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Marian Moeser
Marian Moeser

New York Times, Tuesday, May 10, 1955

39-Down : Rent-payers.

Author:
Marian Moeser
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.54, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, 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. 2,142
Across
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Louisiana fruits. : PAPAWS
7
Letter in Hellas. : PSI
10
Factor in "Antony and Cleopatra." : ASP
13
Becky's friend. : AMELIA
14
Worsted twill, used for academic gowns. : PRUNELLA
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Marred the quality of. : SPOILT
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Creator of Gargantua. : RABELAIS
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Sunday paper feature. : SUPPLEMENT
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Part of the electrician's argot. : AMPS
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Mr. Allen's former hangout. : ALLEY
22
See: Latin. : ECCE
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Small shark. : TOPE
24
Turned to the right. : GEED
25
Pilot. : FLIER
26
River into the Fulda. : EDER
27
Type of curve. : ESS
28
Wrestlers' backgrounds. : MATS
29
Artillerymen. : FIRERS
31
Experts at ripostes. : WITS
32
Sets in place. : PUTS
33
Juntos. : CABALS
36
Variety of plum. : GAGE
37
Maglie. : SAL
40
Pinks and reds. : HUES
41
Not so good. : WORSE
43
President Coty. : RENE
44
Turkish border river. : ARAS
45
In this condition. : ASIS
46
Works toward. : EARNS
47
Dickens' Miss Dartle. : ROSA
48
Hits of the baseball season. : LINEDRIVES
50
Signed up. : ARTICLED
52
Compose. : INDITE
53
Late stayers. : DALLIERS
54
Dolce far ___ (pleasant idleness): Ital. : NIENTE
55
Cathedral site in England. : ELY
56
Medicos: Abbr. : DRS
57
Suit makings. : SERGES
Down
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Journey by water. : PASSAGE
2
Druggist's concerns. : AMPULES
3
Inhabitants. : PEOPLES
4
Wing-footed, as a bat. : ALIPED
5
Author Ley. : WILLY
6
Fill up. : SATE
7
Do fancy footwork. : PRANCE
8
Artifice. : SUBTERFUGE
9
Adjective suffix. : INE
10
Glossy silk. : ALAMODE
11
Part of the "Cinderella" plot. : SLIPPER
12
Cautious bridge players. : PASSERS
14
Shortened account. : PRECIS
15
Snapping beetles. : ELATERS
19
Dissolves. : MELTS
25
Late popular pianist. : FATSWALLER
28
Spaniard's "thousand." : MIL
30
Native of: Suffix. : ITE
31
Convivial affair of olden times. : WASSAIL
32
Behind the times. : PASSE
33
Pantomimist's act, in a game. : CHARADE
34
Of dawn. : AURORAL
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Most ungentlemanly. : BEASTLY
36
Pulverizes. : GRINDS
37
Portion of food. : SERVING
38
Vaudevillian Kellerman. : ANNETTE
39
Rent-payers. : LESSEES
42
Basketry materials. : OSIERS
43
A Morgan man. : RAIDER
46
Actor Truex. : ERNIE
49
Clamors. : DINS
51
Part of Scotland Yard. : CID

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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