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Marian Moeser
Marian Moeser

New York Times, Saturday, December 11, 1954

Author:
Marian Moeser
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 49.1
Marian Moeser has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,992
Across
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Gallagher of Hollywood. : SKEETS
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Plug or cork. : STOPPLE
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Heroine of Irish legend. : DEIRDRE
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Plane feature. : AILERON
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Breaks faith: Colloq. : RENEGES
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Hurdlers. : LEAPERS
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Singular. : ODD
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Designating New York's time. : EASTERN
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Kansas Governor. : ARN
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How: German. : WIE
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Moved strongly. : STIRRED
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___ mater, part of the brain. : PIA
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Slav. : SERB
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Body of water. : SOUND
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Copycat. : APER
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Rye fungus. : ERGOT
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Recent: Comb. form. : NEO
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Reporter's product. : PROSE
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Alpine river. : AAR
34
Caliph's name. : ALI
35
Nickname of Jonas Chuzzlewit's wife. : MERRY
37
Diminutive of a girl's name. : BAB
40
Fresh-water fish. : TENCH
43
Classical fields. : ARTS
44
Fire iron. : POKER
46
Part of the agora. : STOA
47
American hero. : LEE
48
Animosities. : MALICES
50
Middle of the 11th century. : MLI
51
Barley beard. : AWN
52
Probable Columbus discovery, 1498. : ORINOCO
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Old cloth measure. : ELL
54
Shortchanged. : CHEATED
56
Star role in "Gone With the Wind." : MELANIE
58
Chemical substance in the body. : HORMONE
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Ordained. : ENACTED
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What carets are for. : INSERTS
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Engineer's problem. : STRESS
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More shabby. : SEEDIER
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The lollipop set. : KINDERGARTENERS
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Poet's conjunction. : ERE
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Sidles. : EDGES
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Delights. : TREATS
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Sitting. : SESSION
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City SE of Naples. : SALERNO
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Having rows. : TIERED
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Charlie Chan. : OLAND
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Live wire's attribute. : PEP
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Advance arrangements. : PREAPPOINTMENTS
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Trucks. : LORRIES
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Catch. : ENSNARE
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Emulate the dormouse. : DROWSE
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Indubitable. : TRUE
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Animals hunted in early England. : BOARS
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City in Provence. : ARLES
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Effort. : TRY
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Girl's nickname. : PAT
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Old Testament book. : MALACHI
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Butler's Utopia. : EREWHON
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Bright, shooting meteors. : BOLIDES
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Similar. : AKIN
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Turns into. : BECOMES
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Long-haired dogs. : COLLIES
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Shouted to, in greeting. : HAILED
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Home guide. : PARENT
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Late. : RECENT
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Michigan product. : MOTOR
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Of our system. : SOLAR
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Soul: Fr. : AME
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First-rate. : ACE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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