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Diana R. Sessions
Diana R. Sessions

New York Times, Wednesday, January 1, 1975

1-Across : Contests

Author:
Diana Sessions
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 28.1 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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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,272
Across
1
Contests : RACES
6
Incite : GOAD
10
Information : DATA
14
Earth pigment : OCHRE
15
Chaplin film : LIMELIGHT
17
"Not in the ___" : LEAST
18
Source of martini additives : OLIVETREE
19
Course for aggies : FORESTRY
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Undivided : ENTIRE
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Newt : EFT
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___ polloi : HOI
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Choir member : ALTO
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Girl of TV series : RHODA
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Hawaiian food : POI
28
Cunning : SLY
31
Welcome : GREET
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Mom's specialty : APPLEPIE
35
Pronoun : YOUR
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Yellowish colors : GILTS
38
Part of a ship : PROW
39
Color similar to spinach green : MOSSTONE
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Checks : REINS
42
Sault ___ Marie : STE
43
Korean soldier : ROK
44
___ light : GREEN
46
Teazle or bug : LADY
47
Unit of length : ROD
48
Gazelle of Tibet : GOA
51
Like a venomous snake : ASPISH
54
English sheep : LINCOLNS
56
Vacation spots : SEASHORES
58
Mine tunnels : ADITS
59
Cue-wielder's game : KELLYPOOL
60
Kind of tea : PEKOE
61
Snick and ___ : SNEE
62
Counting-out word : EENY
63
Snoozed : SLEPT
Down
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Powhatan's son-in-law : ROLFE
2
The ___ spades : ACEOF
3
French liqueur : CHARTREUSE
4
Gaelic : ERSE
5
Certain basketball throw : SETSHOT
6
Miss Mundi? : GLORIA
7
Suave : OILY
8
Bon ___ : AMI
9
Evolves : DEVELOPS
10
Likewise : DITTO
11
Fields: Lat. : AGRI
12
Wild beast: Prefix : THER
13
To ___ (exactly) : ATEE
16
Soup ingredient : LENTIL
20
Wool weight : TOD
24
Engagement: Abbr. : APPT
26
Pronoun : HERS
28
Vernal : SPRINGLIKE
29
Courageous one : LION
30
Evergreens : YEWS
31
Sports places : GYMS
32
Turnip or radish : ROOT
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Adam's ___ : ALE
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Fencing sword : EPEE
36
Famous Cape : GOODHOPE
37
Black : INKY
40
Worthless : TRASHY
41
Baggage carriers : REDCAPS
44
Forbidding : GRISLY
45
Nessen of the White House : RON
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Hosiery material : LISLE
49
In the lead : ONTOP
50
Resource : ASSET
51
Inquires : ASKS
52
Visualized : SEEN
53
Dim : PALE
54
Ponce de ___ : LEON
55
Medieval Teutonic estate: Var. : ODEL
57
Richard ___ : ROE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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