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Marian Moeser
New York Times, Wednesday, January 27, 1954
Author:
Marian Moeser
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { K Q }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13, Grid flow: 33.8
Marian Moeser has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 W | 2 H | 3 I | 4 M | 5 C | 6 A | 7 R | 8 E | 9 S | 10 M | 11 A | 12 R | 13 S |
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14 A | E | R | O | 15 A | G | O | R | A | 16 A | R | I | A |
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17 F | R | A | N | 18 Z | J | O | S | E | F | 19 S | T | O | W |
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20 S | E | S | S | I | O | N | S | 21 F | 22 L | O | A | T | S |
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23 O | N | L | Y | 24 B | R | O | N | X | ||||||
25 S | 26 T | 27 O | O | G | E | 28 B | R | O | W | S | E | 29 R | 30 S |
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31 N | O | U | N | S | 32 P | A | I | N | E | 33 R | I | P |
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34 O | U | T | S | 35 R | A | I | N | S | 36 A | X | L | E |
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37 U | T | E | 38 P | E | R | R | Y | 39 S | T | E | L | E |
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40 T | E | R | 41 R | A | P | I | N | 42 B | I | A | S | E | D |
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43 S | O | U | L | S | 44 M | E | R | L | ||||||
45 C | 46 U | P | O | L | A | 47 G | I | V | E | A | 48 W | 49 A | 50 Y |
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51 A | R | A | S | 52 C | 53 I | N | C | I | N | N | A | T | I |
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54 S | E | C | T | 55 E | N | A | R | E | 56 T | R | O | P |
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57 E | Y | E | S | 58 D | A | T | O | S | 59 A | S | P | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,674
Across
1
Fancy. : WHIM
5
They "fold their tents like the Arabs." : CARES
10
Symbol of war. : MARS
14
Gas: Comb. form. : AERO
15
Market place. : AGORA
16
Opera ingredient. : ARIA
17
Monarch of 1914. : FRANZJOSEF
19
Put away. : STOW
20
Meetings. : SESSIONS
21
Parade vehicles. : FLOATS
23
And no more. : ONLY
24
Home of 1,451,277 New Yorkers. : BRONX
25
Comedian's foil. : STOOGE
28
Book samplers. : BROWSERS
31
Substantives. : NOUNS
32
18th century writer. : PAINE
33
Catskills resident. : RIP
34
Baseball's big three. : OUTS
35
Prominent English actor. : RAINS
36
Spindle. : AXLE
37
Indian. : UTE
38
Hero of Put-in-Bay. : PERRY
39
Monument. : STELE
40
Turtle. : TERRAPIN
42
Prejudiced. : BIASED
43
All ___ Day. : SOULS
44
European blackbird. : MERL
45
Ceiling form. : CUPOLA
47
Modern type of TV program. : GIVEAWAY
51
Turkish river. : ARAS
52
City named after Roman hero. : CINCINNATI
54
Division. : SECT
55
Lake of Finland. : ENARE
56
Too much: Fr. : TROP
57
Regards. : EYES
58
Moro chiefs in P. I. : DATOS
59
Horned vipers. : ASPS
Down
1
Members of the USAF. : WAFS
2
On earth. : HERE
3
Cleopatra's faithful maid. : IRAS
4
Seasonal winds in southern Asia. : MONSOONS
5
Wheedle. : CAJOLE
6
___ column for personals. : AGONY
7
Sea near Little America. : ROSS
8
Rather than. : ERE
9
Yellow colors. : SAFFRONS
10
Free and Accepted ___. : MASONS
11
Persian warrior king. : ARTAXERXES
12
Uprising. : RIOT
13
Occasional musical instruments. : SAWS
18
Sounds made by 13 Down. : ZINGS
22
Member of Everest expedition. : LOWE
24
The ocean (with "the"). : BRINY
25
Prominent feature of a tapir. : SNOUT
26
All: French. : TOUTE
27
Science fiction word. : OUTERSPACE
28
Child. : BAIRN
29
Moon valley. : RILLE
30
Run. : SPEED
32
Coty's capital. : PARIS
35
Paid back. : REPLACED
36
Swift-footed Greek huntress. : ATALANTA
38
Sen. Douglas. : PAUL
39
Origin of "Sailor, beware!" : SIREN
41
Alights. : ROOSTS
42
Groups, especially of girls. : BEVIES
44
Small: Comb. form. : MICRO
45
Senator from South Dakota. : CASE
46
American scientist. : UREY
47
Midge. : GNAT
48
World affairs. : WARS
49
Above. : ATOP
50
Barks. : YIPS
53
"Once ___ blue moon." : INA
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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