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Marion Moeser
Marion Moeser

New York Times, Saturday, May 18, 1957

34-Down : Most fussy.

Author:
Marion Moeser
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { F Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Marion Moeser has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,881
Across
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Teddybear's competitors. : PANDAS
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Way often called "beaten." : PATH
11
Gilbert's "___ Ballads." : BAB
14
Fifth century warrior. : ALARIC
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Thought: Comb. form. : IDEO
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Architect's form. : ELL
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Spaniard's lady. : SENORA
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Pretty child. : DOLL
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Milton's "light fantastic ___." : TOE
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Stitcher's line. : SEAM
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Doll reminiscent of James Whitcomb Riley character. : RAGGEDYANN
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Soames Forsyte's first wife. : IRENE
26
Ate, Army style. : MESSED
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Jewel or trinket. : BIJOU
30
Types of cigars. : CORONAS
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One: Span. : UNA
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Elizabethan musical instrument. : SPINET
35
Slangy assent. : YEAH
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Little Eva's papa. : STCLARE
40
Luxembourg's border river. : MOSELLE
42
Part of a dress. : YOKE
43
Acquired by heredity. : INBORN
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Place for a flea. : EAR
46
Ratlike animal. : HAMSTER
48
System. : ORDER
50
Defendant in a famous trial, 1925. : SCOPES
52
Nigerian commercial town. : ASABA
54
Game birds. : PARTRIDGES
56
Scientist's material. : DATA
60
Rhone tributary. : AIN
61
___ estate. : REAL
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Gave greeting. : HAILED
64
Angry man's emotion. : IRE
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Shipwrecked one's refuge. : ISLE
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Capaneus' faithful wife. : EVADNE
67
And not. : NOR
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Summers: Fr. : ETES
69
Mixed greens. : SALADS
Down
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Non-payer's ticket. : PASS
2
Not aweather. : ALEE
3
Zola tale of Paris. : NANA
4
Antipholus' servant, "Comedy of Errors." : DROMIO
5
Modern travel route. : AIR
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Frighten. : SCARE
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The "Happiest Millionaire." : PIDGEON
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"___ in the manger." : ADOG
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Hydraulic device. : TELEMOTOR
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Oscar-winner of 1953. : HOLDEN
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Much-adorned. : BETASSELED
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Not in company. : ALONE
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Mixture. : BLEND
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Of times long past. : ANCIENT
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Belgian concert violinist. : YSAYE
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Genus of deer. : RUSA
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Active. : BUSY
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Preposition. : INTO
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Well-known pie fancier. : JACKHORNER
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Rueful reaction. : REMORSE
34
Most fussy. : PRISSIEST
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Seed wings: Bot. : ALAE
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Sir, in Berlin. : HERR
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Vaulted, poetically. : LEAPT
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Supercilious one. : SNOB
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Favorite pets of U. S. : BEAGLES
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Adjective for old England. : MERRIE
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Branching outward. : RADIAL
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Where Toledo is. : SPAIN
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City founded in 969. : CAIRO
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Volcano's products. : ASHES
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Actress Evans. : DALE
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"Guys and Dolls" star. : ALDA
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Watch over. : TEND
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Fruity blends. : ADES
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Big movie name. : AVA

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

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