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Marian Moeser
Marian Moeser

New York Times, Saturday, August 14, 1954

37-Down : Arthur Kober's heroine.

Author:
Marian Moeser
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, 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. 1,873
Across
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Apathetic one. : MOPE
5
City of mosques, in Iraq. : BASRA
10
Roasting adjunct. : SPIT
14
Former Bulgarian ruler. : IVAN
15
Conceal (property): Law. : ELOIN
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Think deeply. : PORE
17
Balboa resident. : CENTRALAMERICAN
20
Exert effort. : ENDEAVOR
21
Empty heads. : MORONS
22
Start. : ONSET
23
City near Milan. : LODI
24
Handcrafter's material. : PEWTER
26
Tundra region of Canada. : MANITOBA
30
Chile's eastern wall. : ANDES
31
Subjects of a Luce play. : WOMEN
32
Einstein's birthplace. : ULM
33
Central figure in Egyptian myth. : ISIS
34
Salt ___. : MINES
35
Attican arcade. : STOA
36
Paris street. : RUE
37
Series E items. : BONDS
38
Football players. : BACKS
39
Old Roman coin. : SESTERCE
41
Bowls: French. : BOULES
42
Wings on some seeds. : ALAE
43
Magna ___. : CARTA
44
Tumbles. : SPILLS
47
Generous giving. : LARGESSE
50
The man on the two-dollar bill. : THOMASJEFFERSON
52
Eastern aborigine. : AINU
53
Artist's standby. : EASEL
54
Scientific find of 1898. : NEON
55
Pleased. : GLAD
56
"Milquetoast" character. : SISSY
57
Are: Spanish. : ESTA
Down
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Field dwellers. : MICE
2
Place for 3 Down. : OVEN
3
Deep-dish apple pies. : PANDOWDIES
4
Governmental understandings. : ENTENTES
5
Fur animal. : BEAVER
6
Give or assign. : ALLOT
7
Leave the ground. : SOAR
8
Outer portion. : RIM
9
Sea animals resembling flowers. : ANEMONES
10
Life. : SPIRIT
11
Somewhat: Mus. direction. : POCO
12
Part of the Middle East. : IRAN
13
Honors, at bridge. : TENS
18
Demolishes. : RASES
19
French sculptor. : RODIN
23
Incapacitates. : LAMES
24
Twosomes. : PAIRS
25
Result. : ENSUE
26
Sophisticate's world. : MONDE
27
Puts in the shade. : OUTCLASSES
28
Man, in British slang. : BLOKE
29
Gather. : AMASS
31
Flinch. : WINCE
34
Perplexing states of affairs. : MORASSES
35
French export. : SAUTERNE
37
Arthur Kober's heroine. : BELLA
38
A one-man show. : BORGE
40
Mishnah and Gemara. : TALMUD
41
Lost week-ender. : BARFLY
43
Eating places. : CAFES
44
Forest denizen. : STAG
45
The Scooter. : PHIL
46
Hebrides island. : IONA
47
Smaller. : LESS
48
Winter by-product. : SOOT
49
City in Sicily. : ENNA
51
___ alai. : JAI

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

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