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Diana R. Sessions
Diana R. Sessions

New York Times, Saturday, May 26, 1956

38-Down : Concerted action for some cause.

Author:
Diana Sessions
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Diana R. Sessions has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Diana Sessions is an alias for Diana R. Sessions.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,524
Across
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Ludicrous. : ABSURD
7
College degrees. : ABS
10
Brothers. : MEN
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It was founded by Anna Jarvis, 1914. : MOTHERSDAY
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Staff. : CANE
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Trailing arbutuses. : MAYFLOWERS
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"With a smile ___ song ... " : ANDA
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Ocean: Abbr. : ATL
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Miss Gardner and namesakes. : AVAS
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Mark. : TARGET
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Stanza of six lines. : SESTET
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Thighbones. : FEMORA
25
Poetic contraction. : OER
26
Mario Lanza hit. : BEMYLOVE
28
Useful fibers. : HEMPS
31
Fleur-___. : DELIS
32
Tennessee football player. : VOL
33
Exclamation of sorrow. : ALAS
34
___ acid. : BORIC
35
European blackbird: Poet. : MERL
36
Exclamation to attract attention. : HEY
37
Sharp teeth. : FANGS
38
Disorder of certain wines. : CASSE
39
Secures. : ACQUIRES
41
___corn. : TRI
42
Home of the Green Wave. : TULANE
43
Straying. : TRUANT
46
Attractive. : PRETTY
47
"___ Tod," from the Peer Gynt suite. : ASES
48
Three. : III
50
Gardener. : HOER
51
Schools. : ALMAMATERS
54
Actress Best. : EDNA
55
Copies. : REPRODUCES
56
Catcher Westrum. : WES
57
German article. : DAS
58
Curative. : REMEDY
Down
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Spiritual mother. : AMMA
2
Shells. : BOATS
3
Fashion. : STYLE
4
Designating a high-frequency current: Abbr. : UHF
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Tells. : RELATES
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Cattle dealer. : DROVER
7
Drinks. : ADES
8
Stripe. : BAR
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Relating to a formulated theory. : SYSTEMIC
10
Trees found in swamps. : MANGROVES
11
Strives. : ENDEAVORS
12
Trim. : NEAT
14
Clout. : SWAT
15
King of Rumania, 1930-1940. : CAROL
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Miss Lowell and namesakes. : AMYS
23
Dips in liquid. : SOPS
24
Cat genus. : FELIS
26
Nancy and Patty. : BERGS
27
French pronoun. : ELLE
28
Expression of laughter. : HAHA
29
Part of a battery. : ELECTRODE
30
Participants in college festivals. : MAYQUEENS
31
Recipient of a gift. : DONEE
34
Part of a farm. : BARNYARD
35
Loveliest Pleiad, mother of Hermes. : MAIA
37
Sanction. : FIAT
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Concerted action for some cause. : CRUSADE
40
Extravagant. : ULTRA
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Vibration. : TREMOR
43
Ruler. : TSAR
44
Relative. : NIECE
45
Fagged. : TIRED
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Exclamation of weariness. : PHEW
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Units of electrical current: Abbr. : AMPS
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Suburb of Paris. : ISSY
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Pasture. : LEA
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Sound of a plucked banjo string. : TUM

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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