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Diana R. Sessions
Diana R. Sessions

CENTER OF ATTRACTION

New York Times, Sunday, December 15, 1968

58-Down : Continues

Author:
Diana Sessions
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 136, Blocks: 62, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 608 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 155, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15, Grid flow: 28.4
Diana R. Sessions has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Diana Sessions is an alias for Diana R. Sessions.
David Steinberg notes:

Original clue for 89-Across had "narwahl"; corrected it to "narwhal."

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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,064
Across
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Score : TWENTY
7
U.N. concern : BIAFRA
13
Headdresses : TIARAS
19
Feted one : HONOREE
21
Performance : ACTION
22
Umbrian town : ASSISI
23
Elmer Rice play : ONTRIAL
24
Pirate's plunder : PIECESOFEIGHT
26
Self: Fr. : MOI
27
More direct route : SHORTCUT
29
Darby's Joan : WIFE
30
Sticky stuff : GOO
31
Enveloping glow : AURA
33
Dickens dwarf : QUILP
34
Lean (on) : RELY
35
Where El Misti is : PERU
36
Rung : STEP
37
Semblance : GUISE
38
Really : VERY
39
Cap : BERET
40
Ancestor : PARENT
42
Arena men: Abbr. : REFS
43
Weight : TON
44
Beau ideals : PARAGONS
47
Flax: Sp. : LINO
48
Weary hiker : TRUDGER
52
Sir John Hunt's goal : EVEREST
53
Solve : FIGUREOUT
55
River into the Paraguay : APA
56
Chough's cousins : RAVENS
57
Snug-fitting : TIGHTMADE
58
Chiefly: Abbr. : PRIN
59
Scallop : CRENA
60
"Ere the ___ Julius fell" : MIGHTIEST
61
Salt water: Dial. : BRACK
62
Forewarning : HINT
63
Worry : NIGHTMARE
64
Heavy shoe : BROGUE
65
Old French coin : ECU
66
Fund-raising programs : TELETHONS
67
Ride sharers : POOLERS
68
Churned : SEETHED
70
1891 heroine : TESS
71
Tamarin : MARMOSET
72
Unite : WED
73
Egyptian weight: Var. : KAAT
74
Incandescent lamp : HELION
75
Uncertain : ATSEA
78
Stormy : WILD
79
Seeds : GERMS
80
___ Chaco, S. A. plain : GRAN
84
Chinquapin : TREE
85
Pointed tool : PICK
86
Guava : ARACA
87
Kind of trailer : SEMI
88
Obsession : TIC
89
Feature of the narwhal : TUSK
90
Cocktail : APERITIF
93
Jiffy : SEC
94
Reflections of a sort : AFTERTHOUGHTS
97
Structure : EDIFICE
99
Cupboard : CLOSET
100
Potato starch : FARINA
101
Joy : DELIGHT
102
Misbelief : HERESY
103
Defoe character : FRIDAY
104
English poet : SIDNEY
Down
1
British poet : THOMAS
2
Was successful: Colloq. : WONOUT
3
Undivided : ENTIRE
4
Conjunction : NOR
5
Thrice: Prefix : TRIS
6
Uh-huh : YEAH
7
Church member : BAPTIST
8
Christmas tree ornament : ICICLE
9
Consumed : ATEUP
10
Not genuine: Abbr. : FICT
11
___ deer : ROE
12
Serves : ANSWERS
13
Candy : TAFFY
14
Conversational comment : ISEE
15
"Just ___ am ... " : ASI
16
Parachute worker : RIGGER
17
On land : ASHORE
18
Stay aloof from : SITOUT
20
Expressive : ELOQUENT
25
Suave : OILY
28
Relics of the past : RUINS
32
Manifest : APPARENT
34
Promoters of change : REFORMERS
35
Await decision : PEND
37
Sum total : GROSS
38
Planet inhabitants : VENUTIANS
39
Attack : BOUT
41
Star in Centaurus : AGENA
42
Nearest the dexter side : RIGHTMOST
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Exactly : TRUE
44
Alights : PERCHES
45
Cupidity : AVARICE
46
Profits : REVENUE
47
Frivolous person : LIGHTHEAD
48
Siegfried Line builder : TODT
49
Repair shops : GARAGES
50
Bon vivant : EPICURE
51
Most extreme : RANKEST
53
Coach's half-time advice : FIGHTTALK
54
Slacken : EASE
57
Pin in an early rifle : TIGE
58
Continues : PROLONGS
60
Temperate : MILD
61
Remedy of a kind : BROMO
63
Exigency : NEED
64
Opera role : BORIS
66
Girl's name : THEA
67
Resembling a hand : PALMATED
69
Piping note : TWEE
71
Thanks: Fr. : MERCI
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Begin: Colloq. : KICKOFF
74
Rumor : HEARSAY
75
Bind : ATTACH
76
Knickknack : TRIFLE
77
Division : SECTOR
78
Expression of good will : WISH
79
___ Green : GRETNA
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Yield : RESIGN
82
Bell's portrayer : AMECHE
83
Precision : NICETY
85
Cement : PUTTY
86
Garden pest : APHID
89
Three: Sp. : TRES
90
Fields: Lat. : AGRI
91
European food fish : IDES
92
Thread: Prefix : FILI
95
Compass point : ESE
96
Middle East initials : UAR
98
Topmast support : FID

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

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