36 A | 37 L |
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38 T | E | A | 39 M | O | D | U | L | A | T | E |
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40 C | 41 A | 42 S | H | 43 C | A | R | 44 S | A | V | E | S |
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45 L | U | C | Y | 46 L | U | R | C | 47 H | 48 S | A | L | T |
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49 I | R | A | 50 S | U | N | B | E | A | 51 M | 52 L | I | E |
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53 F | A | R | 54 C | I | C | A | L | 55 R | A | 56 C | I | E | R |
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57 F | L | A | T | T | I | R | E | 58 P | I | P | E | R | ||
59 B | R | E | E | D | S | 60 S | A | A | R |
© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,644
Across
1
Good earth. : LOAM
5
He wrote "Sesame and Lilies." : RUSKIN
11
Hall: French. : SALLE
12
Without letup. : UNTIRING
15
Bach's successful rival. : HANDEL
16
Traveler's guidebook. : BAEDEKER
17
Food scrap. : ORT
18
Struck an obstacle. : STUBBED
20
Town in Holland. : EDE
21
Part of the "Golden Treasury." : ODES
23
Enchantment. : SPELL
24
Current fashion. : MODE
25
Terra ___. : FIRMA
27
Before: Prefix. : PRE
28
At a distance. : AFAR
29
Dignifies. : ENNOBLES
31
Last word of Kipling's "If ___." : SON
33
Cobbler. : RESOLER
34
Too particular. : FINICAL
38
It comes in paper bags. : TEA
39
Shift from one key to another, in music. : MODULATE
40
Pocket money. : CASH
43
Popular toy. : CAR
44
Keeps. : SAVES
45
Mrs. Ricky Ricardo. : LUCY
46
Pitch or sway. : LURCH
48
River in Arizona. : SALT
49
Novelist Wolfert. : IRA
50
One who radiates happiness. : SUNBEAM
52
Norwegian statesman. : LIE
53
Ridiculous. : FARCICAL
55
With more dash and spice. : RACIER
57
A boring person: Slang. : FLATTIRE
58
He has to be paid. : PIPER
59
Types. : BREEDS
60
Rich European coal region. : SAAR
Down
1
Party decorations from China or Japan. : LANTERNS
2
Long practiced. : OLD
3
Samples of the brewer's art. : ALES
4
Vanishes. : MELTS
5
Footwear. : RUBBERS
6
Opposite of 26 Down. : UNABLE
7
Bessemer product. : STEEL
8
Infamous captain. : KIDD
9
Anger. : IRE
10
___ Samothrace. : NIKEOF
11
Young of the pilchard. : SARDINE
13
Heroine of "I Pagliacci." : NEDDA
14
Well-known first name in Hollywood. : GREER
15
Professional tap dancer. : HOOFER
19
Part of a shoe. : UPPER
22
Shrewd character: Colloq. : SMOOTHY
24
Specimens of strong wrapping paper. : MANILAS
26
Having power to act. : ABLE
30
Author and artist of bullfights. : LEA
31
Man's nickname. : SID
32
Duty. : ONUS
34
Body of men prepared for action. : FORCE
35
Haughty or disdainful. : CAVALIER
36
Studio. : ATELIER
37
Mr. Pearson of Canada. : LESTER
39
What we're not playing for. : MARBLES
40
Scene of a "peril" of Pauline. : CLIFF
41
Pertaining to the ear. : AURAL
42
Symbolic insect. : SCARAB
43
Well-known name on the waterfront. : CUNARD
46
Heroine of "A Tale of Two Cities." : LUCIE
47
Dwells on. : HARPS
50
Location. : SITE
51
Wife of Vulcan. : MAIA
54
Basketball player: Abbr. : CTR
56
Busy man at auditing time. : CPA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 18 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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