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Marion Moeser
New York Times, Friday, August 24, 1956
Author:
Marion Moeser
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Marion Moeser has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 E | 3 S | 4 T | 5 L | 6 L | 7 A | 8 M | 9 A | 10 A | 11 C | 12 M | 13 E |
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14 O | B | O | E | 15 A | A | R | O | N | 16 C | L | O | D |
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17 B | R | A | N | 18 D | Y | W | I | N | E | 19 T | A | T | E |
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20 S | O | R | T | I | E | S | 21 E | M | 22 E | R | S | O | N |
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23 I | N | T | 24 S | T | I | L | E | S | ||||||
25 B | 26 R | 27 U | N | E | T | 28 T | E | 29 C | O | S | M | 30 O | 31 S |
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32 L | O | N | G | 33 E | R | A | 34 S | 35 P | S | A | L | M |
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36 A | G | T | 37 I | S | O | L | A | 38 T | E | 39 T | I | E |
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40 S | U | R | 41 E | R | 42 T | E | T | E | 43 D | E | V | A |
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44 T | E | A | P | O | 45 T | 46 R | E | L | 47 E | A | S | E | R |
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48 V | I | N | O | 49 U | S | 50 L | A | K | ||||||
51 C | 52 R | E | S | S | O | N | 53 S | T | R | O | 54 K | 55 E | 56 D |
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57 H | I | L | T | 58 M | A | 59 R | K | A | N | T | O | N | Y |
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60 I | C | E | L | 61 B | R | O | I | L | 62 A | K | I | N |
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63 D | A | D | E | 64 S | M | I | T | E | 65 N | O | D | E |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,614
Across
1
The March Hare's "___ butter." : BEST
5
Andean beast. : LLAMA
10
The utmost. : ACME
14
Hautboy. : OBOE
15
Composer Copland. : AARON
16
Phlegmatic creature. : CLOD
17
Site of 1777 battle. : BRANDYWINE
19
London art gallery. : TATE
20
Raids. : SORTIES
21
Longfellow contemporary. : EMERSON
23
Bank abbreviations. : INT
24
Pastoral steps. : STILES
25
Spanish beauty, for example. : BRUNETTE
29
White, pink or purple flower. : COSMOS
32
Louisiana Governor. : LONG
33
Historians' subjects. : ERAS
35
Song of David. : PSALM
36
Agent: Abbr. : AGT
37
Place alone. : ISOLATE
39
Connection. : TIE
40
Less doubtful. : SURER
42
Head: Fr. : TETE
43
Good spirit of Hindu myth. : DEVA
44
Item on the March Hare's table. : TEAPOT
46
Freer. : RELEASER
48
Descriptive of Bacchus. : VINOUS
50
"Mighty ___ a Rose." : LAK
51
Robert E. Peary's birthplace, in Pa. : CRESSON
53
Set the rate of rowing for (a crew). : STROKED
57
Tool handle. : HILT
58
Leader at Philippi. : MARKANTONY
60
Island country: Abbr. : ICEL
61
Cook. : BROIL
62
Similar. : AKIN
63
Miami's county. : DADE
64
Hit. : SMITE
65
Central point. : NODE
Down
1
Floats on fish lines. : BOBS
2
Saragossa's river. : EBRO
3
Rise high. : SOAR
4
Civil War activity. : TENTING
5
Nursery provisions. : LAYETTES
6
Mosaical contribution. : LAWS
7
Town N. of Ft. Wayne. : ARI
8
French impressionist. : MONET
9
Unvigorous. : ANEMIC
10
Stage innovation, circa 1656. : ACTRESS
11
Bradley and Eisenhower. : CLASSMATES
12
Marquand's detective. : MOTO
13
Prominent Briton. : EDEN
18
Feast. : DINE
22
Wed in haste. : ELOPE
24
Specialized seamen. : SEALERS
25
Gust of wind. : BLAST
26
What Hamlet called himself. : ROGUE
27
Seldom visited. : UNTRAVELED
28
Move apace. : TROT
30
___ branch. : OLIVE
31
Untidy mark. : SMEAR
34
Cloy. : SATE
37
Niblicks. : IRONS
38
Revealing. : TELLTALE
41
Letter. : EPISTLE
43
Brunsdale or Foss. : DAKOTAN
45
Georgia senator, secessionist, Confederate Secy. of State, 1861. : TOOMBS
47
Deserve. : EARN
49
Remove weapons. : UNARM
51
Upbraided. : CHID
52
Costa ___. : RICA
53
Acting material. : SKIT
54
G. and S. character. : KOKO
55
Fourth largest city of Oklahoma. : ENID
56
Unit of force. : DYNE
59
Vive le ___! : ROI
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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