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Marjorie M. Connelly
Marjorie M. Connelly

New York Times, Monday, April 23, 1956

45-Down : Crescent-shaped opening: Var.

Author:
Marjorie Connelly
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { H J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Marjorie M. Connelly has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Marjorie Connelly is an alias for Marjorie M. Connelly.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,491
Across
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Money. : ONES
5
Money. : BILLS
10
Money. : GOLD
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Venture. : DARE
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Milton's "regent of the son." : URIEL
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Oil-yielding tree. : EBOE
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Satan's province. : EVIL
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Abbreviated form of a Portuguese possession. : MADEIRAISL
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Money. : RECEIPTS
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A pool to maintain prices. : CARTEL
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Red man of Manitoba. : CREE
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Man from a dust bowl. : OKIE
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Lord. : MASTER
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Users of money. : SPENDERS
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Choir singers. : ALTOS
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Nobles. : PEERS
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Ingredient of sealing wax. : LAC
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Dress designer. : DIOR
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Systems. : PLANS
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Bye-bye. : TATA
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Swedish name of Turku. : ABO
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Brotherhoods on a campus. : FRATS
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___'s pence. : PETER
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Money. : MILLIONS
43
Chair repairers. : CANERS
44
Tale's first word. : ONCE
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Not of the clergy. : LAIC
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Money. : SPECIE
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Money. : CURRENCY
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Satisfies a person: 2 wds. : PLEASESONE
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___ contendere. : NOLO
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Relate. : TELL
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Money. : DIMES
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___ weight. : TROY
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States. : SAYS
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Ankle wear. : SPATS
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Palm tree. : SAGO
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River into the Baltic. : ODER
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Hub of a wheel. : NAVE
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Author Linklater. : ERIC
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Part of a TV set. : SELECTOR
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Shock-absorbing device. : BUMPER
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Enraged. : IRATE
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Tops. : LIDS
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Famous name in Utah. : LEE
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Weatherproof coats. : SLICKERS
10
Equipped. : GEARED
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Notice on a certain newspaper page. : OBIT
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Fail to keep. : LOSE
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Small valley. : DELL
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Pours. : RAINS
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Angers. : IRES
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Begins a season. : OPENS
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Title of courtesy. : MADAM
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Excuse. : ALIBI
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Bench for the feet. : STOOL
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Stock Exchange memberships. : SEATS
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Make joyful. : ELATE
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Estimator. : RATER
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Remaining marks. : SCARS
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Scorpion, for example. : PLANE
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Money. : PROCEEDS
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Money. : TENCENTS
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Windup. : FINIS
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Part of a full house. : PAIR
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Union organizations. : LOCALS
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Touch with affection. : CARESS
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Crescent-shaped opening: Var. : LUNET
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N. Y., Phila., etc. : SPTS
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Allegation. : PLEA
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Slithery. : EELY
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Cloud around a comet. : COMA
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Mrs. Helmer. : NORA
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Kind of dance. : CLOG
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Toy. : YOYO
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Taste. : SIP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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