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Diana R. Sessions
New York Times, Saturday, April 13, 1957
24-Down : Boxlike sleighs.
Author:
Diana Sessions
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Diana R. Sessions has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Diana Sessions is an alias for Diana R. Sessions.
1 A | 2 C | 3 T | 4 A | 5 B | 6 A | 7 H | 8 S | 9 H | 10 O | 11 O | 12 K |
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13 L | A | I | R | 14 A | R | Y | A | 15 N | 16 E | D | G | E |
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17 I | N | A | P | 18 P | L | E | P | I | E | 19 O | R | D | E | R |
20 B | R | E | A | D | A | N | D | B | U | T | T | E | R |
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21 E | A | G | L | E | S | 22 U | S | E | R | |||||
23 G | E | R | 24 P | 25 E | L | T | R | I | 26 E | 27 S |
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28 S | 29 O | 30 L | I | D | 31 T | U | N | A | S | 32 C | L | E |
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33 T | R | I | O | 34 H | O | N | O | R | 35 O | K | I | E |
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36 A | L | F | 37 S | O | N | G | S | 38 S | U | S | A | N |
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39 B | E | E | 40 R | M | U | G | S | 41 D | P | T | ||||
42 B | E | A | S | 43 W | E | A | R | 44 S | 45 A | |||||
46 G | 47 O | O | D | R | E | 48 D | 49 H | E | R | R | I | N | G | |
50 R | O | A | S | T | B | E | E | F | M | E | D | I | U | 51 M |
52 E | N | T | E | 53 Y | A | L | T | A | 54 E | P | E | E |
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55 W | A | S | A | 56 L | I | S | T | 57 R | E | S | T |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,846
Across
1
Deeds: Lat. : ACTA
5
Expressions of contempt. : BAHS
9
Pirate captain in "Peter Pan." : HOOK
13
Den. : LAIR
14
Indo-European. : ARYAN
16
Border. : EDGE
17
Phrase for perfect arrangement. : INAPPLEPIEORDER
20
Livelihood. : BREADANDBUTTER
21
Colonel's insignia. : EAGLES
22
Employer. : USER
23
Language: Abbr. : GER
24
Furrier's concern. : PELTRIES
28
Reliable. : SOLID
31
Bluefins. : TUNAS
32
Noun suffix. : CLE
33
Musical group. : TRIO
34
Token of esteem. : HONOR
35
Migrant worker. : OKIE
36
Landon's nickname. : ALF
37
Ballads. : SONGS
38
Lazy ___. : SUSAN
39
Drinking vessels. : BEERMUGS
41
Branch of a business: Abbr. : DPT
42
Lillie and others. : BEAS
43
"Uneasy lies the head that ___ crown." : WEARSA
46
"Neither fish, nor flesh, nor ___." : GOODREDHERRING
50
Early Edna Ferber novel. : ROASTBEEFMEDIUM
52
Entity: Sp. : ENTE
53
Site of wartime conference. : YALTA
54
Fencer's weapon. : EPEE
55
"Taffy ___ Welshman ... " : WASA
56
Register. : LIST
57
Sleep. : REST
Down
1
Caliph's name. : ALI
2
"Now it ___ told." : CANBE
3
Coronet. : TIARA
4
Type of chord. : ARPEGGIO
5
Having less hair. : BALDER
6
Ranges. : AREAS
7
Sleep: Comb. form. : HYPN
8
Spoke. : SAID
9
Recent State Department appointee. : HERTER
10
Bridge winnings in excess of a book. : ODDTRICKS
11
Kind of molding. : OGEE
12
Senator from Oklahoma. : KERR
15
Resembling the Milky Way. : NEBULAR
18
Lost color. : PALED
19
Ejects. : OUSTS
24
Boxlike sleighs. : PUNGS
25
Cainan's father. : ENOS
26
Charles Lamb. : ELIA
27
Witnessed. : SEEN
28
Sudden attempt: Colloq. : STAB
29
Heraldic fillet. : ORLE
30
Ship's equipment. : LIFEBOATS
31
Chinese secret society. : TONG
34
"The ___ the Side of the Road." : HOUSEBY
35
Attendant on horseback. : OUTRIDER
37
Shrewd. : SMART
38
Fifth tire. : SPARE
40
Of which the Gulf of Aqaba is an arm. : REDSEA
41
Skin: Comb. form. : DERMAT
43
Woven materials. : WEFTS
44
Shore bird. : SNIPE
45
Chills. : AGUES
46
Waxed. : GREW
47
Mrs. Chaplin. : OONA
48
New ___. : DEAL
49
Sun: Comb. form. : HELI
51
Encountered. : MET
Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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