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Diana R. Sessions
New York Times, Thursday, May 4, 1967
8-Down : Interrogate.
Author:
Diana Sessions
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J K Z }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Diana R. Sessions has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Diana Sessions is an alias for Diana R. Sessions.
1 D | 2 E | 3 S | 4 P | 5 A | 6 I | 7 R | 8 Q | 9 U | 10 E | 11 S | 12 T | 13 S |
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14 E | X | T | O | R | T | E | 15 D | 16 U | P | S | H | O | T |
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17 S | C | R | U | T | I | N | Y | 18 E | S | T | A | D | O |
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19 P | I | E | R | 20 S | E | N | 21 T | R | Y | 22 M | D | V |
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23 O | S | T | 24 G | A | R | Y | 25 A | B | L | E |
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26 T | E | C | 27 H | 28 P | E | S | O | 29 T | I | L | E | R |
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30 S | H | U | 31 T | E | 32 T | U | 33 T | O | R | E | S | S |
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34 M | O | D | 35 S | 36 T | A | S | M | |||||||
37 A | 38 Q | 39 U | A | R | I | U | 40 S | 41 W | H | A | 42 R | 43 F | ||
44 T | U | R | N | S | 45 G | A | 46 T | S | 47 P | E | R | 48 I |
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49 T | A | U | S | 50 O | A | T | Y | 51 F | A | S |
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52 A | R | G | 53 A | B | R | U | P | 54 T | 55 H | U | G | E |
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56 C | R | U | 57 I | S | E | 58 R | H | O | 59 D | E | S | I | A |
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60 H | E | A | T | H | S | 61 N | U | M | E | R | A | L | S |
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62 E | L | Y | S | E | E | 63 S | E | E | D | L | E | T |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,473
Across
1
Giant in "Pilgrim's Progress." : DESPAIR
8
Searches. : QUESTS
14
Wrested by force. : EXTORTED
16
Conclusion. : UPSHOT
17
Close examination. : SCRUTINY
18
State: Sp. : ESTADO
19
Breakwater. : PIER
20
Guard. : SENTRY
22
Date in Michelangelo's time. : MDV
23
Bone: Prefix. : OST
24
City on Lake Michigan. : GARY
25
Qualified. : ABLE
26
Carnegie ___. : TECH
28
Mexican dollar. : PESO
29
Worker on floors. : TILER
30
Nevil ___, English author. : SHUTE
32
Teacher. : TUTORESS
34
Youth group. : MODS
36
Island south of Australia: Abbr. : TASM
37
Zodiac sign. : AQUARIUS
41
Dock. : WHARF
44
Diverts. : TURNS
45
Pistols: Slang. : GATS
47
Houri's cousin. : PERI
49
Greek letters. : TAUS
50
Full of grain. : OATY
51
Musical syllables. : FAS
52
Neighbor of 39 Down: Abbr. : ARG
53
Sudden. : ABRUPT
55
Giant. : HUGE
56
Wander about. : CRUISE
58
Ian Smith's country. : RHODESIA
60
Areas in the Highlands. : HEATHS
61
Area codes, zip codes, etc. : NUMERALS
62
French president's residence. : ELYSEE
63
Small grain for sowing. : SEEDLET
Down
1
Autocrat. : DESPOT
2
Taxes. : EXCISES
3
Pitcher's action before the windup. : STRETCH
4
Flow. : POUR
5
Expression of beauty. : ART
6
"___ not raining rain to me ... " : ITIS
7
Go back on a promise: Colloq. : RENEGE
8
Interrogate. : QUERY
9
___-daisy. : UPSY
10
Id ___. : EST
11
Walk unsteadily. : SHAMBLE
12
Saunters. : TODDLES
13
Tenders of oasts, kilns, etc. : STOVERS
15
Ruler. : DYNAST
21
Rainbow ___. : TROUT
25
Chart of a kind. : AIRMAP
27
People. : HUMANS
28
Foot: Prefix. : PEDI
29
Balderdash. : TOSH
31
Certain hills. : TORS
33
Marbles. : TAWS
35
Term of endearment. : SUGAR
37
___ case. : ATTACHE
38
Altercation. : QUARREL
39
South American country. : URUGUAY
40
U.S. launch rocket. : SATURN
42
Declination. : REFUSAL
43
Delicate. : FRAGILE
46
One of Florence Nightingale's concerns. : TYPHUS
48
"East ___ ... " : ISEAST
50
Portly. : OBESE
53
Historic name in North Carolina. : ASHE
54
Weighty book. : TOME
55
Drove. : HERD
57
Pronoun. : ITS
59
River in Scotland. : DEE
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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