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Marian Moeser
Marian Moeser

New York Times, Saturday, March 19, 1955

41-Down : Shade of red.

Author:
Marian Moeser
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { B Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Marian Moeser has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,090
Across
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Name in a Poe title. : USHER
6
Useful insect. : MANTIS
12
Call. : PHONE
13
Hades, in Roman myth. : AVERNUS
15
Star in TV's "The Women." : PAULETTEGODDARD
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Chicago conveyances. : ELS
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Return for services. : FEE
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More neatly disposed. : TIDIER
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Conveyed by legal document. : DEEDED
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State of beginning. : NASCENCE
26
"___ Town." : OUR
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The self in Glasgow. : SEL
28
Within: Prefix. : INTRA
29
Parisian meeting place. : CAFE
31
Swift's "Journal to ___." : STELLA
33
Bread spread. : JAM
34
Landon and others. : ALFS
35
Agencies. : MEDIA
36
A load: Colloq. : TOTE
37
Spaniard's preface to "Gracias." : MIL
38
Propelled suddenly. : HURLED
39
Farm fixture. : SHED
40
Put on an act. : EMOTE
42
Any Edward. : NED
43
Market commodity. : CAN
44
Made corrections. : REWORDED
46
Marines' island base. : PARRIS
49
Weak condition. : ANEMIA
50
Gleason's pal. : ART
51
High Washingtonian. : IKE
52
Tourists' mecca. : STRATFORDONAVON
56
Leaned. : STOOPED
57
Good endings. : AMENS
58
Mountain nymphs. : OREADS
59
In itself. : PERSE
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Raised. : UPPED
2
Rock. : SHALE
3
Title song of Broadway play. : HOUSEOFFLOWERS
4
Joined up: Abbr. : ENL
5
Cloth jacket. : REEFER
6
Ship's officer. : MATE
7
Harriman's nickname. : AVE
8
Photographer's plate: Abbr. : NEG
9
Moves quickly. : TROTS
10
Signs. : INDICIA
11
Unforeseen. : SUDDEN
14
Canadian waterway. : SAINTJOHNRIVER
16
___ Williams. : TED
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Make a new package. : RECRATE
18
Thought wistfully. : DREAMED
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Charges. : DUES
24
Teased: Colloq. : NEEDLED
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Somewhat similar. : ALLIED
27
Noted author. : STERNE
29
TV necessities. : CAMERAS
30
Food. : ALIMENT
31
Dallas institution. : SMU
32
Teenager. : LAD
36
Former ruler. : TSAR
38
One with expectations. : HERITOR
41
Shade of red. : TOMATO
43
Short refresher. : CATNAP
45
1934's famous medic. : DAFOE
46
One side of the argument. : PRO
47
Religious images. : IKONS
48
Clear-headedness. : SENSE
50
Works mathematically. : ADDS
53
Coupon dispenser of former days. : OPA
54
___ clover. : RED
55
Soul: French. : AME

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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