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Marian Moeser
Marian Moeser

New York Times, Saturday, September 11, 1954

55-Down : Exclamation of doubt.

Author:
Marian Moeser
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Marian Moeser has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,901
Across
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Gardener's mixture. : LOAM
5
Of the ends of the earth. : POLAR
10
___ fat hen." : ABIG
14
Academy dating from 1802. : USMA
15
Embodiment. : IMAGE
16
Hebrides isle. : IONA
17
Musical treat of fifty years ago. : FLORODORASEXTET
20
Acting flightily. : TOYING
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Word of chagrin. : DRAT
22
Mao ___-tung. : TSE
23
"Golden Treasury" items. : ODES
25
Near East peninsula. : SINAI
27
Silversides of California waters. : GRUNIONS
31
Weapons. : LANCES
34
A creek. : RUN
35
Carpentry items. : TNUTS
37
Fishing line. : SNELL
38
Old Norse poetry. : EDDA
40
Music by Gillespie. : BOP
41
Girl's name. : OLGA
42
Formative years. : TEENS
44
Turf. : SWARD
47
Chinese name. : LIN
48
Street signs. : ARROWS
50
Hollowing out. : SCOOPING
52
Western River, 1,000 miles long. : SNAKE
54
Feudal worker. : ESNE
55
Where: Latin. : UBI
57
Stream in miniature. : RILL
59
Involve. : ENTAIL
63
She loved Lieut. Pinkerton. : MADAMEBUTTERFLY
66
Boys' school. : PREP
67
Capek's creation. : ROBOT
68
Heraldry marking. : ORLE
69
Possess: Bibl. : HAST
70
Malmo native. : SWEDE
71
Failure to hold. : LOSS
Down
1
Air: German. : LUFT
2
City founded in 1050. : OSLO
3
Chinese port. : AMOY
4
City of Ohio. : MARION
5
"Executive Suite" actor. : PIDGEON
6
Shoulder: Comb. form. : OMO
7
Shortening. : LARD
8
Bases for bacteriological cultures. : AGARS
9
Voyage back. : RESAIL
10
City near Marseilles. : AIX
11
Famous Florentine. : BOTTICELLI
12
Spanish girl's name. : INES
13
Portal. : GATE
18
It is said: Fr. : ONDIT
19
Alcohol heaters. : ETNAS
24
Insults. : SNUBS
26
___ Domini. : ANNO
27
"Ninotchka." : GRETA
28
Harsher. : RUDER
29
Hidden surfaces. : UNDERSIDES
30
Puts away. : STOWS
32
City in Illinois. : ELGIN
33
Bopster's talk. : SLANG
36
Flying saucer territory. : SPACE
39
In a moment. : ANON
43
Rush hour crowd. : SWARM
45
Decoration. : ROSETTE
46
"Holy Sonnets" author. : DONNE
49
Olympics contestants. : SKIERS
51
Coal product. : PETROL
53
Jostle. : ELBOW
55
Exclamation of doubt. : UMPH
56
Pickford contemporary. : BARA
58
Machine oil. : LUBE
60
African: Comb. form. : AFRO
61
Doctor's field. : ILLS
62
Scrubber's materials. : LYES
64
Quick. : APT
65
A clump, as of ivy. : TOD

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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