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Marian Moeser
Marian Moeser

New York Times, Friday, July 16, 1954

14-Down : A useless piece of finery.

Author:
Marian Moeser
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.54, Missing: { G Q X }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Marian Moeser has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,844
Across
1
Cupid. : ARCHER
7
Army officers: Abbr. : LTS
10
Engine part. : CAM
13
Loud color. : CERISE
14
Shopper's opportunity. : FIRESALE
16
Ancient sacred writings. : AVESTA
17
Asiatic part of Turkey. : ANATOLIA
18
Concealed one's true feelings. : DISSEMBLED
20
Parts of the face. : LIDS
21
Sinuosities. : ESSES
22
Seed wings. : ALAE
23
Form of silica. : OPAL
24
Reward: Poet. : MEED
25
Personal asset. : CHARM
26
He lived near 17 Across. : MEDE
27
Measures: Abbr. : YDS
28
Lockup. : JAIL
29
Sao Miguel, Terceira, Fayal. : AZORES
31
Body of an animal. : SOMA
32
Singing bird. : WREN
33
Nebraskan river. : PLATTE
36
Means of transportation. : BIKE
37
Timely. : PAT
40
A tale: Archaic. : REDE
41
Droops. : LOLLS
43
Spanish fiddler's bow. : ARCO
44
___ so (extremely). : EVER
45
Of speech. : ORAL
46
Glasses: Colloq. : SPECS
47
Knock down. : FELL
48
Swiss physician and alchemist. : PARACELSUS
50
Make unfriendly. : ALIENATE
52
Move. : AROUSE
53
Placed symmetrically. : CENTERED
54
Present time. : SUMMER
55
Sooner than. : ERE
56
Unpaired. : ODD
57
Right heat for outdoor cooking. : EMBERS
Down
1
Air Force project at Colorado. : ACADEMY
2
Changed or amended. : REVISED
3
Greens. : CRESSES
4
Expressed disapproval. : HISSED
5
Senator's name. : ESTES
6
500 sheets of paper. : REAM
7
Having length only. : LINEAR
8
Symbols on products. : TRADEMARKS
9
Implacable. : SET
10
Measuring instrument. : CALIPER
11
Instrument for map makers. : ALIDADE
12
German ___. : MEASLES
14
A useless piece of finery. : FALLAL
15
A very wise man. : SOLOMON
19
Large seaport in Brazil. : BAHIA
25
Giraffe. : CAMELOPARD
28
Iota. : JOT
30
Holland feature. : ZEE
31
Source of caviar. : STERLET
32
Authoress Gibbs. : WILLA
33
Introduce. : PREFACE
34
Worker for equality. : LEVELER
35
Girl in a song. : ADELINE
36
Trumpeted. : BLARED
37
Suppose. : PRESUME
38
Plaintiff's role. : ACCUSER
39
Restless ones. : TOSSERS
42
Indulged in bombast. : ORATED
43
Self-possession. : APLOMB
46
Relative of plasma. : SERUM
49
State of affairs. : CASE
51
Latest: Comb. form. : NEO

Answer summary:
9 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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