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Diana R. Sessions
Diana R. Sessions

New York Times, Tuesday, November 17, 1953

Author:
Diana Sessions
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 317 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15, Grid flow: 50.2
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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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,612
Across
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Wearers of sheets and hoods. : KKKS
5
Nickname of new middleweight champion Olson. : BOBO
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Price-fixing agency. : OPS
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Illuminated letter: Abbr. : INIT
13
Bakery item, shaped like a doughnut. : BAGEL
14
Algerian seaport. : ORAN
15
Team from New Orleans. : TULANEGREENWAVE
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Time of the cave man. : STONEAGE
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Disney character. : MINNIE
20
Mythical female with snaky hair : FURY
21
Part of Gen. Stilwell's sobriquet. : VINEGAR
22
Enthusiasms. : ARDORS
25
Tawny or swarthy: French. : BISTRE
26
___ Castle, famous fortress of Havana. : MORRO
27
Kind of rabbit. : WELSH
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W. S. Gilbert's "___ Ballads." : BAB
31
Tennyson poem. : MAUD
32
Man's nickname. : HAL
33
Third word of "Silent Night." : HOLY
34
Branch of a river. : ARM
35
Car pedal. : BRAKE
37
Cutting machine. : MOWER
38
Picture by a famous American artist. : MARINS
40
Wailed. : HOWLED
41
Springing. : LEAPING
43
U. S. security. : BOND
44
"Cowboys and ___." : INJUNS
45
Nocturnal noisemaker. : ALLEYCAT
49
Team from Athens. : GEORGIABULLDOGS
51
Take on. : HIRE
52
Not any: Dial. : NAIRY
53
Ingredient of gumbo. : OKRA
54
Gridiron scores. : TDS
55
Middleweight champion of 30 years ago. : GREB
56
Brand. : SEAR
Down
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Sets of tools. : KITS
2
Norwegian novelist Hamsun. : KNUT
3
One thousand, in the metric system. : KILO
4
Home of the "Indians." : STANFORD
5
Unpressed. : BAGGY
6
Giant. : OGRE
7
Ferdinand's nemesis. : BEE
8
Team from Oxford, Mississippi. : OLEMISS
9
Scene of New Year's Day classic. : ORANGEBOWL
10
City in Lombardy, Italy. : PAVIA
11
Manifest disdain. : SNEER
13
Baylor eleven. : BEARS
14
Proprietor. : OWNER
16
Nerve: Comb. form. : NEURO
17
End of a ball game. : NINTH
21
Town: French. : VILLE
22
Spiritual mother. : AMMA
23
Sound of the football throng. : ROAR
24
They star at the half. : DRUMMAJORS
25
Sharp snouts of sawfishes. : BEAKS
27
A resounding blow. : WHANG
29
Away from the wind. : ALEE
30
Senator Robertson's colleague. : BYRD
33
Embarassing situations: Colloq. : HOWDYDOS
35
Convey. : BRING
36
Washing lightly. : RINSING
37
Metal resembling nickel. : MONEL
39
Venezuelan river, into the Orinoco. : APURE
40
Seasonal decoration. : HOLLY
41
Word in Genesis I:3. : LIGHT
42
Vergil's epic: Var. : ENEID
43
Gelett Burgess' word for book jacket copy. : BLURB
45
Rose's husband. : ABIE
46
Fuel. : COKE
47
City in India. : AGRA
48
Ruler. : TSAR
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Swiss river. : AAR

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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