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Marian Moeser
Marian Moeser

New York Times, Tuesday, May 26, 1953

Author:
Marian Moeser
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 32.2
Marian Moeser has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,437
Across
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Turkish pound. : LIRA
5
Future candidates for the Derby. : FOALS
10
French cleric. : ABBE
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State positively. : AVER
15
Lost chord's hideout. : ORGAN
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Fruit tree. : PEAR
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Scotland's blue flowers. : CANTERBURYBELLS
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Survive. : ENDURE
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Relative of a saga. : EDDA
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Rented. : LET
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Home of S.P.Q.R. : ROMA
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Miss Lagerlof, Swedish novelist. : SELMA
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Renaissance maidens. : DAMOSELS
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Made a quick sortie, as on the icebox. : RAIDED
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Mr. Whitney. : ELI
35
Father of Methuselah. : ENOCH
37
Deviation from the horizontal. : SLOPE
38
Official records of air journeys. : LOGS
40
To and ___. : FRO
41
"With a banjo on my ___." : KNEE
42
Yearbook. : ANNAL
44
Geronimo's home. : TEPEE
47
Man's nickname in an expression. : NED
48
Clerk in the Navy. : YEOMAN
50
Device for raising the old oaken bucket. : WINDLASS
52
Birthmark. : NEVUS
54
Persian poet, after Omar. : SADI
55
It's "crabbed." : AGE
57
"And ___ was a gardener." : ADAM
59
Catlike animals of Asia and Africa. : CIVETS
63
Vender of "excellent peppermint drops." : LITTLEBUTTERCUP
66
Part singer. : ALTO
67
Bristles: Bot. : SETAE
68
Diminutive of a girl's name. : ETTA
69
Oyster ___. : STEW
70
Direction. : TREND
71
Bibbers. : SOTS
Down
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Oxford necessity. : LACE
2
___ Skavinsky Skivah. : IVAN
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Split. : REND
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Famous first name in music. : ARTURO
5
Members of juries. : FOREMEN
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Encircle. : ORB
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Cold chills. : AGUE
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Garnishes with bacon. : LARDS
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Humphrey's predecessor. : SNYDER
10
Prof. Hooton's subject. : APE
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Plant with reddish flower and black berries. : BELLADONNA
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Tightly packed bundle. : BALE
13
Formerly. : ERST
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Uneven, as if gnawed away. : EROSE
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Rose-red ruby. : BALAS
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Space-ship's direction. : ALOFT
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Type of tooth. : MILK
27
Time lost. : DELAY
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Allan Jones' hit. : ALONE
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Plant with fragrant, greenish-white flowers. : MIGNONETTE
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Carpenter's device. : SCREW
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Dueling swords. : EPEES
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Documents. : DEEDS
36
Arizona Indians. : HOPIS
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Alike. : SAME
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One-time Premier of Vichy France. : LAVAL
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Portrayed. : ENACTED
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Man who knows Susie. : EDDIE
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Barest. : NUDEST
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Contents of Louis XIV's coffers. : LIVRES
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Curved sword. : SABER
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Victorian word of commiseration. : ALAS
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Bright finish. : GILT
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Device used on a violin to muffle tone. : MUTE
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Outer: Comb. form. : ECTO
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Mr. Train's lawyer Ephraim. : TUTT
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Springs. : SPAS
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The fibre of flax. : TOW
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Oak bark. : TAN

Answer summary:
9 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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