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Diana R. Sessions
Diana R. Sessions

New York Times, Saturday, July 28, 1956

1-Down : Acrimonious.

Author:
Diana Sessions
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 4 (2 double stacks), Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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. 2,587
Across
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___ entendu (to be sure): Fr. : BIEN
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Tailless amphibian. : TOAD
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Ali ___. : BABA
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Result of Jefferson's writing. : INDEPENDENCEDAY
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Ten important articles. : THEBILLOFRIGHTS
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Color. : TAN
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Reina's spouse. : REY
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Mark. : TARGET
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Italian girl's name. : ELISA
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Francis and Clifford. : CASES
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Tells. : RECITES
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Pertaining to a sign of the zodiac. : TAURINE
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Certain brokers. : REALTORS
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Promise. : VOW
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Army men: Abbr. : PFCS
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Simpletons. : GEESE
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Tribe or clan. : GENS
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Period of time. : ERA
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Belief. : CREDENCE
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"___ the stars get in your eyes." : DONTLET
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Receptions. : ATHOMES
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Of the sound phase on TV. : AUDIO
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Actress Massey. : ILONA
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Leg bone. : FIBULA
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Cereal spike. : EAR
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Cape: Geog. : RAS
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Privilege specified in 17 Across. : FREEDOMOFSPEECH
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Item on the Congressional agenda. : FORTYNINTHSTATE
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Bother. : FUSS
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___ Street. : EASY
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An ornery fellow. : CUSS
Down
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Acrimonious. : BITTER
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Breathe in. : INHALE
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Resembling Paradise. : EDENIC
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Where Lincoln is: Abbr. : NEB
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Operating at a distance: Comb. form. : TELE
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Single. : ONLY
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Flurry. : ADO
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Skillful. : DEFT
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Suppliant. : BEGGAR
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Tenacious. : ADHESIVE
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Devour with gluttony. : BATTENON
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Yeses. : AYS
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Teach, for example. : PIRATE
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Government agency of the Thirties. : NRA
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Any riotiously entertaining person: Colloq. : CIRCUS
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Knights and baronets. : SIRS
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Hems. : SEWS
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Tidal flood. : EAGRE
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Icy particles. : SLEET
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Where the owl and the pussy cat went. : TOSEA
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Colloquial verbal contraction. : ARENT
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Williams of Boston. : TED
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Pastoral staffs. : PEDA
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Showy accessories. : FROUFROU
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Confectioners. : CANDIERS
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Science course: Abbr. : GEOL
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Obscure. : CLOUDY
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Short, sharp sounds. : CHIRPS
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___ capital is Lhasa. : TIBETS
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French general (1763-1813). : MOREAU
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Legislates. : ENACTS
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Belts. : SASHES
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Actor Chaney. : LON
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Girl friend: Fr. : AMIE
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Newts. : EFTS
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Light-gray. : ASHY
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Musical direction: Abbr. : FFF
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" ... ___ wing and a prayer." : ONA
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And so forth: Abbr. : ETC

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

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