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Marian Moeser
New York Times, Saturday, September 11, 1954
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, Grid flow: 32.2
Marian Moeser has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 L | 2 O | 3 A | 4 M | 5 P | 6 O | 7 L | 8 A | 9 R | 10 A | 11 B | 12 I | 13 G |
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14 U | S | M | A | 15 I | M | A | G | E | 16 I | O | N | A |
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17 F | L | O | R | 18 O | D | O | R | A | S | 19 E | X | T | E | T |
20 T | O | Y | I | N | G | 21 D | R | A | T | 22 T | S | E |
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23 O | D | E | 24 S | 25 S | I | N | 26 A | I | ||||||
27 G | 28 R | 29 U | N | I | O | N | 30 S | 31 L | A | N | C | 32 E | 33 S |
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34 R | U | N | 35 T | N | U | T | 36 S | 37 S | N | E | L | L |
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38 E | D | D | 39 A | 40 B | O | P | 41 O | L | G | A |
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42 T | E | E | N | 43 S | 44 S | W | A | 45 R | 46 D | 47 L | I | N |
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48 A | R | R | O | W | 49 S | 50 S | C | O | O | 51 P | I | N | G |
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52 S | N | A | K | 53 E | 54 E | S | N | E | ||||||
55 U | 56 B | I | 57 R | I | L | 58 L | 59 E | N | T | 60 A | 61 I | 62 L |
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63 M | A | D | 64 A | M | E | B | U | 65 T | T | E | R | F | L | Y |
66 P | R | E | P | 67 R | O | B | O | T | 68 O | R | L | E |
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69 H | A | S | T | 70 S | W | E | D | E | 71 L | O | S | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,901
Across
1
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
21
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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