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Diana R. Sessions
Diana R. Sessions

New York Times, Saturday, June 23, 1956

Author:
Diana Sessions
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 12.9 Grid has duplicate clues.
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. 2,552
Across
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Former Secretary of State. : HAY
4
Israeli statesman. : EBAN
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Superior in position. : MAJOR
13
Star of the society pages. : JUNEBRIDE
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As ___ (usually). : ARULE
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European capital. : AMSTERDAM
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Groups of people. : BANDS
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Exclamation of contempt. : BAW
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Well-known name in Denver. : DOUD
20
Deprived of. : BEREFT
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American playwright. : ONEILL
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___ C., Gov't. loan agency. : HOL
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Court. : WOO
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___ incognita. : TERRA
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Muse of history. : CLIO
28
Capital of Switzerland. : BERN
29
Stamp. : IMPRINT
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Military bodies: Abbr. : REGS
32
Hydrogen or nitrogen. : GAS
34
Singer Lehmann. : LOTTE
35
Name on certain "buttons." : IKE
36
Green stone. : JADE
37
Former Secretary of State. : ACHESON
39
Countries in Africa and North America: Abbr. : USAS
40
Prompted. : CUED
41
Darlings. : DEARS
45
___ de plume. : NOM
46
Paul, the guitarist. : LES
47
Small island in New York Bay. : BEDLOE
48
Miss Dinsmore's namesakes. : ELSIES
50
Measures: Abbr. : GALS
52
Id ___. : EST
53
Small, round and glistening. : BEADY
54
Historic day of 1944. : JUNESIXTH
56
Not rented. : UNLET
57
Firths. : ESTUARIES
58
Simpletons. : GEESE
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Pronoun. : THIS
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Play by ___. : EAR
Down
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Compassionate. : HUMANE
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Be sufficient. : ANSWER
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Even now. : YET
4
Actor Flynn. : ERROL
5
Soprano Sayão. : BIDU
6
Babylonian storm god. : ADAD
7
___ con. (with no one contradicting): Lat. abbr. : NEM
8
Girl's name meaning "lovable." : MABEL
9
Pine tree of Morocco. : ARAR
10
Special event at West Point. : JUNEWEEK
11
Mining town in Pennsylvania. : OLDFORGE
12
Washington correspondent and family. : RESTONS
13
Lace trimming for a blouse. : JABOT
14
Tumult. : BEDLAM
20
Northern constellation. : BOOTES
22
Flags. : IRISES
23
Intimated. : HINTED
26
The flower that blooms in the spring. : CROCUS
27
Flexible. : LITHE
28
Treated with a saline solution. : BRINED
30
Short streets. : PLACES
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Flammable liquid: Var. : GASOLENE
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Water: Colloq. : ADAMSALE
36
Summer insect. : JUNEBUG
38
City on the Black Sea. : ODESSA
42
Girl's name. : ALEXIA
43
List. : ROSTER
44
Thomas and others. : SETHS
46
U. S. carrier. : LEYTE
47
Petits ___, express letters in Paris. : BLEUS
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___ of March. : IDES
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Effusive display of sentiment: Colloq. : GUSH
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Opposed to a given proposal. : ANTI
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Skyhawk, for instance. : JET
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Anger. : IRE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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