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Marian Moeser
Marian Moeser

New York Times, Saturday, March 19, 1955

31-Across : Swift's "Journal to ___."

Author:
Marian Moeser
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { B Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 83.2
Marian Moeser has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,090
Across
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Name in a Poe title. : USHER
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Useful insect. : MANTIS
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Call. : PHONE
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Hades, in Roman myth. : AVERNUS
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Star in TV's "The Women." : PAULETTEGODDARD
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Chicago conveyances. : ELS
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Return for services. : FEE
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More neatly disposed. : TIDIER
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Conveyed by legal document. : DEEDED
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State of beginning. : NASCENCE
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"___ Town." : OUR
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The self in Glasgow. : SEL
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Within: Prefix. : INTRA
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Parisian meeting place. : CAFE
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Swift's "Journal to ___." : STELLA
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Bread spread. : JAM
34
Landon and others. : ALFS
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Agencies. : MEDIA
36
A load: Colloq. : TOTE
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Spaniard's preface to "Gracias." : MIL
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Propelled suddenly. : HURLED
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Farm fixture. : SHED
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Put on an act. : EMOTE
42
Any Edward. : NED
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Market commodity. : CAN
44
Made corrections. : REWORDED
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Marines' island base. : PARRIS
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Weak condition. : ANEMIA
50
Gleason's pal. : ART
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High Washingtonian. : IKE
52
Tourists' mecca. : STRATFORDONAVON
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Leaned. : STOOPED
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Good endings. : AMENS
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Mountain nymphs. : OREADS
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In itself. : PERSE
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Raised. : UPPED
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Rock. : SHALE
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Title song of Broadway play. : HOUSEOFFLOWERS
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Joined up: Abbr. : ENL
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Cloth jacket. : REEFER
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Ship's officer. : MATE
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Harriman's nickname. : AVE
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Photographer's plate: Abbr. : NEG
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Moves quickly. : TROTS
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Signs. : INDICIA
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Unforeseen. : SUDDEN
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Canadian waterway. : SAINTJOHNRIVER
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___ Williams. : TED
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Make a new package. : RECRATE
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Thought wistfully. : DREAMED
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Charges. : DUES
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Teased: Colloq. : NEEDLED
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Somewhat similar. : ALLIED
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Noted author. : STERNE
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TV necessities. : CAMERAS
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Food. : ALIMENT
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Dallas institution. : SMU
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Teenager. : LAD
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Former ruler. : TSAR
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One with expectations. : HERITOR
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Shade of red. : TOMATO
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Short refresher. : CATNAP
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1934's famous medic. : DAFOE
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One side of the argument. : PRO
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Religious images. : IKONS
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Clear-headedness. : SENSE
50
Works mathematically. : ADDS
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Coupon dispenser of former days. : OPA
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___ clover. : RED
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Soul: French. : AME

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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